The mountains and rivers are far away, and there are fireworks in the world.
Nothing is you, nothing is not you.
Walking into Gushuibei Town, it was a hot summer afternoon
When I left Gushuibei Town, it was a rainy morning
Meet once, remember forever.
The past and present of Gushuibei Town
"Miyun County Chronicle" describes Gubeikou as "the capital controls the frontier fortress in the north, and Shuntian belongs to Songting, Gubeikou, and Juyong three passes as the main points, while Gubei is Youchong".
Gubei Water Town is located in Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing, at the foot of the Simatai Great Wall.
Relying on the history and culture left by Simatai, Gubei Water Town has built multiple areas with different styles such as the Republic of China block, Shuijie historical style area, Wolongbao folk culture area, Tanghe ancient village area, and Langu area.
Living in Gubei Water Town—Tibetan-style Huotang Hotel and Mucheng Hotel
The three-day and two-night trip to Gubei Water Town and the different styles of hotels gave me a new experience and understanding of the cultural creativity of the water town.
Firepit Hotel
Gubei Water Town Huotang Hotel is a combination of Tibetan style and modern style. It is surrounded by valleys and listens to birdsong. The appearance is not Tibetan, but imitates the architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, but the details are the embodiment of Tibetan culture, which is the style of Huotang.
The corridors of the hotel rely on the style of the Simatai Great Wall. The long corridors have the feeling of walking on the Great Wall, and the small windows resemble the shoulders of the Great Wall. My room is not big, with a big bed surrounded by circular gauze, romantic and elegant, and two of the four walls are all glass, showing the green summer outside. When the light at noon is too strong, cover the curtains to fill the room with light and warmth. The tranquility is like the peach garden described by Tao Qian.
The washbasin in the bathroom is mainly in bronze, and there is a long wooden and simple wide table in the partition between the bed and the bathroom, which can be used for reading and letting thoughts fly. There is no door to the washbasin, which is blocked by a heavy cloth curtain with a strong color and Tibetan style. The tone of this room is thick and quiet that I like.
The copper bathtub is exaggeratedly placed in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the faucet that looks like an old rocking desk phone decorates this place with simplicity and solidity. A good night's dream, quiet and no sound, the fragile brain nerves are healed, and a good sleep is the best gift of the firepit.
The bar of the Firepit Hotel is like stepping into the old days. The cane-decorated roof is illuminated by beams of light, and the sofas and cushions are stretched out. There is currently no decoration in the walls, and the temptation to show light is empty. Stepping out from the bar, you can see the most lively place at night like the Fujian Tulou Huotang, where you can dance, drink, chat and daze. Climbing up the steps, you can see the majesty and magnificence of the Simatai Great Wall on the top of the wooden round building.
Mucheng Hotel
Mucheng Hotel is located not far from the Huotang Hotel in Gubei Water Town. The appearance of the hotel is eye-catching, with its own halo and starlight.
The interior decoration is elegant and warm, full of simplicity and European style, the room is atmospheric and comfortable, no matter the placement of the bathtub or the sink, it will make people feel intimate, the blue carpet is like a starry sky, the sofa, tatami, big bed, walls, and night gifts Warm milk here... The atmosphere of the decoration and the considerate service make people feel the enthusiasm and simplicity of the ancient town.
Breathing the purest breath of nature here, looking for the most romantic night in Gubei Water Town.
camp tent romantic stargazing
In the secluded valley, there is a breeze, a sunset, and stars and moons that are not polluted by light. Accompanied by streams, insects, and the romance and beauty of summer. On summer nights, looking up at the Great Wall and the starry sky, the tranquility and ease of the mountains, the romance with the starry sky, and the private enjoyment of all these beauties.
Relying on the history and culture left by Simatai, Gubei Water Town has carried out in-depth excavations. The resort area of 9 square kilometers has 430,000 square meters of exquisite mountain courtyard buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, including 4 themed resort hotels, 10 Boutique hotels, more than 400 homestays, restaurants and shops, more than 10 cultural exhibition experience areas and complete supporting service facilities.
Walking in the leisurely water town in summer
On the border of the long ancient road, hanging clouds and green leaves. The water town lives by the winding green water. In summer, the ivy vines stretch freely, covering the ancient and dotted bluestone roads.
