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China Ancient Trip, Day 10: Beijing

A trip to Beijing is not complete without visiting the Great Wall. This was the day that we enticed most. As one of the best preserved Great Wall sections, we visited the Mutianyu section located about 60 km from the hotel. Rose told us that Mutianyu is older than the top-notch Badaling section and less crowded. Once reached at the Mutianyu valley, it was pretty chilled atmosphere with the heart-pounding, can't wait to get our hand touched one of the world's seven wonders. The fully-restored Great Wall section has been renovated, making it easier and safer to climb. We ascended the section through cable car to reach the wall section


Abundant of souvenir shop at the base of the mountain
It was pretty cold down there!
We bought some of these handicrafts
Waiting in line for the cable car ride
Up to the hill!
I've got to know from the Wiki that the section has the largest construction scale and best quality among all other sections. It was built during the Qi dynasty and it is the most densely-packed section with the watchtowers. 

The sky was a bit clear and haze was nowhere to be seen. We were given about 2 hours to wander that section. Obviously, it was less crowded as compared to Forbidden City or the Tiananmen Square. We took the chance for the token photographs. Now, let's the pictures do the talking...

Some port of the steps were quite steep

It was really exhilarating while taking this picture
Nope! We didn't go that far...
Mengangkang kau....
The view in between the parapet
Putting our names to the signature wall
Looking for a space to write down our names

A majestic view from afar
Some part ascended without stairs
After googling for info, I found out that it was actually a popular comedy/romantic film in China
Every photo shoots has it owns beauty... love the yellowish colour 
Some part with the small stairs
Back to the cable car station, we followed the side path of the wall.
There were 23 guard towers and the cable car station stopped us at tower 14
After spending almost three hours at the Mutianyu, we headed back to the city center. We stopped and one of the local restaurant for lunch. I guessed we were really exhausted, so we called the day a bit early, not after Rose took us to the 798 art district.

One of the wall art in the district

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