The Snow-covered Jinshanling Great Wall

Six days ago, the white snow fell down. Last Sunday is the coldest day in the past ten years in Beijing. Branches of green pines and verdant cypresses, eaves and ridges of houses are all dotted with the precious and saint white snow. Even the chilly weather could not stop my desire for photographing.

Destination: Jinshanling Great Wall, 160 kilometers away of downtown Beijing.
Vehicle: my JIMNY

Drive along the Beijing-Chengde expressway and follow the signs, I arrived at Jinshanling Great Wall. Jinshanling Great Wall is located at the junction of LuanPing county of Hebei Province and Miyun County of Beijing. A wide field of vision is the greatest feature of the Great Wall here. The wall spirals tortuously among the lofty ridges and towering mountains, there is a forest of lookout tower, and the imposing manner is very magnificent. This is the unique scenery of the Great Wall. There is a more distinctive feature of contract, is that many sets of obstruct wall was constructed vertically with the Great Wall's edge at some section.

The whole section of Jinshanling Great Wall is about 10.5 kilometers long, with 67 watchtowers, 2 beacon towers, and 5 passes. All of this is not only the Great Wall's features here but also reflects the ingenuity of the Craftsman. In 1987, the Great Wall of Jinshanling was list in The World Cultural Heritage List. Now, it is a National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit and a national scenic spot.