Where is Gubeikou?

Gubeikou Great Wall is located in the southeast of Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing.

It consists of Wohushan Great Wall, Panlongshan Great Wall, Jinshanling Great Wall and Simatai Great Wall. In the sixth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (555), the Great Wall with a total length of 1500 km was built from Xihe River (now Yulin River in Shaanxi Province) to Shanhaiguan. Among them, Gubeikou is the focus of fortification. Jin and Yuan Dynasties once added this pass. In the 11th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1378), customs facilities such as Guancheng, gate and beacon tower were added, and two city gates were added, one of which was located at the gate of the Great Wall, named "tiemenguan", and only one rider and one car were allowed to pass; A gate is located on the Chaohe River, called "Watergate Pass", where remains are preserved. In the first year of Qin Long (1567), Qi Jiguang and Tan Lun began to rebuild the Great Wall from Shanhaiguan to Juyongguan (see Juyongguan and Yuntai) on a large scale, and the Gubeikou Great Wall was completed. Wangjinglou is the highest point of this section of the Great Wall, 986 meters above sea level.

Gubeikou Great Wall is the most complete Great Wall system in the history of China Great Wall. It consists of the Northern Qi Great Wall and the Ming Great Wall, including Wohu Mountain, Panlong Mountain, Jinshanling and Simatai. Gubeikou is the Great Wall fortress between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan. It is the throat of Liaodong Plain and Inner Mongolia leading to the Central Plains. It has always been a battleground for military strategists, especially in Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The competition for Gubeikou has never stopped, so the role of the Great Wall is particularly important. The ancient way is the pass, and the path is the mouth. It is located at the Gubeikou of Yanshan Mountains and is one of the many passes of the Great Wall of Wan Li.