The hutongs in the town are criss-crossed, and when you turn around and look back, you can see the scenery. The splendor of the past is superimposed here, and the vicissitudes of time are smeared with thick ink. In the four seasons, the beauty is too beautiful to bear to leave.
When visiting Gubei Water Town, you must not take the main road. There are huge crowds of people, people come and go, especially during holidays, when there are so many tourists, they are basically forced to take a group photo, there is no other way. Such a beautiful ancient town must take a small road that is sparsely populated. It is so beautiful that you mistakenly think that you have broken into a fairy tale world. No matter how you shoot or place it, the protagonist will always be you alone. I don't tell her this secret to ordinary people, haha, this was also quietly told to me by a beautiful woman who works in Shuizhen.
Morning Great Wall Yoga
Doing yoga on the Great Wall, I actually worry about whether the morning sun will be too dazzling or the ultraviolet rays will be too strong? Unexpectedly, all my worries were superfluous. The Great Wall in the early morning is so beautiful, and the rising sun is just right, which is exactly the temperature and angle of light that life needs.
The Indian yoga teacher patiently taught us to do classic movements, from simple to difficult. This morning, I feel that I have absorbed the essence of all things. Do not miss the morning yoga class in Gubei Water Town.
If you don't ride the Great Wall, you're not a hero
With the increase of time cost, busy people have drifted away from cycling. How long have you not ridden a bicycle? I'm afraid I can't answer it myself. It doesn't matter, come to the foot of the Simatai Great Wall in Gubei Water Town, let's take a leisurely ride for a while, look at the winding mountain top of the Great Wall, and see the greenery in summer.
Riding from Yudachizi Hot Spring City to Yuanyang Lake Reservoir, the road conditions are gentle and quiet, and the beautiful mountains and water come into view. Between laughter and laughter, time records all the beautiful things at present.
Take a cruise to see the beautiful scenery of the water town
From Yuanyang Lake Wharf to Riyue Island Wharf, each boat can take six people.
The beautiful Gubei Water Town looks even more beautiful at this time. The water reflects the scenery on both sides of the river, and the beauty of the buildings is integrated with the green water, as if swimming in a landscape painting.
The cruise ship here is an indispensable experience. The boat is swaying, the beautiful eaves on the side of the road pass by, the flowers are blooming and charming, and there are people coming and going on the old slate streets. This summer , the water town is as beautiful as a fairy tale world.
Children play in summer, bring your baby here in summer
Yongshun dyeing workshop
In the Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Yi's "Machine Weaving Fu" Zeng said:
"A slender and quiet woman, the meridian is in the network", "shaking and tolerant, pitching and showing posture".
On the way of strolling on the workshop street, there is a flag of Huangbu Hongzi in the distance, with a big "Dye" character on it, that is Yongshun Dyefang. The word "Dye" on the banner of Yongshun Dyefang is said to be Kangxi. The Emperor's Pen!
Colorful dyed cloth hangs in the courtyard of Yongshun Dyeing Workshop, which inherits traditional Chinese hand-made printing and dyeing. Yongshun Dyeing Workshop was founded in 1990. The founder Zhang Jukui learned the skills of a dyeing craftsman, and dyed cloth with bright, long-lasting and stable colors. It is well-known in Gubei and famous in Beijing.
Entering the dyeing workshop, you will see the cloth drying yard. With the running of the urchin, the light and shadow are scattered, and the tie-dyeing reflects the beauty of time. There is also a small museum in the dyeing workshop, which displays a lot of small utensils from the Qing Dynasty and exhibits of cotton, linen, wool and silk, etc., where you can see the dyeing of time.
The Yongshun Dyeing Workshop in Gubei Water Town uses time to color and skillfully tie-dye. Every process is a presentation of the long years and vicissitudes. Beauty has been passed down from ancient times to the present.
"Square and round, wonderful and strange, insects, birds and beasts, things have their own appropriateness" The simple and elegant charm hangs down in the direction of the light, swinging gently with the wind, those beautiful patterns fluctuate and stop. Time stops at the present moment, flipping through Zhaval's poems.
Address: No. 001, Workshop Street, Gubei Water Town Scenic Area.
