{"id":9021,"date":"2018-10-29T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T02:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T22:15:50","slug":"baiyangyu-great-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/great-wall-of-china\/baiyangyu-great-wall","title":{"rendered":"Baiyangyu Great Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plan your Great Wall Tour<\/a><\/span>? If you’d like to have\u00a0a weekend hike on a wide and overgrown section of the Great Wall around Beijing, Baiyangyu Great Wall is highly recommended.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This section of the Wall is located about 250km northeast of Beijing. It is under the administration of Dacuizhuang Town of Qian’an County in Tangshan City, Hebei Province.<\/p>\n

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Baiyangyu Great Wall on the Great Wall east of Beijing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span>“Baiyangyu” literally means “White Sheep Valley”. A river called Baiyang River passes the valley from north to south. There used to be a grand water pass of the Great Wall bridging the valley which now still divides the Baiyangyu Great Wall into two sections – East and West.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two sections of Bauyangyu Great wall\u00a0are a\u00a04552m-long fairly well preserved wall with 21 guide-towers. Baiyangyu Great Wall was originally built in\u00a0Northen Qi Dynasty (550-577) and reinforced in Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) by the builders and army led by Qi Juguang.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baiyangyu Great Wall has some unique features different from other sections of the Wall. Firstly, its water pass town had a double water wall – upper part and lower part,\u00a0constituting a\u00a0solid water town which was easy\u00a0for self-defense\u00a0and attacking\u00a0invaders as well, part of the military defense system in Baiyangyu Great wall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second, the east section of the Wall has a 1.5km unique marble wall, 10km high and 5m wide, rarely seen among other sections of the wall. Third, among other towers,\u00a0\u00a0Shenwei Tower (Powerful Tower) on the west section of Biayangyu Great Wall\u00a0is the most remarkable. Unlike\u00a0other watch-towers sitting on the wall,\u00a0it was constructed\u00a0to the outer side of the wall.<\/p>\n

If you walk eastward from Baiyangyu Great Wall, you will reach Xuliukou Great Wall<\/a><\/span> and on to Shanhaiguan Pass<\/a><\/span> meeting the ocean; walking westward, you get to Badaling Great Wall<\/a><\/span> around Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, again we don’t have time nor strong legs to hike from Xuliukou Great Wall<\/a><\/span> to Baiyangyu Great Wall, we rely on our royal Buick van going from Xuliukou Great Wall<\/a><\/span> to Baiyangyu Valley. The 22km drive proves to be easy and comfortable\u00a0driving on\u00a0the newly completed New Sanwu Road.
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\nIn the middle of the way on the New Sanwu Road, still 9km from Baiyangyu Valley\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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still 9km from Baiyangyu Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Baiyangyu Valley has now become a scenic area planned and constructed by the local government and some individual sponsors. On weekends, middle class urban residents come here for a pleasant escape from polluted and noisy cities, drinking, climbing, outdoor activities and eating organic food prepared by the local farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now we turn off the New Sanwu Road and drive towards the entrance to Baiyangyu Scenic Area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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drive towards the entrance to Baiyangyu Scenic Area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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We enter the valley flanked by farm restaurants and inns with the two sections of the Wall looming overhead and Baiyang River passing from north to south, a picturesque view, but unfortunately it is still early spring, not much green nor blooming around.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended by Mr. Zhang, the Great Wall protection warden at Chengziyu Great Wall<\/a><\/span>, we park our van on the parking lot in front of Mr.Yu Haiwen’s\u00a0farm house . He is the only local great wall protection warden at Baiyangyu Great Wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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we park our van on the parking lot in front of Mr.Yu Haiwen’s farm house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The picture also shows both the west and east sections of the Wall\u00a0with Baiyangyu Village nestled in the valley\u00a0and the river winding from north to south.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Baiyangyu Valley divides the Wall into two section – West and East with the Baiyangyu Village in between.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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We choose our hike from the east side of the valley and walk along a mountain\u00a0road leading up to the wall.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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walk along a mountain road leading up to the wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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On the hillside, not yet on the Wall, I turn right to the west and look at the\u00a0west section of Baiyangyu Great Wall.<\/span><\/div>\n
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the west section of Baiyangyu Great Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The first fort is ahead of us, dilapidated, sitting on the broken wall built of\u00a0hoary rocks and its tower base made of slabs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hiking along the mountain path by the slab built wall, we are heading towards to the second fort.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hiking along the mountain path by the slab built wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now we are on the crumbling wall and look at the second watch tower and a wire fence is fixed nearby keeping rubble from falling down the mountain. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Now we are on the crumbling wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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We continue to walk along the dilapidated wall to the so called “Wild City”, which looks like a castle surrounded by the wall on its four sides.<\/span><\/p>\n

I turn right and look down, just have a clear view of the valley with the village and the river in the middle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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the valley with the village and the river in the middle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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I turn back\u00a0and see the first tower with the west section of the Wall as its background.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I turn back and see the first tower with the west section of the Wall as its background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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We are approaching the “Wild City”, no path leading to the wall, we have to get off the wall and hike along a mountain path by the wall, bushes and saplings.<\/span><\/div>\n
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we have to get off the wall and hike along a mountain path by the wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Before we enter the “Wild City”, again I turn right and look down, just see a picturesque view of the terraced fields on the hillside on the west of the valley.<\/span><\/div>\n
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a picturesque view of the terraced fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The path leading to the entrance to the “Wild City” is overgrown and crumbling.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The path leading to the entrance to the Wild City is overgrown and crumbling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The so called “Wild City” is\u00a0an open space with a four-sided wall, now rife with bushes and saplings.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The so called Wild City is a four-sided wall, now rife with bushes and saplings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The wall leads to the east and reaches Shanhaiguan Pass<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>as its eastern tip.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The wall leads to the east and reaches Shanhaiguan Pass as its eastern tip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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We backtrack from the Wild City and climb down the mountain. Mr.Yu Haiwen’s farmhouse provides meals and accommodations. Again we have an authentic farm lunch. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Onions and wild vegetables <\/span><\/div>\n
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Onions and wild vegetables<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Mushroom and carrot<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mushroom and carrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Fried eggs\u00a0produced by\u00a0his own backyard chickens <\/span><\/div>\n
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Fried eggs produced by his own backyard chickens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Taking a picture with Mr.Yu Haiwen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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How to visit Huangyaguan Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Panjiakou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Xifengkou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Baiyangyu Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Xuliukou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Liujiakou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Chengziyu Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Xiaohekou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Zhuizishan Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Jiumenkou Great Wall<\/a>.
\nHow to visit Jiaoshan Great Wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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