There are many Great Walls in China, such as Badaling Great Wall, Juyongguan Great Wall, Mutianyu Great Wall, Huanghuacheng Great Wall, Simatai Great Wall and Jinshanling Great Wall. As a matter of fact, among them, Badaling Great Wall is the most famous Great Wall. It attracts a plenty of visitors every day. And most of visitors know little about Jinshanling Great Wall and Simatai Great Wall. Jinshanling Great Wall and Simatai Great Wall are the two most precipitous, original and preserved sections of the Great Wall. The hiking from the west Jinshanling to the east Simatai is a most challenging hiking route in Beijing. The 10-kilometer hiking usually takes about 4 to 5 hours to complete, during which there are altogether 30 watchtowers. Chairman Mao, one of the founding father of People’s Republic of China, has once said that: One who fails to reach the Great Wall is not a hero.
    The hiking line is starting from the west of the Jinshanling Great Wall. Jinshanling Great Wall was named after the Jinshan Mountains. The Jinshanling Great Wall was first constructed in the Ming Dynasty by Qu Jiguang, a famous General of the early Ming Dynasty. He supervised and directed the construction of this section of the Great Wall. Now there is a cableway up to the Jinshanling Great Wall, however if by the cable car up tourists may skip over 5 watchtowers.
   The Simatai section of the Great Wall is located in the northeast of Miyun County, which is 140 kilometers from downtown Beijing. It was firstly built in the early Hongwu years (1368-1398) of the Ming Dynasty. The watchtowers on the Simatai Great Wall show the elegant design and different structures. Simatai Great Wall is a fantastic site for sightseeing, photography and exploration. It has been listed by the UNESCO as one of the World Cultural Heritages.