Bubbles are so fun in summer
Like a white cloud, but within reach, romantic, yet touchable. Every afternoon, the Riyue Island Square releases bubbles on time at 2-3 o'clock. No matter the children or the elderly, everyone is happy. You can find innocence here, and it is full of laughter.
DIY Handmade Lantern
Chinese lanterns have a long history and are the earliest portable lighting tools invented in the world. "Southern History" records the sentence "hanging Ge lanterns on the wall". It is the original prototype of the gauze lamp.
Chinese lanterns originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 800 years ago. Chinese lanterns are a combination of painting, paper cutting, paper binding, piercing and other crafts. It is made of bamboo, wood, bamboo, straw, animal horn, metal, damask silk and other crafts produced in various regions. Among the lanterns made in ancient times, palace lanterns and gauze lanterns are the most famous.
The Lantern House in Gubei Water Town is an exquisite courtyard building where all kinds of lanterns gather. There are origami lantern shop, traditional lantern shop, foreign lamp shop, lantern DIY experience room, team experience room, etc. Experience Chinese lantern culture here and learn the process of making and painting lanterns. It is said that it is not easy to make lanterns. It takes time and patience, and it needs many aspects to show.
Of course, the finished lanterns are to be taken to the Great Wall at night, to light up the Great Wall while playing, and also to illuminate themselves.
Painting as a craftsman for a day, Gubei Water Town Wind House
Drawing a kite of your own in the beautiful Gubei Water Town must be a favorite experience for children. Paint the color you want on the kite stroke by stroke, and the inner world has already flown above the blue sky.
Gubei painting as a craftsman for a day, Gubei Water Town House of Wind, painting kites by yourself. Here you can not only DIY kites, but also a kite museum. There are all kinds of kites, which are exquisite, delicate, small and exquisite, and majestic like flying through the clouds.
Great Wall Music Water Dance Show
The night of Gubei Water Town is stop-and-go, and it is an endless beauty. The combination of ancient buildings and lights will always give people unexpected beauty. The fountain light and shadow show in Wangjing Tower brings all these to the extreme of beauty.
The fountain sways in various postures with the music, charming and beautiful. The Great Wall appears and disappears in the distance, and the lights and shadows of the Wangjing Tower show, staged an exquisite story, with mountains and waters, handsome horses, new life, and ancient battles. There are traces of fire, phoenix, and time carving.
Address: Wangjing Street, Gubei Water Town Scenic Area
Take a night tour of Simatai Great Wall and watch the Kongming Lantern drone show in Gubei Water Town
After a day of eating, drinking, playing and shopping in the town, in the evening, a good place that must not be missed is the Simatai Great Wall viewing. The scenery at night is very beautiful and has its own characteristics.
By the way, how to go up the Great Wall? Of course, take the ropeway. Take the Simatai Great Wall Cableway to Gubei Water Town, and see the beautiful dangerous mountains along the way, and sigh the wisdom and tenacity of the ancients. The Great Wall built on the steep mountain tops, winding and undulating, is definitely a miracle in the world.
When you get off the cableway, you can see that the wooden handrails beside the stone road are full of wishing cards, and the good wishes are accompanied by the Great Wall through the ages, swaying with the evening wind.
At this time, the Great Wall was full of voices, and it was so lively that it was hard to believe that it was evening. Speaking of night tours on the Great Wall with lanterns, you must make a lantern yourself in the DIY Lantern House in Gubei Water Town. The feeling of climbing the Great Wall will be different. Of course, if you really don’t want to do it, it’s also beautiful to buy a beautiful lantern and climb the Great Wall.
The ancient religion of Gongdengbai spread in the Gubeikou area, and the local people regard it as a "sky lantern". It is said that the light at night can be shown to the Heavenly Palace, and the gods will bless the person who carries the lantern according to the direction of the light. Therefore, at the beginning of each season, people will spontaneously carry lanterns to the Simatai Great Wall to pray for blessings.
There is another allusion to the Lantern Great Wall, that is, in the Yuan Dynasty of Longqing (1567), Qi Jiguang led officers and soldiers to station in the Gubeikou area to repair the Great Wall. Every night, birds and beasts will come out to look for food, and the people of Gubeikou will light up the palace lanterns to drive away the birds and beasts, so as to protect the safety of soldiers.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a lamp. There are night lights at the corner of the Great Wall, embellishing the thousand-year-old border. Climbing to the top of the Great Wall, you can see the beautiful scenery of Gubei Water Town at night. The mountains in the distance are rolling and rolling, revealing the blue of the evening.
