page_title: Simatai
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: Simatai / Features
caption_attribution_description: English: Great Wall of China near Simatai Français&#160;: La Grande Muraille de Chine, section de Simatai. Polski: Wielki Mur Chiński w okolicy Simatai
context_page_description: Simatai, a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun County, 120 km northeast of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It was closed in June 2010 but has been reopened to tourists since 2014.
context_section_description: Tower 12- the last accessible tower, generally manned by a guard preventing access to the more dangerous sections further on.
  Tower 14 - 'Cat's Eye Tower' (Mao-Yan Lou; 猫眼楼)
  Heavenly Ladder: Climbing the mountainside at a steep 80-degree gradient, the Heavenly Ladder leads to the Fairy Tower. Stretching upward along the abrupt mountain ridges, the narrowest part is just half a meter wide.
  Tower 15 - 'Fairy Tower' (Xian-Nü Lou; 仙女楼): With a sculpture of twin lotus flowers above the arched doors, it is considered by many to be the most beautiful of all towers and is known for its architecture. Legend has it that it was the dwelling place for an antelope reincarnated in the form of an angel who fell in love with a shepherd.
  Sky Bridge: As little as 40 centimeters wide in places, this 100-meter-long segment of the wall connects the Fairy Tower to Watching Beijing Tower.
  Tower 16 - 'Watching-the-Capital Tower' (Wang-Jing Lou; 望京楼): At an elevation of 986 meters, it is regarded as the summit of the Simatai Great Wall as well as the highest cultural relic in Beijing. Its name comes from the fact that at night (with good visibility), one can see the lights of Beijing shimmering in the distance 120 km away.  The bricks used to build the walls here are stamped with the date on which they were made and the code numbers of the armies that made them.
  Tower 17 - 'Gathering-of-the-Immortals Tower' (Ju-Xian Lou; 聚仙楼) - accessible from the east, from the village of Tangjiazhai (唐家寨).
caption: A tower along the Simatai stretch of the Great Wall
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