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Mei Pass 梅关Méiguān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ganzhou, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ganzhou
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mei Pass
A mountain pass on the Meiling ridge between Jiangxi and Guangdong, on the old trade road that the Tang chancellor Zhang Jiuling had cut through the Dayu range in 716, about 5 m wide and 8 km long with a paved surface. The Ming-dynasty gate tower is inscribed Southern Guangdong's Mighty Pass on its north face and First Pass of Lingnan on its south face, and the Jiangxi side of the pass and the old road were listed as a national heritage unit in 2006. Plum trees were planted along the route, which gave the pass its name, and the road can be walked.
How to get to Mei Pass
On the Meiling ridge at the Guangdong border, about 8 km south-south-west of Dayu town, with the Guangdong city of Nanxiong about 25 km to the south.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Mei Pass and Zhuji Lane 梅关古道·珠玑巷 (under 10 km), Yashan, Dayu 丫山 (10 km).
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