Yanmenguan

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Yanmenguan (simplified Chinese: 雁门关; traditional Chinese: 雁門關), also known as Xixingguan (simplified Chinese: 西陉关; traditional Chinese: 西陘關) is the name of a Great Wall pass. Located in Dai County, Xinzhou of Shanxi province in China. The current Yanmenguan reconstruction was built during Ming dynasty and currently known as one of the announced monuments of China.^[1]

Name

Yanmenguan was being repaired in 2010.

Yanmenguan is situated on Yanmen Mountain. The east side and the west side of the mountain face each other, and hence the whole mountain looks like a huge door. Yanmen Mountain was named for its door-alike shape, in which "Yanmen" means doors in Chinese.^[2]

History

The first pass was built by the King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States period, for defense against the Inner Asian nomads. During Yuan Dynasty it eventually fell into disrepair. The pass was then reconstructed in 1374.^[2]

References

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

Coordinates: 39°11′37″N 112°52′13″E / 39.19361°N 112.87028°E / 39.19361; 112.87028

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