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Spectacular views of Yumenguan, strategic fort on the ancient Silk Road (3)

(People's Daily Online)    10:29, June 18, 2015
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Yumenguan or Yumen pass is situated in the Gobi Desert in Dunhuang, northwestern China’s Gansu Province. It used to be a strategic fort on the ancient Silk Road and also a road connecting Central Asia and China. Yumen gained this name because Hetian jade were transported from Xinjiang to Central China through this pass during the ancient time. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yuan)

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