Atlas
Jianmen Pass
Seventy-two peaks standing like blades in confrontation where the Daba Mountains fractured — the only passage into Shu, nature's security black-box for separatist regimes.
Prefecture: Guangyuan
Province: SichuanA small traditional gateway nestles beneath towering wooded cliffs, overlooking a misty valley and winding river in a Jianmen Pass-inspired scene.
Infrastructure2
- Jianmen Pass Gate Tower & Defile
Amid seventy-two sword-like peaks, Jianmen Pass is the ultimate image of the hard Shu roads, a cliff gateway where one man could hold off ten thousand.
- Cuiyunlang Ancient Shu Road Cypress Corridor
Some eight thousand ancient imperial cypresses shade three hundred li of old post road, a rare tree-lined highway surviving from antiquity.
Archaeology1
- Jiang Wei Shrine & Rostrum Site at Jiange
This memorial shrine honours Jiang Wei, the Shu Han general who held Jiange with ten thousand men against Zhong Hui's army of a hundred thousand.
Three Kingdoms2
- Jiang Wei Holds Jianmen263 CE, Shu Han
In 263, Jiang Wei led Shu forces to Jianmen and used the pass's terrain to hold off Zhong Hui's main Wei army.
- Zhuge Liang Fortifies JianmenShu-Han period
During the Shu-Han period, Zhuge Liang fortified the gorge at Dajian Mountain, making Jianmen a key Shu Road pass.
Tang1
- Li Bai's Shu Dao NanTang dynasty
In the Tang, Li Bai's Shu Dao Nan gave poetic form to the perilous Shu Road, making Jianmen Pass an enduring literary image.