Yangguan Scenic Area

What impressed me most about Yangguan was the grapes sold at the stall in front of the entrance. They were so big, sweet, fresh and cheap. I miss them now when I think of them................

Yangguan is worth visiting. As soon as you enter the door, there is a special tour guide who leads everyone to visit and explain. Friends who don’t know history can also understand it. It is also very good to experience horse riding at the end of the tour. You can pretend to feel the Silk Road at that time.

The area west of Yangguan Pass is a desolate and barren land, and the scenery is very different from that in the inland areas. Although it is a heroic feat for friends to "go west of Yangguan Pass", they will inevitably experience a long journey of thousands of miles and experience the hardships and loneliness of traveling alone in the barren land.

After being abandoned during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it gradually became deserted, leaving only the Dundun Mountain Beacon Tower, known as the "Eyes and Ears of Yangguan", standing in the desert Gobi.

After visiting the Yangguan Museum, we entered a hall. On the door was a plaque with the words "威震西域" ("Powerful and Mighty"), which fully demonstrated the might and majesty of the Central Plains Dynasty. Inside the hall, there were people dressed as ancient people, writing "passports" (equivalent to today's "passports") for tourists. The fee was not cheap, it seemed to be 50 to 200 yuan, but I didn't see anyone buying it.

We still "went abroad" without the "pass". We walked out of the main hall along the gravel road towards the Yangguan Gate Tower. There was a "wanted order" posted on the wooden fence at the entrance. When we stepped out of the gate, we really entered the "Western Regions".

Walk to the right outside the gatehouse and you will see places where you can take electric cars, horses and donkey carts. They will tell you that it is five kilometers away from the Yangguan Beacon Tower. In fact, it is less than one kilometer away from the beacon tower in a straight line. You can walk directly there across the Gobi Desert, which is much more fun than taking a car.

The Gobi Desert outside Yangguan Gate Tower is very distinctive. It is composed of very fine sand and dust, as well as clumps of dried grass that are buried in the sand, looming and soft to step on. The Gobi Desert in other places is like a tomboy, but the Gobi Desert here is like a good girl.

A team of donkey carts were pulling tourists along Yangguan Avenue. The poplar trees on the oasis behind were like a green wall, which was particularly pleasing to the eye. The trees that were commonplace in other places were so beautiful and precious here, no less than any precious flowers and plants. However, the dry and almost unrecognizable grass nearby told of the harsh environment and the difficulty of survival here.

The mountains here have been raging in strong winds for thousands of years. They are low and small, and their surface is like a layer of earth-red and light green hard crust. It is surprisingly smooth, and has completely lost the majestic and angular appearance of the mountains. On the highest peak is the only relic, the "Yangguan Beacon Tower", and there is also a pavilion for people to rest.

Looking around in front of the Yangguan Site Monument, there is no other sound between heaven and earth except the howling of the wind.

At this time, the sun is about to set. Looking back at the pavilion, the shadows of tourists are dimly seen inside, the yellow sand on the ground is also stained with a slightly warm color, and the shadows of the hills are dark. There is indeed a feeling of loneliness and sadness.

The former Yangguan City has long since disappeared, leaving only a Han Dynasty beacon tower ruins, standing on Dundun Mountain, from which you can have a panoramic view of the area hundreds of miles away. Dundun Terrace is located at the commanding height of Yangguan, and it is the only physical witness of Yangguan's history.

There is a statue of Wang Wei in the empty Gobi Desert. He holds a wine glass in his left hand and points to the distance with his right hand, as if he is drinking farewell to a friend.

At the site of Yangguan Pass, looking into the distance, the vast vicissitudes of life are endless. Sitting and thinking, from ancient times to the present, for many years, whether it is to seek scriptures, do business, or explore, or to take up a post in the west, those who go west from Yangguan Pass will first stop in Dunhuang to learn foreign languages, familiarize themselves with geography, store physical strength, adjust their mentality, prepare camel caravans and supplies, and then go out of Yangguan Pass, go to the Western Regions, and cross the endless sea of sand. Ancient pottery kilns were excavated in Yangguan Pass. There are not only cultural relics on display, but also models reproduced, and even inherited and interpreted by future generations. The pottery handmade on site by craftsmen is very popular with tourists.

Yangguan was the throat of ancient China's land transportation and a must-go pass on the southern route of the Silk Road. It is located near Gudongtan, southwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. It was established in the Western Han Dynasty and was named because it was located south of Yumenguan. It was the gateway to the Western Regions at that time, along with Yumenguan.

After the Song Dynasty, due to the gradual decline of land transportation with the west, the pass was abandoned. Gudongtan got its name because a large number of Han Dynasty cultural relics, such as copper arrowheads, ancient coins, stone mills, pottery cups, etc., were exposed on the ground. "Research on Xiguan Ruins" said that Gudongtan was Yangguan after the Han Dynasty, but according to the Qing Dynasty "Gansu New General Records" and "Dunhuang County Records", Hongshankou is Yangguan.

Yangguan Pass is the throat of ancient China's land transportation. It was set up in the Western Han Dynasty and got its name because it is located south of Yumen Pass. It was the gateway to the Western Regions at that time, along with Yumen Pass. It was an important pass for the Han Dynasty to defend against the invasion of nomadic peoples in the northwest. It was also an important gateway from the Central Plains to the Western Regions and Central Asia on the Silk Road. It is a pass with water as its pass and a dangerous place with the river as its defense. It echoes Yumen Pass in the north and south. It is the main military stronghold and post station on the Dunhuang section of the Silk Road. It is an important gateway to the Western Regions and Europe and Asia. After leaving Dunhuang, one must go through one of the two passes. When the eminent monk Xuanzang returned to China from India to seek Buddhist scriptures, he took the southern route of the Silk Road and entered Yangguan Pass in the east to return to Chang'an.



The ticket to Yangguan is 50 yuan, and the tour guide will only give a tour if there are 20 or 30 people. It is free, and the battery sightseeing car is 10 yuan. There is no public transportation here unless you drive yourself or sign up for a one-day tour on the west line.

You can save 10 yuan by booking Yangguan tickets online, but they are only available 30 minutes after booking, so you can book on the way here to save time.

The sightseeing bus costs 10 yuan, but you still have to buy it as it is quite far.

There is an exhibition hall introduction inside, and there are regular explanations. You can listen or watch by yourself. After the tour, take the sightseeing bus to the Yangguan Ruins. There are no old friends west of Yangguan, only adobe bricks are left. In front of it is Yangguan Avenue. You can walk around and walk to the farthest point, looking at the endless Gobi in the distance and thinking about the past. Maybe the scenery seen by the ancients was similar.

This attraction may be relatively small, so there are not many tourists and it seems a bit deserted. Most of the visitors here are basically tour groups, after all, small attractions are easier to get rid of. There are special tour guides here to introduce the customs documents in ancient times. The various documents look really interesting. There is also a staff member who pretends to be a clerk to write documents on the spot. Tourists can buy them directly. The prices of different styles of documents are also different. There are really many ways to make money~ When you arrive at the gate of the Yangguan Tower, you can see the wanted notice erected next to it. There are guards waiting for everyone under the tower. If you just bought a customs document, you can leave the city directly. If you don’t buy it like us, you have to pass his test before you can leave the city.

Walking out of the tower, you need to take a short shuttle bus to reach the ancient Yangguan site. Now only a small section of the beacon tower remains, but it still looks solemn and majestic against the backdrop of the yellow sand. After thousands of years of being baptized by the yellow sand, it still stands here quietly for the world to admire. People who come and go are all yellow-skinned people, but the times have completely changed.

If you want to visit Yangguan, there is really nothing to see except this beacon tower. But if you throw away the stereotype of "attractions" in your mind, there is so much to see here. Climb up to a high place and look around: the vague undulations of the skyline, the blue-purple gradient connecting the sky and the earth, a narrow green vegetation belt and gray-green moss attached to the surface, a team of camels moving slowly under your feet, and suddenly you have the urge to wave goodbye...

ps: I really like the color of sunshine, it’s so classy!

