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Yangguan Pass in Dunhuang
More than 70 km southwest of Dunhuang, the Han frontier pass south of Yumen guarded the southern Silk Road; Wang Wei's farewell poem made it a byword for parting.
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Yangguan Pass
Yangguan Pass's weathered square rammed-earth beacon tower shows eroded corners and distinct layers atop an ochre mound right of center; sparse scrub dots the sandy gravel foreground, while the plain stretches left toward pale gray hills.
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Yangguan Pass
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Dun Huang CityJiuquanGansu
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