Jiayuguan is located in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province.
Jiayuguan is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national patriotism education demonstration base. Jiayuguan, known as "the most majestic pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass cross the Gobi desert and are connected to the Black Mountain Suspended Wall to the north and the world's most majestic pier to the south. It is the westernmost pass of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It was once known as the Throat of Hexi Province in history. Because of its dangerous terrain and majestic architecture, it is known as the key to the continuous border.
Jiayuguan is a transportation fortress on the ancient "Silk Road" and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Zhenbeitai in the middle, and Jiayuguan in the west). Jiayuguan was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It consists of the inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, moat and the Great Wall on the north and south wings, with a total length of about 60 kilometers. The Great Wall is dotted with platforms, piers, and fortresses. It consists of three lines of defense: the inner city, the outer city, and the moat. They overlap and defend, forming a defense of one fire for five miles, one pier for ten miles, one fort for thirty miles, and one city for one hundred miles. system.
The main attractions of Jiayuguan
1. Wenchang Pavilion
Wenchang Pavilion was first built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the second year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1822). The pavilion is a two-story, two-eaves, hilltop-style building with single-room bungalows on both sides of the ground floor, surrounded by 18 red-painted pillars, forming a cloister. Inside is the official hall, which is three rooms wide and two rooms deep. There are lattice doors and windows on all sides, and more than 80 color paintings of landscapes and figures are painted on the upper part. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this pavilion was a place for literati to meet friends, recite poems, paint, and read. In the late Qing Dynasty, it became a place where civil servants worked.
2. Monument of Xiongguan in the World
More than a hundred meters outside the west gate of Guanxi, there is a stone stele of "Xiongguan in the World" published in the Qing Dynasty. In the 14th year of Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty (1809), when Li Tingchen, the commander-in-chief of Suzhen, inspected the defense of Jiayuguan Pass, he saw that there were Qilian Snow Mountains in the south and Black Mountains in the north. .
3. Shiguan Gorge
Shiguan Gorge is also known as Shuiguan Gorge. To the south is the snow-capped Qilian Mountains and to the north is the towering Black Mountain. The Broken Wall Great Wall and the Hanging Wall Great Wall are important components of the Jiayuguanxi Great Wall. They were built under the supervision of Li Han of Suzhou Bingbei Road in the 19th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1540). The Broken Wall Great Wall is located south of the entrance of Heishan Gorge and runs east-west. The Great Wall of Hanging Wall is located on the north side of the canyon, running north-south. The wall is steep and straight, majestic and cantilevered. It is known as the "Badaling Mountains in the West".
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiayuguan