After eating, Huang Yu and the others stayed at the inn for one night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The next morning, after breakfast, Huang Yu and the others went straight to Xiaofangpan City. Xiaofangpancheng, also known as Yumen Pass, is the throat pass of the Silk Road leading to the northern route of the Western Regions, located in the northwest of Dunhuang City. The city is square, the loess fortress is 10 meters high, 3 meters wide at the top, 5 meters wide at the bottom, 24 meters long from east to west, 26.4 meters wide from north to south, 633 meters in area, and a gate is opened in the northwest. The width of the city wall is 3.7 meters, the width of the east and west walls is 4 meters, and the width of the northwest wall is 4.9 meters. There is a walkway 1.3 meters wide around the top of the castle, and there is an inner and outer female wall. In the southeast corner of the castle, there is a horse path less than 1 meter wide, which can be turned south against the east wall to reach the top. Guancheng is called Yumen Pass because the city gate is built with a ring of shining jade.

Speaking of Yumen Pass, people will immediately think of a popular Tang poem, which is Wang Zhilian's "Liangzhou Ci": The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.

The tragic and desolate mood in the poem strongly infects people, arousing people's yearning for this ancient and magical legend.

Yumen Pass is the throat pass of the Silk Road leading to the north. Since Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty "hollowed out" and sent an envoy to the Western Regions, through the customs of Yumen Pass, silk and tea and other items from the Central Plains have been continuously exported to Western countries. The grapes, melons and fruits and other famous specialties and religious culture of the Western Regions countries were successively introduced to the Central Plains. The jade gate is closed, the camel bell is long, the people shout the horses neighing, the caravan is crowded, the messengers come and go, a prosperous scene.

Ascend the Yumen Pass, raise your eyes and look into the distance, the swamps are all over the place, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the Great Wall is meandering, the beacons are standing tall, the poplars are upright, and the spring water is green. The red willow flowers are red, the reeds are swaying, and the majestic posture of Yumen Pass complements each other.

There is a legend about the origin of the name of Yumen Pass. Legend has it that after the Silk Road was opened, caravans from the Western Regions passed through it in an endless stream. The special product of Khotan, "Hetian jade", is also continuously transported to the mainland through here. In order to exchange for a large amount of silk from the Central Plains Dynasty, the king of Khotan sent officers and soldiers to escort and transport jade. After being escorted several times by the officers and soldiers, a strange thing happened - the camels carrying the jade foamed at the mouth and fell unconscious as soon as they entered the city. The escort officer was helpless about it. An old man pulling a camel told the escort officer: "The camel is sick when it enters the customs, and there is a reason for it. We have been transporting jade through this place for many years, and we have never sacrificed to the gods. If I don't sacrifice again, I'm afraid I'll get sick on the next trip." The escort officer asked, "In your opinion, how can we eliminate diseases and disasters and ensure the safety of people and animals?" The old man said: "Use high-quality jade and inlay a circle on the gate of this city, so that the gate tower will have brilliance, and the god will be happy." "The escort officer did as the old man suggested,

After the opening of the Silk Road, the cultural and trade exchanges between the East and the West have become increasingly prosperous, in order to ensure the safety and smoothness of the Silk Road. Don't underestimate this humble Guancheng, which once touched the nerves of the world, connecting the imperial capital Chang'an to the east, and stretching west to Persia in Western Asia and Great Qin in Europe. This long Silk Road is not more than 10,000 miles away, however, Yumen Pass, like a warm and loyal messenger carrying a historical mission, stretches out its arms and closely connects the Chinese civilization with the civilization from the West! Yumen Pass, here the hunting military flag flutters, the chariots and horses come and go in an endless noise; here there are bursts of camel bells, and the passing business travelers look at each other on the way. A meandering river in the Hanhai Sea, a border wall running through the four counties of Hexi, and a pass through which the Silk Road must pass.