Yangguan Scenic Area: 7 points for scenic environment, 8 points for scenic configuration, 3 points for tourist experience, total score 18 points

Due to time constraints, we chose Yangguan for our tour between "No Old Friends West of Yangguan" and "Spring Breeze Does Not Pass Yumenguan". This place has a long history, and the tour of "Hexi Corridor" also started here. Listening to the story of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions in Yangguan, it felt like it was yesterday. There are thousands of miles of yellow sand here, and there is no sense of technological development. It seems that you can still see the Huns' cavalry running in the desert in the distance, and feel the crisis of war. The attractions are mainly built around the Yangguan Beacon Tower, and there is also a newly built museum.

The highlight of the scenic spot configuration is that it has an official guide to lead everyone to watch. When there are not many people, you can hear it clearly. The explanation is very detailed. There are battery cars to escort back and forth on the way. If you want to walk around, there are plank roads for everyone when you arrive at the beacon tower. However, the water supply in the restroom seemed to be cut off when we went there. I heard it from others.

Tourist experience, this may be the only scenic spot I give a score below 6, because it officially defaults that there are not enough battery cars in and out of the scenic spot, which leads to problems with the supply of battery cars when leaving the scenic spot. Tourists need to wait to return to the exit from the beacon tower, and there is no staff to direct the queue. My girlfriend and I thought we were in the queue and were ranked 5th and 6th, but when the car came, more than a dozen young men and women who rushed out of nowhere got on it at once. Although the explanation of the scenic spot apologized to us later, I think this scenic spot has systemic problems and cannot meet the needs of receiving tourists during the peak season.

The tour time is about 2 hours, because you have to listen to the tour guide's explanation.

Yangguan is famous for the famous ancient poem "I urge you to drink another cup of wine, there will be no friends when you go west of Yangguan". It was originally an important town on the Silk Road. After entering the scenic area, the first thing that caught our eyes was a city gate. There were 4 guards + 1 civil servant standing at the gate motionlessly, and they kept the same posture until we came out, which was a bit shocking.



The deepest impression that Yangguan gives people is desolation. We stood beside the Yangguan beacon tower and looked into the distance. All we saw was a vast landscape. The endless yellow sand was the basic color of Yangguan. It was desolate and desolate.

"I urge you to drink another cup of wine, there will be no friends west of Yangguan Pass", "Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows, the spring breeze does not pass Yumen Pass", I believe everyone has heard these two poems. Yangguan Pass and Yumen Pass are adjacent to each other on the west line of Dunhuang. They are border passes of the Western Regions established since the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, they are similar in history, culture and scenery. You don't have to worry about whether it is worth going or which one to go. If you drive by yourself or sign up for a one-day tour to Yadan Geopark, these two attractions are must-sees; if you don't plan to go to Yadan Geopark, but go to see these two passes specifically, then there is no need.

Yangguan is a very mature scenic spot, with its own explanation, from Yangguan Museum to beacon tower, it is quite good. In fact, there is only one beacon tower in the whole scenic area. Outside the pass, there is endless yellow sand, which is very desolate. I think of how powerful Yangguan, Yumenguan and Dunhuang were in the past. However, the outer towers were built later, and the overall planning is not bad. When leaving the pass, there was an actor simulating the pass, which made it look like that. We were asked to answer three questions, and we could leave the pass if we got two correct. As a result, we all answered one question correctly, and two people were punished to do 30 push-ups before they could "leave the pass". Two young men volunteered to solve this problem. I wonder what would happen if no one stepped forward and the stalemate continued. Haha, I bought the tickets, so I was not allowed to watch.

The ticket is 40 yuan, and the shuttle bus is 10 yuan. Once you enter the gate, there will be a guide who will ask you to wait for a while, and then wait for you to explain it to you for free. However, the guide is very fast, and you will not be able to keep up with his pace if you are not careful. He can go to China's Voice and compete with Hua Shao. Then there will be 1~2 shopping points along the way, which is to ask you to get the customs clearance certificate and say that you cannot take pictures. It is because they have property rights and only Yangguang has it. But I also saw the same one at the Ming Great Wall in Jiayuguan. Anyway, it is the same strategy. The marketing strategy is to ask you to get a customs clearance certificate, which is to take care of it. Then when you take the shuttle bus along the way, the guide will try to suggest whether you want to take the donkey cart, horse cart or camel, and add some difference. For example, the camel is 60 yuan, so you have to add 50 yuan difference, and so on, but generally few people do it. I think if I were to walk around slowly by myself, I would understand a little more, because there is a museum inside that I can slowly study and understand, but if I follow the tour guide, she will walk very fast and won't wait for you.

