Yumen Pass
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Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is the name of a pass of the Great Wall located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China. During the Han dynasty, this was a pass through
Ruin of the Small Fangpan Castle at Yumen Pass
Han-period Great Wall at Yumen Pass
Silk Roads: The Routes Network of Chang'an-Tian Shan Corridor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which covers the Chang'an-Tianshan portion of the ancient Silk Road and historical sites along the route.
Yumen Pass
…point on the Silk Road. These passes, along with other sites along the Silk Road, were inscribed in 2014 on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor World Heritage Site. The pass is at an elevation of 1400 meters. Although the Chinese guan is usually translated simply as "pass", its more specific…
Silk Road extending from Europe through Asia. Overland routes are red, and the maritime routes are blue.
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