More than 1,400 villagers were relocated to live in the canal town, many of whom still live there. Officially named "Ancient Gubei Water Town," the tourist attraction was opened in 2014.

Snow scenery of Gubei Water Town in Beijing By Xinhua Published: Feb 20, 2023 01:22 PM This aerial photo taken on Feb. 19, 2023 shows snow scenery of the Gubei Water Town in Beijing, capital of China.

Editor's note: Dubbed “the Wuzhen County of the North,” Gubei Water Town is located in Miyun District, northeast of downtown Beijing. Sitting at the foot of Simatai Great Wall, the town ...

Located in Miyun County in Beijing, Gubei Water Town is close to the Simatai Great Wall, the most magnificent section of the entire Great Wall. Gubei Water Town in Beijing 0 Comment(s) Print E ...

A view of night scenery of Gubeikou Water Town of Miyun county in Beijing. [Photo/IC] Gubei Water Town surrounds the beautiful Mandarin Duck Lake Reservoir and leans against the Simatai Great Wall ...

Gubei water town will host traditional temple-fair activities starting from the Western New Year to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival, including paper-cutting, shadow-puppet shows ...

The opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Great Wall Cultural Festival kicked off at Gubei Water Town in Beijing on Saturday, revealing an exciting 400-kilometer-long "Great Wall scenic route" that ...

GUBEI WATER TOWN, China--The mock Qing dynasty village nestled below the Great Wall would normally be teeming with tourists on Labor Day, but the thin crowds on Friday showed that while China’s ...

A visitor to Gubei Water Town yesterday wearing a face mask and traditional Chinese clothing. The town, 110km from Beijing, normally teems with tourists on Labour Day, but crowds were thin yesterday.

During holidays, some 100,000 visitors a day would traipse round the quaint stone-paved streets of Gubei Water Town, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northeast of Beijing.

Toilets at Gubei Water Town, a resort on the outskirts of Beijing that are rated the most exemplary in the nation. Credit: The New York Times Smog and corruption are among the problems that the ...