The Great Wall of China at Jinshanling
D Pos - The Great Wall at Jinshanling is one of the best preserved parts of the Great Wall with many original features. It got its name because it was built on the Greater and Lesser Jinshan ('Gold Mountain') Ranges. A tablet with the Chinese inscription for 'Jinshanling Great Wall' was set into this section.
Jinshanling's Great Wall is in a mountainous area 130 km (80 miles) northeast of central Beijing. This section of wall connects the Simatai Great Wall section in the east, and Gubeikou Section in the west.
The Great Wall at Jinshanling was initially built from 1368 to 1389 in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), and in 1567 and 1570 rebuilding of the Wall was mainly directed by General Qi Jiguang (1528–1588).
Poems and tablet writings can be found on the Great Wall there, left from the time when Qi Jiguang directed its rebuilding.
