2. The hanging wall of the Great Wall

3. The first pier of the Great Wall

4. Underground Gallery of Wei and Jin Tombs

5. The Great Wall Museum

6. Black Mountain Rock Paintings

7. Jiayuguan International Gliding Base

8. July 1st Glacier

1. Jiayuguan, which is known as "the first male pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass through the desert Gobi, connecting the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north and the first pier in the world in the south. It is the westernmost part of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. It was once called the throat of Hexi in history. Because of its steep terrain and magnificent architecture, it is called lock and key. Jiayuguan is the traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Beitai in the middle and Jiayuguan in the west).

2. Jiayuguan was founded in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372). It consists of inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, moat and the Great Wall on the north and south wings, with a total length of about 60 kilometers. Towers, piers and forts are scattered all over the Great Wall, which consists of three lines of defense: inner city, outer city and moat, overlapping defense, forming a defense system of five miles, one long, ten miles, one pier, three miles, one fort and a hundred miles.

Jiayuguan is a world cultural heritage, a national AAAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national patriotic education demonstration base. The main attractions are Jiayuguan Guancheng, Hanging Wall, First Pier of the Great Wall, Wei and Jin Tombs, Stone Carvings in Montenegro, Mulan City, Qiyi Glacier and Gliding Base.