Badaling
2 min readBadaling is located at Yanqing County，more than 70 kilometers northwest from the center of Beijing City.It is a mountain pass of the Jundu Mountain.Badaling is at the highest point of north end of the Guan’gou gorge，in which the Juyongguan Pass lies.In the history， the function of Badaling was to protect the Juyongguan Pass.Along |o with Guan’gou gorge，there are several interesting and historic sites.Badaling is a rare ancient military defense project.The elevation of it is about 1，000 meters.
The wall of Badaling has a total length of 3，741 meters with an average height of 8 meters The highest part is 15 meters.On the wall five horses can ride abreast.There are arched doors at the inner side of the wall with very little distance between each two doors.
Badaling became a very important military strategic place since the Spring and Autumn Period（770 BC-476 BC）Many incomplete parts of the wall were proved to be built in the Warring States Period.
Badaling was the earliest section to be open to the tourists among all the parts of the whole Great Wall.130 million tourists from China and abroad have visited Badaling；370 foreign leaders and very important persons have come to Badaling successively.
This section of the Great Wall was made by huge bar stones.Some of the stones have a height of two meters and a weight of hundreds kilograms.Other sections are made of mud and stone block.
The top floor of the Great Wall is paved with square bricks which made the floor very orderly and smooth.On the highest place，fire was set to send warning signals in the ancient China.One puff of fire with one smoke puffs mean the enemy is about 100 men；two fires with twosmoke mean 500 men and three fires with three puffs mean more than 1，000 men…By this way，the soldiers who were warned were able to know the state of the enemy.
Near Badaling，there is a large-scaled Great-Wall-of-China Museum as well as the Great Wall National Theater from which you can get a full and complete view of the Great Wall.
