Pingxing Pass

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Pingxing Pass
Location	China
Coordinates	39°19′15.18″N 113°55′24.87″E / 39.3208833°N 113.9235750°E / 39.3208833; 113.9235750

Pingxing Pass (simplified Chinese: 平型关; traditional Chinese: 平型關; pinyin: Píxíng Guān) is a mountain pass in the Shanxi Province of China.

There is a section of the Great Wall of China there.

The Battle of Pingxingguan was fought here between the National Revolutionary Army's 8th Route Army of the Republic of China (under Communist Party of China control) and the Imperial Japanese Army on September 25, 1937.

A 6,188-metre (20,302 ft) long railway tunnel was opened through the pass in 1971.

v t e Great Wall of China

Yumen Pass Yang Pass Jiayu Pass Ningwu Pass Yanmen Pass Jumenbu Niangzi Pass Pingxing Pass Dajingmen Badaling Juyong Pass (Cloud Platform) Huanghuacheng Jiankou Mutianyu Gubeikou Jinshanling Simatai Huangya Pass Shanhai Pass Hushan

History of the Great Wall of China

v t e Mountain passes of China

Geography of China

Alataw Pass Bedel Pass Beyik Pass Biandukou Diphu Pass Hangu Pass Huangyaguan Hulao Pass Iron Gate Pass Jingxing Pass Karakoram Pass Khunjerab Pass Kilik Pass Kongka Pass Kulma Pass Kunlun Pass Laken Pass Lazikou Pass Lipulekh Pass Mana Pass Mei Pass Mintaka Pass Mustagh Pass Nangpa La Nathu La Niangzi Pass Pingxing Pass Sanju Pass Semo La Shanhai Pass Shipki La Tanggula Pass Tongguan County Torugart Pass Wakhjir Pass Wu Pass Yangguan Yanmenguan Yumen Pass

Landforms of China List of gaps in Hong Kong

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