長城啓動週末夜遊活動

Great Wall to offer night tours
長城啓動週末夜遊活動

A two-month-long Great Wall cultural festival opened in Beijing Saturday, which allows tourists to visit the Badaling section of the ancient wall on weekend nights.
爲期兩個月的長城文化節8月8日在北京啓動，文化節期間，公衆可在週末夜遊八達嶺長城。

Visitors can reserve night tours of the Badaling Great Wall every Friday and Saturday during the festival that will end on Oct 7, said Chen Mingjie, head of the Beijing municipal administration of cultural heritage, at a news conference held in Beijing Friday.
8月7日，北京市文物局局長陳名傑在新聞發佈會上介紹，今年的北京長城文化節將持續至10月7日，活動期間遊客每週五、週六可以預約夜遊八達嶺長城。

An evening gala of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a cultural fair on Chinese traditional costumes and online lectures including one about cultural heritage protection that is co-organized by Hadrian's Wall of Britain, are also scheduled during the festival, said Chen.
中秋晚會、華服節日文化市集，以及與英國哈德良長城聯合組織的文化遺產在線講座等活動也將在文化節期間舉行。

The Great Wall, with a total length of more than 20,000 km, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and consists of many interconnected walls.
長城全長超過兩萬公里，由相連的許多段組成，已被列入聯合國教科文組織《世界遺產名錄》。

Beijing has a total of 520 km of Great Wall sections within its territory, and the Badaling section is the most visited one.
長城北京段全長520公里，八達嶺長城是遊客到訪最多的一段。