Old Tongguan Pass Town
Guarding the eastern entry to the Guanzhong plain where the Wei meets the Yellow River, the pass was first built in 196 CE, taken down for the Sanmenxia reservoir, and rebuilt as a heritage town from 2011.
Tongguan Pass
Tongguan's gray-tiled courtyards and walls surround a gray stone gate tower with three tiers of eaves; green hills rise to the left, a muddy-yellow river bends beyond toward flat banks, and one driver leads a small cart along a dirt path across the scrubby, grassy slope in front.
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- Meditations at Tongguan PassDramaZhang Yanghao
Mountain peaks gather close, wild billows surge in wrath; fortress pass of Tongguan framed by mountains and rushing stream. Gazing toward the Western Capital, hesitation weighs upon my soul. Sorrow strikes traversing the ancient lands of Qin and Han: ten thousand palace halls have all turned to dust. In imperial rise, the common people suffer; in imperial fall, the common people suffer.