Where is Yanmenguan?

Yanmenguan is located in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. Yanmenguan has been a strategic frontier defense place since ancient times. Advance can attack and retreat can defend. The mountains are stacked and the cliffs are steep. There are many ancient sites in the scenic area, which are called the "outer three passes" of the Inner Great Wall together with Ning Wuguan and Piantouguan. Yanmenguan is also a national 5A-level tourist attraction and one of the top ten "tourist brands" in Shanxi.

The geographical location of Yanmenguan Yanmenguan goes eastward to Pingxingguan, Zijingguan and Daomaguan, reaching the secluded rock and connecting the vast sea. West to Ning Wuguan Xuankou, Piantouguan to the Yellow River. Hengshan Mountain winds along the northern boundary of Daixian County at the top of the Inner Great Wall, connecting Yanmen Mountain, Mantou Mountain and Caoduo Mountain. It borders Yanbei Plateau in the north and Ding Xin Basin in the south. Yanmenguan is located on the Gouzhuling in the north of Daizhou ancient city, on Yanmen Mountain, about 20 kilometers north of Daixian in the north of Shanxi Province. The "First Pass of Nine Tournaments" stands on the mountain and stands on the hook, which is one of the main central passages for geese to return from south to north.

The importance of Yanmenguan The importance of Yanmenguan lies in that it was the passage for the northern ethnic groups beyond the Great Wall to invade the mainland in ancient times, so it has been an important place for border defense since ancient times. Yanmen Mountain is a part of the northern branch of Luliang Mountain in Shanxi Province, extending to the northeast of Shanxi Province. It is connected to Hengshan Mountain in the east and slightly crosses Datong Basin in the north of Shanxi Province and Xindai Basin in the middle of Shanxi Province in the east-west direction. Above the altitude of 15o 00 meters, it constitutes the north-south defense line. Moreover, it is a lump-headed mountain, which is steep and difficult to climb, further enhancing the isolation between the north and the south of the mountain, so that the northern part of the mountain is no longer the sphere of influence of the Han nationality in history, but occupied by the northern nationalities. Yanmenguan passes through Datong, a major town in northern Shanxi, as far as the Mongolian Plateau and Taiyuan, a major town in Jinzhong, Nantong. It can communicate with the Central Plains and the ancient political center Guanzhong, and its strategic position is very important.