Jiayuguan: My name is Xixiong for thousands of miles on the Great Wall
Jiayuguan: My name is Xixiong for thousands of miles on the Great Wall
Jiayuguan Gate City is 6 kilometers southwest of Jiayuguan City. The two wings of the city wall traverse the desert Gobi. It connects with the Black Mountain Great Wall in the north and the world's first pier in the south. It is the ruler of the western end of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty and the first pass in Hexi.
Jiayuguan Pass was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372). It is the most dangerous one among the more than 1,000 passes under the jurisdiction of the nine towns along the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. It has been well-preserved so far. It has the “No. Xiongguan is known as "Lianfeng lock Yin".
"Strictly close the hundred-foot-long Tianxi, ten thousand li levies to the horseshoe." Since the construction of Jiayuguan, there have been frequent wars. The unique golden iron horses in the frontier fortresses and the desert Gobi agitated the pride of literati and mosques in the past. Lin Zexu was convicted of smoking ban and praised when he was demoted to Xinjiang while passing through Jiayuguan: "Except for Lulong Mountain and Marine Insurance, who is better than Guanxiong in the southeast."
Jiayu Pass was built nine years earlier than Shanhai Pass. From its initial construction to the completion of a complete pass, it has undergone 168 years of continuous improvement. It has now become a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and the largest pass on the existing Great Wall. The largest pass in China.
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