A winter scene at the Badaling Great Wall. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Badaling Great Wall in Beijing's Yanqing district has unveiled a slew of activities to help visitors usher in ...

Only an hour's drive northwest of Beijing, the Badaling section is convenient, hosts a large souvenir market, and has a gondola to whisk visitors up and down the wall. Sounds perfect, right?

According to legend, the Great Wall was built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang (Reigned 221-210 BC), though historical records trace the true origin of the wall to defensive ...

On January 31, the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing experienced a surge in visitor traffic during the Spring Festival holiday, with some sections ...

to the wall at Badaling. “We talked about the function of the Great Wall when it was built, so she got some idea of the wars between nations and how dynasties change.” Early sections of the ...

The Great Wall runs like a winding dragon atop snowcapped peaks. [Photo provided to China Daily] Another 40-minute drive away from Badaling, the annual Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Festival is every bit ...

Winter Olympics not only put Beijing and Zhangjiakou in Hebei province on the map of winter tourism but left world-class infrastructure behind that has transformed them into globally recognised ...