Jiayuguan Xiongguan Fortune Telling _ Jiayuguan Fortune Telling Folk Master

"The first male pass in the world" refers to "Jiayuguan Pass". Jiayuguan was built in Hongwu of Ming Dynasty for five years, nine years earlier than Shanhaiguan. Jiayuguan has a dangerous terrain, with snow-capped mountains and Qilian Mountains in the south and rolling Montenegro in the north. The distance between the two mountains is only 15km, which is the narrowest place at the western end of Hexi Corridor and is called "the first pass of Hexi Corridor". Jiayuguan, as the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall of Wan Li in Ming Dynasty, is the most well-preserved and spectacular ancient military castle along the route, and it is also the important frontier of past dynasties, and it is also the traffic artery of the ancient Silk Road and cultural exchanges between the East and the West.

Brief introduction of Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan 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 one of the three wonders of the Great Wall in China.

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 is a world cultural heritage, a national 5A-level 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.