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 ...
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Pass the small square plate, also known as the city, built around 111 BC. Western North Road for the Silk Road leading to the throat strategic pass, located 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City in the Gobi desert. Off the city square with a barrier on the loess is 10 meters wide and 3 meters on the wide and 5 meters under the well-preserved city wall, 24 meters from east to west, north-south width of 26.4 meters, an area of 633 square meters, northwest of the open one. About 100 meters ...
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