Autumn view of the extension line of the Badaling Great Wall South City. There are gray guardrails on both sides of the road, which are not walled. (Data map).
With a total length of 1,245 meters, it winds from the seventh floor of the south to the sixteenth and a half floors of the south. Recently, the extension line of the Badaling Great Wall South City was opened to the public. Unlike the Badaling Great Wall, which had been opened before, the architectural form of the Great Wall was intact, and this section of the Great Wall retained its remnants after eliminating dangers and diseases. The opening takes the form of a small number, a small scale, an appointment system, and a collective organization, and mainly carries out activities such as outdoor hiking, adventure crossing, research on the Great Wall, and travel photography.
The highest point is 842 meters above sea level on the 12th floor of the south.
Walk into the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area, take the South Line Ground Cable Car to the South Fourth Floor, walk along the side road in the opposite direction of the large passenger flow for five minutes, and go through the door to the South Seventh Floor, and your eyes will suddenly open up. Looking to the south, the zigzag Great Wall lies across the mountains, winding all the way into the distance. This section of the Great Wall is located on the extension of the southern city of the Badaling Great Wall, connecting the south sixth floor to the north and extending to the southwest to the south sixteenth and a half floors.
When the weather is fine, climb the highest point of this section of the Great Wall, the 12th floor of the South at an altitude of 842 meters, and look north to see the whole picture of the north city of the Badaling Great Wall, to the northeast, you can see the "human" herringbone intersection of Qinglongqiao Railway Station, and to the east you can see the Shuiguan Great Wall in the eastern section of the Badaling Great Wall. In autumn, you can also see the Red Leaf Ridge of Badaling National Forest Park, and feel the beautiful scenery of "the forest is dyed and reflected in Xiongguan".
The pedestal of the horse-faced enemy platform shows the vicissitudes of life.
Different from the intact architectural form of Badaling Beicheng, this section of the Great Wall retains the remnants left by the baptism of time: some of the battlements on both sides are uneven, and some have disappeared;Some of the middle rooms of the enemy platform have collapsed, and some of them have some remnants of the wall;The horse face and the enemy pedestal are in different states of reservation, showing the vicissitudes of life.
The 12th to 7th floors of Badaling North were opened earlier, and were restored as early as around 1952. The most recent of this opening was completed in 2013, but it has never been opened to tourists. The relevant person in charge of the Badaling Great Wall Management Office said that the rescue and reinforcement are mainly based on eliminating dangers and diseases, and following the principle of minimum intervention and repairing the old as the old.
With the increasing number of visitors and the increasing diversity of tourist needs in the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area, we follow the principle of "protection first.
1. Strengthen management, excavate value, effectively utilize, and make cultural relics come alive", Yanqing District launched the Badaling Great Wall South City Extension Line Exhibition and Utilization Project this year, and let cultural relics come alive through limited opening.
Small-scale visitors can visit by appointment.
Limited opening means opening in the form of a small number, small scale, reservation system, and collective organization, which is determined by the basic conditions of this section of the Great Wall. "According to the requirements of 'minimal intervention', during the rescue and reinforcement process, it cannot be restored according to the original building form. For example, if the battlement wall collapses, it collapses and cannot be built again. But there is no wall protection, and it does not meet the requirements of opening to the outside world. Therefore, the safety of tourists can only be protected to a certain extent through movable and reversible measures. The person in charge introduced.
The reporter saw that on both sides of the road without battlement walls, there were gray guardrails. The guardrails are movable and do not cause damage to the artifacts themselves. However, this protection can only be limited and is not suitable for large passenger tours. Therefore, the 7th to 16th floors of the South can only be opened to the public in a limited way, allowing a small number of small-scale tourists to approach and understand the cultural heritage of the Great Wall through reservations and collective organizations. Like the open scenic spot, this section of the Great Wall has also been equipped with scenic guide signs, cultural protection reminder signs, tourism warning signs and other signs, and the scenic spot has also updated and maintained monitoring and broadcasting facilities.
At present, this section of the Great Wall is mainly for outdoor hiking projects, and the next step will be to carry out adventure crossing, Great Wall research, travel photography, etc., so that tourists can have a relaxed, comfortable, knowledgeable and experiential experience of the Great Wall. Wang Xingxing, deputy manager of Beijing Badaling Longteng Cultural Development, said.
Connected with the extension line of the southern city of the Badaling Great Wall, the side wall protection project between the enemy platform No. 60-64 and the enemy platform No. 59-64 of the Yanqing Great Wall is also in progress.
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