Badaling Great Wall: Introduction about one of famous section of Beijing Great Wall

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The Great Wall is just one of the unusual places to explore when you go hiking in China. Find out more about hiking tours in China here.

Badaling (8 Reaches Ridge) is the best preserved section of the Great Wall. 370 foreign leaders and VIPs have climbed Badaling. It is called Bada (8 Reaches) as the maze of ridges stretch in all directions. Click here to peruse Great Wall Tours.

It is located more than 70 kilometers northwest from the center of Beijing City, is more than 1000 meters above sea level, and commands a strategic position on the north passage of Juyongguan (Mediocre House Pass).

The Great Wall at Badaling was built in the 18th year of the reign of the Ming emperor Hong Zhi (1505). The wall, built with tall granite slabs on the outside, is 7.8 meters high on average, some sections even reaching 8.4 meters in height. It is about 6.5 meters wide on average at its base, and 5.7 meters wide on average at the ramparts. The wall is wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast and ten people to advance shoulder to shoulder.

The scenery at Badaling is great in every season. There are sunlit and enchanting scenes in spring and summer, when the valleys covered with greenery. When the rain comes, the view looks vast and hazy. The sky in autumn is high with an unsoiled stratosphere, while the maple forests are golden and red in colour. White snow covers the whole scene in winter.

Badaling Travel Tips

See our range of tour packages providing efficient (value for money) and enjoyable (hassle removed) access to the Great Wall. The itineraries can be tailored to your own interests, or you can directly select what you want to see in your China trip.
To get to Badaling without our assistance: take Bus 919, or a tourist bus. Take tourist bus no. 1 at Qianmen (the Front Gate of Tiananmen Square), No. 2 at Beijing Railway Station or the west gate of Beijing History Museum, No. 3 at East Bridge, No. 4 at Xizhi Gate or Beijing Zoo, No.5 from the West Taxi Station or Qianmen, or No.8 from Andingmen or Qianmen.
And be sure to consult with the driver clearly before setting off in the peak season or holidays. Sometimes visitors are cheated and guided to the Shuiguan section, not the Badaling section, as the addmission fee is higher.