Climb to the top to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Sino-Vietnamese border and appreciate the majestic momentum of Zhennanguan in the past.

Friendship Pass, formerly known as Zhennanguan, was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the nine famous passes in ancient China, and it is also the only pass in Jiuguanzhong that is still performing customs clearance functions.

Friendship Pass is a tower-shaped building with a height of 22 meters. The ground floor is a solid city wall with an arched gate in the middle.

On the left of the building is the wall of Zuobi Mountain, and on the right is the wall of Fu You Mountain. You can climb two mountains to have a look. One of them only takes about ten minutes to climb the mountain. Here, you can enjoy the ancient fortress and the historical vicissitudes and majestic momentum of the south gate of the former town. The other one takes about 40 minutes to reach the top of the mountain, and then you can have a panoramic view of the Sino-Vietnamese border.

Today, it exists as a customs port. Most people regard Friendship Pass as a transit point to Vietnam, and not many tourists come here to play. If you are interested in this important historical symbol, it is not bad to visit it.

Pingxiang has been an important border defense place in southwest Guangxi since ancient times, and Friendship Pass is the largest and most important border defense between China and Vietnam. Located in the southwest of Pingxiang city 18km, with high mountains on both sides. The situation is steep and stuck in the canyon passage. It is a tower-shaped building, 22 meters high, with thick walls at the bottom and a dome-shaped door in the middle, which is very magnificent. The three characters "Friendship Pass" on the archway were inscribed by Marshal Chen Yi.

Friendship Pass was built in the Han Dynasty, first named Yongmingguan, then renamed Jilingguan, Jieshouguan and Da 'nanguan, and later renamed Zhennanguan in the Ming Dynasty. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), with the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai, 1953 was renamed Munan Pavilion. 1965, in order to show the profound friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese people, it was renamed Friendship Pass with the approval of the State Council. 1995 was designated as the patriotic education base of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and 1996 was included in the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

From June 5 to February 2002, it was selected into the list of the first batch of national research and practice education bases and camps for primary and secondary school students by the Ministry of Education.

Tickets and opening hours

30 yuan;

traffic survey

There is no fixed shuttle bus from Pingxiang City to Youyiguan, so it takes about 40 minutes by car, and the round trip is about 40-60 yuan.