Brief information on Site of Yumen Pass  

Yumen Pass, also called the Jade Gate Pass, is located some 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. Together with Yangguan Pass, it is the main pass by which ancient China was connected to the Silk Road. It was established twice separately in the Han and Tang Dynasties. The current Yumen Pass is the remains of the one built in the Tang Dynasty. As an important post station, Yumen Pass witnessed the economic and cultural exchanges between China and the west: Chinese silks were transported continuously to the west while music, religion, grapes, pomegranates, walnuts, and clovers among other things were introduced to China from the west. At present, the Yumen Pass site consists of a small square castle, occupying an area of around 600 square meters and measuring 24.5 meters long from east to west, 17 meters wide from north to south, and 6.7 meters at its highest.

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Location: Northwest of Dunhuang City