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Hangu Pass 函谷关Hángǔ Guān
4A scenic area · Sanmenxia, Henan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Sanmenxia
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Hangu Pass
The site of the ancient pass that guarded the narrow corridor between the Central Plain and the Wei valley, fortified by the state of Qin in the Warring States period and fought over for centuries afterwards. Legend says that Laozi wrote the Tao Te Ching here at the request of the pass keeper Yinxi before heading west, and since 1992 the site has been rebuilt with a new east gate tower and Taoist halls such as the Taichu Palace.
How to get to Hangu Pass
At Wangduo village, Hanguguan town, about 12 km from Lingbao city and about 30 km west-south-west of central Sanmenxia.
Nearby
- Yongle Palace 永乐宫 20 km
Yuan-dynasty Taoist murals in a temple moved piece by piece to make way for a reservoir - Xiezhou Guandi Temple 解州关帝庙 30 km
Gateways, halls and towers honouring the deified general Guan Yu in his home district - Yuncheng Salt Lake 运城盐湖 40 km
Brine ponds that turn red, pink and green in summer, below the Zhongtiao Mountains
Also within 20 km: Shengtian Lake 圣天湖 (10 km), Dayudu Yellow River Scenic Area 大禹渡 (20 km), Yanzishan National Forest Park 燕子山 (20 km), Qingliang Temple, Ruicheng 清凉寺 (20 km).
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