Deartourists,nowourcarisdrivingontheBadalingExpressway,andweareabouttoentertheBadalingscenicarea.ThemountaininfrontisJundumountain,onwhichtheBadalingGreatWallsits.InthespringandAutumnperiodandtheWarringStatesperiod,theancientpeopleofourcountrybegantobuildtheGreatWall.Atthattime,thevassalsfoughtforhegemony.Inordertoprotecttheirterritoryfrominvasion,theybuilttheGreatWalloneafteranotherontheirrespectiveborders,whichiscalledthemutualdefensegreatwall.
Theroadwepassedjustnowisintheditch.GuangouistheintersectionofYanshanMountainsandJundushanmountains.ItstartsfromNankoutownofChangpingDistrictintheSouthandendsatChengguanofBadalingGreatWallinYanqingCountyinthenorthwest,withatotallengthof40Li.ItisthethroatoftheCentralPlainstotheNorthwestPlateau.IntheMingDynasty,therewerefourlinesofdefense,namelyNankoupass,JuyongPass,ShangguanpassandBadalingpass.OnDiecuimountaininGuangou,therewasoneoftheeightfamousYanjingsceneriesinJinDynasty:JuyongDiecui,butnowthesceneriesnolongerexist.
BadalingGreatWallisanoutstandingrepresentativeofthegreatwallofMingDynasty.Becauseitextendsinalldirections,itbecomesBadaling.YoumayaskwhytheGreatWallwasbuilthere?Infact,thisismainlybecauseoftheimportantgeographicallocationofBadalingarea.ItnotonlyguardstheMingmausoleum,butalsothenorthwestgateofthecapital.
BadalingGreatWallisthewitnessofmanyimportanteventsinhistory,suchasempressdowagerXiao'stour,theentranceofemperorTaizuoftheYuanDynasty,EmpressDowagerCixi'sflighttothewest,etc.Here'sanotherstorytotell:thereisahugestonebesidetheeastgateofGuancheng.It'ssaidthatin1900,theEightPowerAlliedforcesinvadedBeijing.CixipassedhereonherwaytoescapetotheWest.Sheoncestoodonthisstoneandlookedbackatthecapital,sothisstoneisalsocalledWangjingstone.Butnowthestoneislessprominent.
Thereisasayingthatweallknow:nottotheGreatWallisnotahero.Justintroducedsomanylandscapes,youmustbeeagertocometothescenicspotforsightseeing,don'tworry,youwillbecomeaherosoon.Well,hereisthefamousBadalingGreatWall.Inthedistance,thereisamagnificentscenery.Lookingdown,itisWengcheng,animportantpartoftheGreatWall.Itisusuallybuiltontheroadswithdangerousterrain.ThedistancebetweenthetwogatesofWengchengis63.9meters.Theplaqueonthewestgateisthekeytothenorthgate.Ihavealreadysaidthat.Theplaqueoftheeastgateis:JuyongTown,whichmeansanotherimportanttownoutsideJuyongPass.Nowlet'slookdowntotheright.Onthesouthsideofdengchengkou,thereisacannonnamedShenweigeneral.ItwasmadeinChongzhenperiod.