Mutianyu

The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is connected with Jiankou in the west and Lianhuachi in the east.

In 1568, the Longqing Emperor appointed Qi Jiguang as governor and military administrator of Jizhou, Changping and Baoding to help train the guards in the area.

In 1983, the State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the restoration of the Mutianyu Great Wall.

[2] In May 2007, selectmen from the towns of Buckland and Shelburne, Massachusetts, in the United States, inked a memorandum of agreement with officials from Mutianyu making the two the first known "sister villages".

Besides utilizing 4000+ steps, visitors may also choose between a two-rider chairlift or four-rider gondola lift up from the foothills to the level of the wall, which runs along the ridges above.

Another feature of the wall at Mutianyu is an alternate method of descent by single-rider personal wheeled toboggan.