Where is Jiayuguan?

Jiayuguan, known as "the first male pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass through the desert Gobi, connecting the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north and the first pier in the world in the south. It is the westernmost part of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. It was once called the throat of Hexi in history. Because of its steep terrain and magnificent architecture, it is called lock key. Jiayuguan is the traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Beitai in the middle and Jiayuguan in the west).

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.

Architectural characteristics of Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan is composed of three lines of defense: inner city, outer city and moat, which are overlapping, heavily guarded and heavily fortified. Connected with the Great Wall, it forms a military defense system with five miles, one fort, one hundred miles and one city. Jiayuguan was a 6-meter-high tucheng when it was first built, covering an area of 2,500 square meters. The existing Guancheng has a total area of more than 33,500 square meters, consisting of outer city, inner city and urn city.

There are fourteen watchtowers, watchtowers, turrets, attics and gates. On the inner wall of Jiayuguan. There are guerrilla generals' offices, Jingting and Wenchang Pavilion in Guancheng, and Guandi Temple, archway and theater outside the East Gate.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiayuguan