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Niangzi Pass 娘子关Niángzǐ Guān
4A scenic area · Yangquan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yangquan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Niangzi Pass
A Ming-dynasty fortified pass on the Shanxi–Hebei border, known as the ninth pass of the Great Wall, where the railway and road cross the Taihang Mountains; the present walls date from 1542. Visitors climb the walled pass and its gate towers, and the scenic area also takes in sections of Great Wall, a waterfall and an old village in the valley. In legend the Tang princess Pingyang garrisoned the pass with a force of women, which gave it the name 'Ladies' Pass'.
How to get to Niangzi Pass
On the Hebei border about 30 km north-east of Pingding, with the Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway and a road running through the pass.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jingxing Old Town Wall (Tianchang) 井陉旧城城墙 (10 km), Zhengfeng Mine Industrial Buildings (Duanjialou) 正丰矿工业建筑群 (20 km), Hongyanling Scenic Area 红岩岭 (20 km), Jingxing Kiln Site (Nanhengkou) 井陉窑遗址 (20 km), Machiyan Temple 马齿岩寺 (20 km).
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