Yang Guan, located 70 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City, the "antique beach" on the south because of its name in the Pass. As early as 121 BC, the Western Han Dynasty was on the frontier of harassment against the Huns, operating the Western Regions, set up in the Hexi Corridor, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang in four counties, while establishing positive relations and Pass. Since then, Yang Guan portal as the gateway to the Western Regions, but also the "Silk Road" Road to go through the pass, and its strategic position is extremely important.

May wish to visit the former site of Yang Guan Yang Guan go here to see the museum, the museum is located in the Pier Yang Guan Shan Han Feng Sui North 800 meters, covering about 10 million squareMeters, is by far the biggest attractions in Gansu Province-style museum. Yang Han Guan imitation of the museum presents the overall architectural style, this rich collection of artifacts, Chen exhibition is unique in that the system reflects the Han and Tang Dynasties and the Yang Guan Dunhuang';s prosperity and change.

Museum Museum area of 7.8 million square meters, the museum';s imitation of Chinese modern buildings and historical sites around the Han and Tang Dynasties, and desert oases make matched Hui, spectacular. And management of the museum exhibition is divided into service areas Chen, Chen Yang Guan exhibition includes building off the city, the Han and Tang military museum, Commandery House, the Silk Road culture museum and other 16 projects.

Yang GuanFounded in the 1st century BC during the Western Han Dynasty, the Han and Tang period was an important frontier of China and the first pass customs, in order to protect Jiang Min, maintaining stability in the Western Regions to ensure smooth flow of the Silk Road played an important role. Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei';s "Weicheng song" "advise you to do one more glass of wine, West of Yang Guan reason people", and the ancient scholars have singing, making people leave their homeland to become Yang Guan, bid farewell to their loved ones, set off Travel, expression of feelings Parting from place. Relatives and friends to bless travel, people hope to become perfectly normal paths wide, flat, "Yang Guan Road", convention, Yang Guan Road to become a road of hope, bright road, Hong Chong TaiRoad synonymous, so have a saying, "You go to your perfectly normal paths, I had my single-plank bridge."

Since the Western Han Dynasty has been here many regarded as a military powerhouse dynasties were guarded by troops. Monk Xuan Zang returned from India to study Buddhism is to take the Silu Nan Road, East Chang';an back off into the sun. Border Poets who wrote Frontier "Two leading official, the two spent the Yang Guan" the poem. Song after the wolf from the White Dragon sand heap, forcing people to eastward, the merciless desert sun off was buried.

Today, the old city battlements Yang Guan long gone, the only eyes and ears - a Beacon hill Pier still stands proudly. Yang Guan Han and Tang Dynasties are the existing area of ancient customs, ancient, ancient Feng Sui, ancient water, trail, ancient Cypriot walls, ancient tombs, ancient pottery kilns, and many other heritage sites.

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Yang Guan Dunhuang City to have an asphalt road connected, chartered to, the cost of 100 yuan. Due to a larger area, you can spend 10 yuan entrance area into the scenic cable car ride.

Tickets <p> Tickets are 50 yuan / person (one-vote system, including Yang Guan Museum), and offers free tours throughout.