Jiayuguan

The Hexi Corridor

Jiayuguan, next to the Gobi desert

The city is an ancient Han Chinese outpost. The Great Wall once extended beyond here but during the first years of the Ming Dynasty a fortress was built. There are thousands of ancient tombs left in the desert, just like the dazzling pearls embedded in the Gobi desert.

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The Jiayu Pass Fort Built in 1372, the fort was dubbed the "Impregnable Defile Under Heaven". Although the Chinese often controlled territories far beyond Jiayuguan, this was the last major stronghold of the empire to the west. The Brick mural tomb of Wei and Jin Dynasty This large-scaled series of murals is the encyclopedia on the Silk Road, which has provided a reliable material basis to study politics, economy, military affairs, culture, folklore, farming and stockbreeding, diplomacy, climate, etc.	[10 Aug. ensoleillé Xining-Lanzhou-Jiayuguan train Changcheng Hotel] 75ème anniversaire de Frau Ursula. Quelques snapshots avec des koréens qui eux-aussi fetent un anniversaire. Le soir, balade en ville, notamment dans la Maison du Peuple qui donne l'impression d'un grand bordel reconvertit en grand bazar pour karaoke, snooker, disco, jeux vidéos,...
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The fort guards the pass that lies between snow-capped Qilian Shan peaks and Hei Shan (Black Mountain) of the Mazong Range. More increbible sceneries!	Next to the Gobi desert Caressé pour la première fois depuis fort longtemps par les vents chauds du désert.

Jiayuguan, next to the Gobi desert

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