Mutianyu Great Wall

Mutianyu is a section of the Great Wall located in HuaiRou County, 75km northeast of downtown Beijing. We’ll head off to Mutianyu Great Wall in the morning.

Mutianyu Great Wall 2

This section of the Great Wall was once the most important section, as it was the main northern barrier that protected the capital and the imperial tombs from invasion. It is a green, pastoral section of the Great Wall in Beijing, with vegetation, green pines and cypresses covering 90 percent of the section.

Changling

In the afternoon, we’ll visit Changling. The thirteen Ming Tombs are the best-preserved Chinese imperial tombs, with 500 years of history.

Ming Tombs

We’ll visit the head and the largest tomb of Ming Tombs, where Emperor Yongle (the first emperor in Beijing) and his Empress Xu were buried.