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Huangyaguan Great Wall 黄崖关长城Huángyáguān Chángchéng
4A scenic area · Tianjin, Tianjin
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianjin
- Region
- Tianjin
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Huangyaguan Great Wall
Huangyaguan is a section of the Great Wall in the mountains of northern Jizhou, first built in the Northern Qi dynasty and rebuilt in brick and stone under General Qi Jiguang in the Ming. The fortified pass, water gate and square and round watchtowers climb the ridge, and the complex includes an eight-trigram maze town and a Great Wall museum, with a large statue of Qi Jiguang on the hillside.
How to get to Huangyaguan Great Wall
In Xiaying town, Jizhou District, about 22 km north of the Jizhou district government and close to the Hebei border.
Nearby
- Simatai Great Wall and Gubei Water Town 司马台长城·古北水镇 50 km
Steep Ming watchtowers on a ridge above a resort water town, with a lit night walk - Jinshanling Great Wall 金山岭长城 50 km
A Ming ridge-top wall of 67 towers, restored at one end and wild towards Simatai
Also within 20 km: Guojiagou Village 郭家沟 (under 10 km), Limutai Scenic Area 梨木台 (10 km), Jinhai Lake 金海湖 (10 km), Shangzhai Culture Museum 上宅文化陈列馆 (10 km), Jizhou Karst Cave 蓟州溶洞 (10 km), Shilin Gorge 京东石林峡 (20 km).
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