Where is Jiayuguan?

Jiayuguan is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province.

Jiayuguan was founded in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372). It consists of inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, moat and the Great Wall on the north and south wings, with a total length of about 60 kilometers. Towers, piers and forts are scattered all over the Great Wall, which consists of three lines of defense: inner city, outer city and moat, overlapping defense, forming a defense system of five miles, one long, ten miles, one pier, three miles, one fort and a hundred miles.

Jiayuguan is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national patriotic education demonstration base. The main attractions are Jiayuguan Guancheng, Hanging Wall, First Pier of the Great Wall, Wei and Jin Tombs, Stone Carvings in Montenegro, Mulan City, Qiyi Glacier and Gliding Base.

Main attraction

1, stage

Jiayuguan Theater was built by Bao Shiyi, a guerrilla general in Jiayuguan, in the fifty-seventh year of Qing Qianlong (1792). It used to be an entertainment place for officers and men guarding the city, city residents and business travelers.

2, soft and far away

The word "soft and far" is engraved on the west gate and front gate of the inner city, which means that in order to realize the long-term and stable strategy of governing the country, the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of "softening" the nomadic people in the frontier (outside the customs) to appease the remote areas.

3. Gwanghwamun

The word "Guanghuamen" is engraved on the forehead of the east gate of the inner city, facing east, indicating the rising sun, and the auspicious atmosphere shines on the earth. The entrance is paved with stone strips mined from Montenegro.