Badaling Great Wall

The Badaling Great Wall is about 75 kilometers northwest of Beijing ,and it is the best preserved part of the Great Wall .The Wall here rose high on the mountain ridge, it used to be important pass in the defense of Beijng .An old saying can be the best description : “ It needs only one man to block ten thousand troops” or “ if one man guards the pass,ten thousands can’t get through.”

The Wall at Badaling averages 7.8 meters high, 6.5 meters wide at its base, and 5.8 meters on the top ,wide enough for five horses or ten soldiers walking abreast on the wall . This section has one side with battlements ，square sized hole below for shooting arrows and also for keeping a water over the enemy . and the parapet is on inner side.