One day in November 1980, a team of experts and staff investigating the Great Wall drove into Hualougou in Bakshiying Town, Luanping County, Chengde City, and when the car could not move forward, a group of people got out of the car and walked to the Shaling Mouth of the Great Wall. Mr. Luo Zhewen, a famous Great Wall expert, climbed to the highest point of the Great Wall and said with great joy: "Great! That's great! I have been engaged in the study of the Great Wall for decades, and I have never seen such a good section of the Great Wall! "The Jinshanling Great Wall, which lives in seclusion in the mountains, has since shown its majesty and magnificence to the world with the reputation of "the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles and the Golden Mountains".
Jinshanling Great Wall adjacent to Miyun District, Luanping County, Hebei Province, adjacent to Miyun District, Beijing (Photo taken by fellow photography enthusiasts when visiting again two years later)
The Jinshanling Great Wall was built in 1368 AD, presided over by Xu Da, a general who was "concise and careful" and "not reserved". In 1567, Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Anti-Japanese War and the chief military officer of Jizhen, and Tan Lun, the governor of Jiliao, continued to build and rebuild on the basis of the Great Wall built by Xu Da. Before being discovered by the expedition team, the Jinshanling Great Wall was once lying quietly on Yanshan Mountain for a section of the "Nameless Great Wall", although it had undergone earth-shaking changes such as the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the warlord melee, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation, because it was located in the deep mountains and remote mountains, it did not suffer major damage and maintained its original appearance. The Great Wall in Badaling, Shanhaiguan, Jiayuguan and other places is difficult to match.
It was once the "Nameless Great Wall" lying in Yanshan
On a weekend afternoon in mid-October 2019, several friends met to drive to the Jinshanling Great Wall for a tour. At about 4:30 p.m., I arrived at the Jinshanling Great Wall parking lot, contacted a farm about 50 meters away from the entrance of the scenic spot, and several people dragged their luggage into the courtyard. The hostess is a farmer woman in her 30s, not very tall, kind-looking, simple-talking, she told us that the gate and yard are being renovated, if you don't want to live down, eat and live can be discounted, and you can help us buy discounted tickets, walk 5 or 6 minutes in the evening to see the sunset, the next day after breakfast the same ticket to enter the scenic area to see the sunrise. After seeing that the room on the second floor was very clean, and it was determined that there was no construction at night and would not affect the rest, we paid a room rate of 140 yuan per day with an early breakfast. Enter the house to put down the luggage, wash up a little and go downstairs, tell the landlord what dinner to prepare, and then ask her to take us to buy a ticket to enter the scenic spot. The landlord introduced that the evening entrance can only visit one side of the Great Wall, and the other side will go in early in the morning of the next day to visit.
At dusk, there are few tourists in the scenic area. Walking to the foot of the Great Wall, you will be greeted by a tall statue of Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang in 1567-1582 as the chief military officer of Jizhen, presided over the construction of a total length of 10.5 kilometers of the Great Wall, he put forward the principle of "because of the terrain, with dangerous plugs", the city wall under the wide and narrow, calm and solid, exquisite construction, the first floor of the first type, along the line set up 5 relevant passes, 67 enemy towers, 3 beacons, because of its wide field of vision, dense enemy towers, strange landscape, exquisite architectural art, sound military defense system, well-preserved and famous in the world. Ming Shi zai "Jiguang was in the town for 16 years, while preparing to repair the food, the Thistle Gate feasted on ... ”
Qi Jiguang: Ming Dynasty anti-Wu famous general, national hero, outstanding military, calligrapher, poet
One section of the Jinshanling Great Wall has been repaired, and the other section has not been repaired, so we will first choose the repair side to go forward, and we can appreciate the defense system of the brick battlement and the General Building. In the distance, the Golden Mountain Ridge stretches along the ridge like a giant dragon, and the summit of each mountain is a pass, and the carved building stands tall, and it is dangerous and majestic and simple according to the mountain. Barrier walls, text bricks and retaining stones are known as the "three musts" of the Jinshanling Great Wall, which fully shows the perfect combination of the ingenuity of the builders and the magic of nature, no wonder it is called the essence of the Ming Great Wall by experts.
Like a dragon stretching along a ridge (Photo taken by fellow photography enthusiast friends when they visited again two years later)
In the evening, the scenic radio informs tourists to return as soon as possible, and we are in love, looking at the Great Wall under the twilight as we walk back. Walking through a section of the city wall, I was suddenly attracted by the sight in front of me: not far away, the earth-colored steps bathed by the sunset were sprinkled with pink rose petals, a foreign couple sat next to each other in the center of the petals, not far away were placed two exquisite goblets and a bottle of red wine, and a photographer in front of them took pictures. The aesthetic picture is integrated with the stone bricks, walls, battlement walls, passes, beacons, enemy towers, and horse roads near and far, and people can't help but slow down and indulge in it. In the past two days, I have seen many foreign tourists, and I have had a brief exchange with two middle-aged and elderly female tourists from Australia, one of whom told us that she has been to China many times, likes kind and friendly Chinese, likes many cities and monuments in China...
The ancient city walls are filled with echoes of history
In mid-October, although the outdoors of yamashita's farmhouse felt a little cold, they were tired from the mountain walk and slept in the rare silence. The next morning after breakfast, a few of us entered the scenic spot again at 8 o'clock to visit another section of the Great Wall that had not been repaired, and the tourists from afar had not yet arrived, stepping on the ancient city wall that maintained the original appearance of more than 400 years ago, it seemed that the historical echoes of the walls could be faintly heard, and the iron-blue bricks and tiles showed a heavy beauty. In it, looking around the guanli and outside, enjoying the unrepaired ruins and broken walls in the morning light, I remembered that some people said that the Great Wall is the most profound historical ruin, the most beautiful observation deck, and the most luxurious mountain line in the world. It is true that in the face of the Great Wall, which has been baptized by the long river of history, even the most beautiful words and phrases are pale.
The most extravagant mountain line in the world
Back at the bottom of the mountain, there are already many tourists. Let's go to the next stop. Undoubtedly, the most beautiful and unique Golden Mountain Ridge has been left in the memory in full and colorful.