This not just a Great Wall hike but a great all round hike. From Long Valey village we walk trough orchards and past a large lake before we start hiking up Beijing's highest Great Wall(1400m). This scenic spot is the perfect place to strengthen up with a good lunch and take some fabulous pictures. With a good zoom you can even take a picture of Beijings's 2300 year old Yan Dynasty Great Wall. After lunch we hike towards Chengiabao Village where our driver will pick us up.

During Ming Dynasty, four km south of the Great wall they restored an old city, because that local area is like a long sweeping Valley, they give this City the name Long Valley City.
Through this area is channelled most of the traffic approaching (Peking) Beijing from the North. This was also the natural pass through the mountains fought over during times of war. The Great Wall shows the bullet scars from the Nankou war between China and Japan in the years leading up to World War II. The Chinese 529...

During Ming Dynasty, four km south of the Great wall they restored an old city, because that local area is like a long sweeping Valley, they give this City the name Long Valley City.
Through this area is channelled most of the traffic approaching (Peking) Beijing from the North. This was also the natural pass through the mountains fought over during times of war. The Great Wall shows the bullet scars from the Nankou war between China and Japan in the years leading up to World War II. The Chinese 529th Army Group held out to the last man here making a solemn memorial for the Chinese people. There remains ruins of towers along the Great Wall which were constructed during the Yan Kingdom in 600 A.D. The highest point along this area is 1438m, making them the highest point in this part of China. There is a beautiful meadow called Huanghuapo. During the autumn, it blooms with yellow flowers

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