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    Yumen Pass (simplified Chinese: 玉门关; traditional Chinese: 玉門關; pinyin: Yùmén Guān; Uyghur: قاش قوۋۇق, Qash Qowuq), or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate...
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  • Yumen may refer to: Yumen Pass, pass of the Great Wall of China Yumen City, country-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu, China, named after the pass Yumen, Sichuan...
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    Yumen (simplified Chinese: 玉门; traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate,") is a city in western Gansu province, China. It is a county-level...
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    about 8 BC was discovered at the site of a Western Han garrison near the Yumen pass in August 2006. The Xixia or Western Xia dynasty controlled much of Gansu...
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    the Hexi Corridor. In western Gansu Province is Dunhuang (Shazhou), then Yumen, then Jiayuguan, then Jiuquan (Suzhou), then Zhangye (Ganzhou) in the center...
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    Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves Chang'an Kumul/Hami Ürümqi Yumen Pass (or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate) (city called Yumenguan or Hecang) Anxi Kashgar...
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    Singing Sand Dunes The Yumen Pass, built in 111 BC, located 90 km (56 mi) northwest of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert. The Yang Pass White Horse Pagoda Dunhuang...
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    of Jiayuguan in Gansu province. Along with Juyong Pass and Shanhai Pass, it is one of the main passes of the Great Wall. In the Ming period, foreign merchants...
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    their way") near Yumen Pass. The Jiayu Pass, located in Gansu province, is the western terminus of the Ming Great Wall. From Jiayu Pass the wall travels...
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    century BC to the 8th century AD that referred to the regions west of the Yumen Pass, most often the Tarim Basin in present-day southern Xinjiang (also known...
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