Mutianyu

40°26′16.86″N 116°33′42.84″E / 40.4380167°N 116.5619000°E / 40.4380167; 116.5619000

Part of the Great Wall's Mutianyu section
Mutianyu View From Tower 13
Mutianyu
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMùtiányù
IPA[mû.tʰjɛ̌n.ŷ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMou6-tin4-juk6
Southern Min
Tâi-lôBōo-tiân-iok

Mutianyu (Chinese: 慕田峪; pinyin: Mùtiányù) is a section of the Great Wall of China located in Huairou District within the city limits of Beijing 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of the center of the city. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is connected with Jiankou in the west and Lianhuachi in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs.