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Juyongguan Pass
A pass in the Guangou gorge whose layered green hills, 'Juyong Dieci', count among the Eight Views of Yanjing; the walled pass now known as Juyongguan was founded in the Ming at Changpo, south of the older upper pass.
Prefecture: Changping
Province: BeijingJuyongguan's broad cream-gray Cloud Platform has sloping sides, a stone balustrade and a faceted pointed passage framed by relief carvings; two tiny travelers stand on the stone paving before it, while the Great Wall and watchtowers trace the green ridges on both sides.
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- Juyongguan Great Wall & Yuntai Platform Inscriptions
Guarding the Jundu Pass, one of the eight Taihang passes, Juyongguan also keeps the Yuan-era Cloud Platform, carved with Tibetan Buddhist reliefs in six scripts and listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.
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- Juyong Pass Cloud Platform Completed1345 CE
In 1345, the Cloud Platform beneath Juyong Pass's crossing stupas was completed, with Buddhist images and dharani inscriptions in six scripts.