Juyongguan Great Wall

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Juyongguan Pass lies in Changping district, 50 kilometers from Beijing. It locates in an 18-kilometer long valley which called Guangou. Juyongguan Pass is known as the three greatest passes of the great wall in China together with Jiayuguan in Gansu Province and Shanhaiguan in Hebei Province. Juyongguan Pass has important strategic significance. Besides, it is also famous for the beautiful natural sceneries and the unique architecture style. In fact, in the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234 A.D), this place was listed one of the Eight Best Scenic Spots in Beijing.
The gate in the center of Juyongguan Pass is built of finely carved marble and called Cloud Terrace or Guojielou (crossing-street tower) in Chinese. This building was originally the base of three towers and was built as early as 1345, more than 500 years of history now, this marble Cloud Terrace is nearly 10 meters high, the bottom is 27 meters long from east to west, 15 meters wide from north to south. Seen from distance, this terrace is bigger at the bottom and smaller at the top.
Originally, on the top of the Cloud Terrace stood three towers, but they were destroyed by an earthquake in the early Ming Dynasty with only the terrace itself left. An arched gateway is underneath the terrace, which is more than 7 meters high, 6 meters wide, and wide enough for carriages to go through. Both side of the arched gateway are decorated with carvings of Buddha, four Celestial Kings, and the text of a Buddhist Sutra in Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit and three other minority languages. Those historical relics together with the Juyongguan itself have great value on the research of archeology, history and culture. There is also a four-carving characters Ju Yong Die Cui which means lush green trees placed layer by layer in Juyongguan Pass to indicate its pretty natural scenes.
The pass had many different names in the past dynasties. However, the name "Juyongguan Pass" was used by more than three dynasties. It was first used in the Qin Dynasty when Emperor Qinshihuang ordered to build the Great Wall. The present Pass was initially built in the Ming Dynasty and has received much renovation, and to the south is the Nan Pass while to the south is the famous Badaling section of the Great Wall. Juyongguan Pass had great strategic significance and was known as the important defensive place of the Beijing City. In the last year of the Ming dynasty, the events that the famous leader of the peasant rising Lizicheng entered the Beijing City by passing the Juyongguan and the Ming general Wusangui led the Qing soldiers passing through the Juyongguan Pass had directly led to the perdition of the Ming dynasty. So the pass also has great historical meaning.

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