At 20 o'clock sharp, a wonderful UAV Kongming Lantern Show will be staged at Riyue Island Square in Gubei Water Town. On the Great Wall, watch the wonderful performance of UAVs. Sometimes they will be arranged as roses, and sometimes they will become running and walking. People, after a while, they will form the appearance of Wangjing Tower again.
It's just a moment of light and shadow, Gubei Water Town can always give you amazing beauty and unforgettable memories.
Eat in Gubei Water Town
When you come to Gubei Water Town, you must visit the food street here.
The first recommendation is "Guguan Hot Pot": the whole building is antique. The hot pot is the most traditional old Beijing pot, the mutton taste is also very authentic, and the bottom of the pot is made by the store itself! The hot pot ingredients are second to none here, there are almost as many as possible, 15 kinds. It suddenly occurred to me that Beijingers are very particular about food. One serving of noodles needs to have many kinds of seasonings, not to mention the extravagance of this hot pot, which is so extravagant. And the exquisiteness of the ingredients is even more surprising.
Address: Riyue Island Wharf, Gubei Water Town
William Chinese Restaurant
Beijing Gubei Water Town William Edgar Hotel is a Western-style hotel with the theme of the Great Wall of China to commemorate the protection and contribution of the American geographer William Edgar Gale to the Great Wall of China.
The dishes here are exquisite and taste very good. A soup served first dilutes the thirst and exhaustion in the hot summer. Every dish is a presentation of exquisite taste, and it is a visual feast.
Arrowhead Steakhouse
There is a check-in sign at the entrance of the Arrow Tower Steakhouse. The 9,999 likes indicate that this steakhouse is really good.
The tabletops are covered with white tablecloths, the forks and spoons are placed neatly, and the service is considerate.
The tomato soup before the meal is delicious, and it is best eaten with bread.
You can choose 5 points, 7 points or fully cooked steak according to your preference. The taste is really good, and the quantity is also very large.
Dessert after dinner is my favorite. The environment here is quiet and comfortable, and the transparent glass on three sides can see the people coming and going in the square.
Gubei Water Town is so fun, how did it come here? Next, I’m going to talk about transportation—here’s a good news to announce. This year, Gubei Water Town opened the Huaimi Line’s “Great Wall” train. How would you describe it? It is more convenient to come to Gubei Water Town because there is a special train!
Beijing "Huaimi Line" train departure route
(Classes start on April 30, 2019)
"Huaimi Line" train (Huangtudian Station - Gubeikou Station)
Take Metro Line 13 and get off at Huoying Station, walk about 323 meters to Huangtudian Station on the "Huaimi Line" and take the "Huaimi Line" train (bound to Huairou North), get off at Gubeikou Station, from Gubeikou Station Take the Gubei Water Town Line at Beikou Station to arrive at Gubei Water Town.
It is estimated that the whole journey will take 144 minutes. Ticket price: 12 yuan/person/one way
Monday to Friday
Saturday, Sunday and Golden Week, small holidays
Gubei Water Town Traffic Information
Self-driving route from Beijing
After getting off at Simatai Exit No. 24 of Jingcheng Expressway, drive to the left on the ramp on the right for about 2 minutes.
Railway route from Beijing
Take Metro Line 13 and get off at Huoying Station, walk about 323 meters to Huangtudian Station on the "Huaimi Line" and take the "Huaimi Line" train (bound to Huairou North), get off at Gubeikou Station, from Gubeikou Station Take the Gubei Water Town Line at Beikou Station to arrive at Gubei Water Town.
Direct train route from Beijing
Take Metro Line 2 to Dongzhimen, and transfer to the Beijing-Gubei Water Town direct bus at the Dongzhimen Outer Bus Station (junction of Dongzhimen Outer Xie Street and Xiangheyuan South Street, 942 and 855 buses) to Gubei Water Town. It is expected to reach Gubei Water Town directly in 120 minutes.
Bus routes from Beijing
Take bus No. 980 from Dongzhimen, get off at Miyun West Bridge Station, transfer to bus No. 51, get off at Simatai Village Station, and walk to Gubei Water Town.
