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Friendship Pass 友谊关Yǒuyì Guān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Chongzuo, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongzuo
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Friendship Pass
Friendship Pass is the historic gateway on the China–Vietnam border south-west of Pingxiang, known as Zhennan Pass until 1953 and given its present name in 1965. The four-storey, 22 m gate tower holds exhibitions on the pass's history, Ming-dynasty walls climb the hills on either side, which carry old gun batteries such as the group on Jinji Shan, and a colonnaded French-style building of 1896, remodelled in 1914, once housed the border affairs office. The pass saw the 1885 Battle of Zhennan Pass in the Sino-French War.
How to get to Friendship Pass
About 15 km south-west of Pingxiang city, roughly 20–30 minutes by road. Carry your passport, as there are border checkpoints on the roads near the frontier.
Nearby
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art 花山岩画 40 km
About 1,900 red figures painted on a sheer cliff above the Ming River
Also within 20 km: Pingxiang Rosewood Culture Expo City 红木文博城 (10 km), Daliancheng Fortress 大连城 (20 km).
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