The new Simatai Great Wall village known as Gubei Water Town is up and running as an attraction at the foot of the Great Wall in Miyun county 135 miles north of downtown Beijing, China. The completely new town has architecture reflecting an historic Chinese style built around modern infrastructure which makes it both attractive and practical. The Tanghe River, complete with an arched stone bridge wends its way through the town which was modeled after a southern China community named Wuzhen Water Town which is famed for being the “Venice of the East.”