Great Wall to offer night tours

长城启动周末夜游活动

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.

为期两个月的长城文化节8月8日在北京启动，文化节期间，公众可在周末夜游八达岭长城。

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，北京市文物局局长陈名杰在资讯发布会上介绍，今年的北京长城文化节将持续至10月7日，活动期间游客每周五、周六可以预约夜游八达岭长城。

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.

中秋晚会、华服节日文化市集，以及与英国哈德良长城联合组织的文化遗产在线讲座等活动也将在文化节期间举行。

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.

长城全长超过两万公里，由相连的许多段组成，已被列入联合国教科文组织《世界遗产名录》。

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