The Freedom Team hikers near the Ox Horn bend on the Jiankou ... of the Great Wall. My fellow hikers are largely outliers in China. Old Sun once told me that Chinese tend to find hiking as sport ...

About nine years ago, a few friends of mine had the idea of leading hikes and camping trips up to one of the unrestored — i.e. “wild” — sections of the Great Wall, called Jiankou ... such as the ...

While a remote part of the Great Wall may soon attract more visitors, it remains a striking reminder of the centuries that shaped not only the fortification, but China itself. Future of the Past ...

Originally built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and restored in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Jiankou Great Wall connects to the Mutianyu Great Wall to the east and the Huanghuacheng Great Wall to ...

Workers work near the north tower of Jiankou Great Wall on July 9, 2024. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] Stretching over 7,071 meters, the Jiankou Great Wall has undergone four rounds of ...

Tilt up shot showing the remote Jiankou section of the Great Wall of China in the Huairou District north of Beijing, China. Great Wall of China Aerial View High angle aerial shot in 4K resolution of ...

If you want a more organized trip, you can book a tour through a company like Great Wall Hiking that takes you ... the wall such as the the Badaling and Mutianyu sections, which also happen ...

He Jinyue, a full-time Great Wall protector, patrols the part of the Jiankou Great Wall restored in 2021 on Dec 1, 2023. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] The Beijing sections of the Great Wall ...

From left: Full-time Great Wall protectors Wang Haiming, Zhang Shaojie and He Jinyue patrol the Jiankou Great Wall on Dec 16, 2023. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] ...