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Yangguan Pass

Yangguan Pass sits 70 kilometers (about 43.5 miles) southwest of Dunhuang. It is the gateway to the south western of the ancient Silk Road.

Yangguan Pass and Yumen guan Pass were the two important military stronghold protecting Dunhuang from invasion from the Huns since114 B.C. in Han Dynasty. Yangguan Pass has a history of over 2000 years and great sections is devoured by shifting sands. However the ever-refulgent pass hardly in sight, the ancient relics such as bricks, pottery pieces etc. in the sand dunes nearby are the evidence of civilization here.