Guguan Pass Great Wall
Shanxi Guguan Great Wall Map
Guguan Pass Great Wall is located about 35 km (22 miles) to Pingding County in Yangquan City of Guguan Pass Province, and about 15 km (9 miles) to Niangzi Pass, Guguan Pass Great Wall is strategically situated and difficult of access. Together with the famous Niangzi Pass and Jiuguan Pass, it is an important fortified place in Chinese dynasties.
 Guguan Great Wall |
 Guguan Great Wall |
Great Wall of Guguan Pass was first built in Zhongshan State in Spring and Autumn Periods (770 BC – 476 BC), about 155 years before the Great Wall in Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC) and reconstructed in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It was one of the four famous passes to the west of Beijing in Ming Dynasty (the other three were Juyongguan Pass, Zijingguan Pass and Daomaguan Pass). The Great Wall expert Luo Zhewen praised it to have the Badaling Great Wall charm.
 Guguan Great Wall |
 Guguan Great Wall |
Keep north and pass another enemy tower, turn west, and you will see the wild wall. The first several hundred meters of the wall were badly collapsed. Five to six hundred meters (547 to 656 yards) further, the wall is recognizable. The northern side of the wall is about the length of a man’s height, and the southern side uses the mountain slope as the natural barrier.
Shanxi Great Wall List |
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| Guguan Pass Great Wall | Niangziguan Pass Great Wall |
| Ningwuguan Pass Great Wall | Pianguan Pass & Pingxingguan Pass Great Wall |
| Yanmenguan Pass of Great Wall | |
