Blog Tag - Mutianyu

Mutianyu, Yanqi Lake, and Other Popular Tourist Sites Reopen to the Public
First it was Badaling, then it was Beijing Zoo, then the Ming Tombs, and now it's time for Mutianyu and Yanqi Lake to finally reopen to the public....
Rediscovering the Great Wall: The Mutianyu Slide
In the August 2013 cover feature of the Beijinger, we went back to the Great Wall and explored it anew: alongside, underneath and overhead. Here are...
Canadian Woman in Great Wall Death Could Owe Hundreds of Thousands in Civil Lawsuit
A Canadian woman who accidentally knocked over and killed an elderly Chinese woman on the Great Wall won't face criminal charges, but the deceased...
Canadian Woman Accidentally Kills Chinese Elderly Lady at Mutianyu Great Wall
The Great Wall at Mutianyu was location to a tragic incident on Wednesday of last week: a Canadian tourist accidentally knocked over an older woman...
Visiting the New and Improved Mutianyu
It’s been a while since we’ve been to the Great Wall but as soon as we saw the glorious skies over Beijing on January 2, we knew we had to make the...
Rediscovering the Great Wall: Glass Blowing
In the August cover feature of the Beijinger, we went back to the Great Wall and explored it anew: alongside, underneath, overhead... Here are...
Capital Bites: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
It’s Mid-Autumn festival, and thus time to bust out the mooncakes (yuebing) that delight some and disgust others. (For a complete breakdown on this...
Slow Food Saturday: A Farmer's Food Philosophy
Tian Xian Old Chinese Scholar Tree Restaurant is a simple courtyard restaurant in Tian Xian Yu village, under the shadow of the Great Wall. The...
Slow Food Saturday: Talk with Chef Randhir Singh
Living out under the Great Wall for the last four years, Randhir Singh may be one of the luckiest chefs in Beijing. Surrounded by the mountains and...