Yanmen Pass, Shanxi, China
4.5 (5 reviews) Spent Ranking #3 in Dai County Ancient Ruins • Architectural Buildings
Very famous pass in border fighting and commercial trading purpose.
Yanmen pass is part of early stage of great wall. A pass to Mongolian. It is a famous pass since thousand years ago since Han dynasty. Tour guide Bruce Zhang explains site history well in detail which made our trip lot more interesting.
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Yanmenguan Village, Yanmenguan Pass Country, Dai County 034200 China
Website
http://www.cits.net/china-guide/places/yanmen-pass.html
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5Manufet 5:00 PM Oct 9, 2016
Very interesting place!
It’s considered as “the first pass of China”, and it consist in a beautiful gate surrounded by the Great Wall and a temple in the mountains. It is very quiet and easy to walk in some parts. It has some shops as well and even a traditional performance for free! Totally worth visit in the way from Taiyuan to Datong.
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4BijanTehran_Iran 5:00 PM Dec 25, 2014
Remote Chinese style Castle
Yanmenguan Pass is one of the three important passes through the inner line of the Great Wall of China, about 40km northwest of Da County. It means 'wild goose' because wild geese are seen flying around the pass every year. The earliest wall in the area was built around 343 B.C. In the year 1374 during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), the pass was rebuilt and moved to today's location. There are three gates in pass. The castle of the Yanmenguan Pass measures 1 kilometer in circumference, with the brick-and-stone wall rising 6 meters. The place was occupied by Japanese army during war and deconstructed partially. The area is mountainous; you arrive to the tourist station and will have a ride with the bus to the base of castle the hike on feet. There were not many foreign visitors when I was there. A real sense of Chinese wall and castle and worriers gathered together here. It really deserves my time and energy. There are many shops and restaurants in the nearby village.
