The Chinese capital ranks with the great cities of the world and embodies the heritage of a 5,000-year old civilization, with masterpieces of Ming Dynasty architecture and such historic sites as the Great Wall and Ming Tombs. Today, the municipality is also a dynamic modern metropolis and headquarters for business corporations.

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Know more about one of the seven wonders in the world.

The Great Wall of China (Chang Cheng)

A comprehensive introduction to the Great Wall with many sections...

Conserving the Great Wall

Built to defend the Middle Kingdom from Mongol attack, the Great Wall north of Beijing is now under modern attack, from hordes of environmentally-unaware day trippers...

The wall is 10 meters high and 14 meters wide. It has two routes with roofs and bulges for serious climbers and four vertical routes for beginners.

Open Time: from 9:00 to 22:00 every day.

Phone: (10)-6833-5552 ext. 8389

Fee: Shoes rental is RMB 10, other equipments are provided for free. RMB 40 per capita between 9:00 and 16:00 or RMB 50 between 16:00 and 22:00. Time-based or climb-based cards are also available.

Sharon Zhang is one of the best rock climbers in Beijing and has the calluses to prove it. Shaking her hand is like rubbing sandpaper and she sports some of the most impressive deltoids in the city. Like most local climbers, she is also a relative newcomer to the sport and completely self-taught.

While most people were holed up last May, Sharon decided to revisit a sport she first tried as an outdoor leadership trainer.

China University of Geosciences (CUG) has a history of rock climbing and mountaineering sports in China and has cultivated several well-known climbers like Wang Yongfeng and Li Zhixin, two Chinese who have climbed Seven Summits.

• Climbing Wall at Peking University
• China University of Geosciences at Beijing
• Shou Ti (the Capital Gym of Beijing)

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Mt.Wuling Shan, the highest peak of the Yanshan Mountains, locates in the northwest of Xinglong County, Hebei Province. Clothed by flourishing plants and wreathed by clouds and fogs all the time, the 2118-meter steep mountain used to be the forbidden area of the emperors during the Qing Dynasty and had been exclusive for more than 260 years.

Baihe (White River) locates to the north of Beijing near the Miyun Reservoir. The area is currently being developed by local climbers and already has some 45 sport, traditional, and aid climbing routes created. In addition, it has potential for hundreds of new routes in the future. At Baihe, it is possible to camp or stay in the local village guesthouses.