Do you want to repair the Great Wall?

Tour Great Wall and Repair the Remnant Badaling - Coming in this summer!

" If you haven't climbed the Great Wall, you are not a true hero." Many of your friends who visited China before might have told you this. It is indeed a lifetime experience. Who would leave the country without seeing the only construction that the American astronauts could recognize with their naked eyes, on their first flight to the moon? But are there anything else people better know about the Great Wall?

Exposed to piercing winds and the scorching sun for centuries, the wall is in urgent need of repair. Now, you can be a part of the rennovation!

Wall Repairing Trip

Most people tend to think that the Great Wall was a product of wars (actually of defense), thus its role ought to have been most closely related to battles and blood shedding. It is, however, not that case. Most time under the Great Wall was actually peace rather than war. As the witness of Chinese history, the Great Wall was built, rebuilt, torn down and renovated for military purpose by more than 20 dynasties and states during the past 2000 years. It reflects both China's home situations and its touches with the outer world. It was so big a project that building it influenced the domestic economy. As a cultural product, the Great Wall mixed minds in war and architecture. It formed a defense tradition that was handed down to people more than 2,000 years after. As a tradition, it was embodiment of how the Chinese dealt with other peoples, including its enemies. Therefore the Great Wall, in all times, was connected to the culture, foreign policies, and economy. Philosophically, the Great Wall speaks well for a growth in the mixed soil of peace and war. It stands for some power, an unbeatable power despite all bitter conditions, known as the Great Wall Spirit among Chinese people.

Today the Great Wall is considered among the "World's 100 Most Endangered Sites" after years of exposure to conflict, the elements and even tourism. Visitors to the Wall have left litter and graffiti, scrawling initials into the rock or removing pieces for souvenirs. Some of the Wall has crumbled, either demolished for new roads or hauled away as building materials for village structures. There are few restored sections, usually where tourists visit most. Hundreds of miles lie in ruins.

Now our trip enables you to actually ‘lend a hand’ repairing the Remnant Badaling Great Wall (Shixiaguan Pass). When there's a place being repaired, there will be you to help carry the bricks from the bottom to the top of the Wall. Once at the top, you will assist the expert to place your bricks in the Wall. After the repairing, its your time hiking along for 2-3hrs and then back to the foot of the Wall. There're two excavation sites with archaeological value at the bottom. One is an ancient quarry used in the great wall construction where the gravel and cutting tools are still quite evident today. The other one is a part of an original brick kiln, from which all the wall bricks were made by ordinary people hundreds of years ago. Then you will have the opportunities to take your seat and chat with the villagers under the help of your guide, even to join in a meal in the local peasants' house. Most of the villagers are familiar with all sorts of stories & tales about the site as well as the Great Wall. This learning of the wall and people will be absolutely impressive as an end of the trip.

THE REPAIR AND TOUR INTINERARY

One-day tour in Remnant Badaling Great Wall (Shixiaguan Pass)

7:30--9:00 From urban Beijing to the Site

9:00--10:00 Repairing the Wall

10:00--13:00 Hiking along the wall and visiting excavation sites

12:50--13:50 lunch at the local family

13:50--14:50 Free chat with the local farmers, visit their houses , experience their lives and learn their culture.

14:50--16:20 Back to the city

Location: Remnant Badaling Great Wall (Shixiaguan Pass)