Arrived at Gubeikou


Today I got to Gubeikou.

The area around Gubeikou has a particularly famous stretch of the Great Wall that was of great strategical importance. It was first built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557). About 800 years later (!) the Great Wall was extended and strengthened during the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The stretch is special because it has been preserved in it’s original state rather than rebuilt.

It will be a great feeling to think that nobody has done building work to The Wall I am walking on since the people who were alive during the actual Ming Dynasty! I can’t wait and am bringing a tripod to try and snap some good pictures, and hopefully some pictures of myself on the Great Wall too. This is hard without having a tripod, or another person.