"I urge you to drink another cup of wine, there will be no old friends when you go west of Yangguan Pass." Yangguan Pass is a pass leading to the Western Regions. In ancient times, you can get out of the pass if you get a pass here. After you get out of the pass, you will see the endless desert and the high snow-capped mountains in the distance. You will feel the loneliness and helplessness! ! There will be a guide to lead you into the scenic spot and explain the story here. The first attraction to go to is the museum, which displays many ancient daily necessities, weapons, and some historical culture. It is worth seeing so that you can better understand the history and culture of Dunhuang. After watching, you will enter the Duwei Mansion. In ancient times, those who needed to pass the customs needed to report here. Only after getting a pass here can you go out of the pass. This culture is still preserved now, and it costs dozens of yuan (you can choose not to buy it). After leaving the gate, you will go to the beacon tower and antique stalls. The beacon tower is actually a mound, and there is a guardrail around it, so you can't get close. The antique stall is a large area, which got its name because you could easily find many antiques in this area in the past, but now you can't enter, and there is a long fence around it, so it's impossible for you to shop! ! Overall, I don't think Yangguan is amazing. I just went to see it because it was my first time, but I won't go there for the second time. I don't think it's worth going there during the peak season, and the ticket price is not worth it.

There are no old friends west of Yangguan, so I have to recall history.

It's okay to feel the feeling of "no old friends after leaving Yangguan Pass". But there is no need to come here specifically. You can visit it as a check-in point during your journey.

If you have enough time, you can go and see the places in this book.

It feels better than Jiayuguan. We made a choice on this trip and did not go to Jiayuguan.

A completely artificial attraction, it's good to listen to the history

The museum is boring, but the scenery inside is nice.

Looking at the yellow sand all over the sky, one can imagine the state of mind of the ancients. The ecology was better than it is now. But the unprecedented and unparalleled also make people feel cold.

Fortunately, it's all Gobi, so I recommend going there in the off-season

I urge you to drink another cup of wine, for there will be no friends west of Yangguan.

After passing this pass, we went out of the country and entered the Western Regions. The desert was vast and the smoke was straight.

This scenic area has rebuilt ancient buildings, and the vast Great Wall of Han has also gone with the wind.

This place has experienced wind and sand, and battles of arms.

1. Transportation is inconvenient, so you can only drive yourself or charter a car.

2. Except for one beacon tower site, all others in the scenic area are newly built.

3. The ticket includes a tour guide, don’t miss it.

4. The ancient Silk Road is very open and desolate. If the weather is good, you can see snow-capped mountains in the distance.

There are no old friends when you go west of Yangguan. Once you go out of Yangguan, you will be truly outside the pass.

Yangguan was once an important town on the Silk Road and is mentioned in many poems. Today's Yangguan is located west of Dunhuang and takes more than an hour by car. The Yangguan scenic area mainly includes antique buildings, museums, a folk street and the remains of beacon towers. Except for the beacon towers, the rest were built later.

I really feel that I cannot write about Yangguan because everything I want to say, or what I cannot say, is already written in "Yangguan Snow", although when we went there, there was no snow, only the howling wind.

After watching the sunset at Yangguan, we reluctantly set out on the road back to Dunhuang city. Although this place is just a pile of sand and a mound of earth, there is no scenery and the ancient monuments are also withered.

There are no friends west of Yangguan. Yangguan is now a scenic spot, and many weapons and ceramics have been discovered there.

September 2016, there are no friends west of Yangguan.

You can take a sightseeing bus to the ancient Yangguan Road and go up to have a look. It will be more artistic if it snows.

The poem "There are no old friends west of Yangguan" is quite beautiful. Currently, there is only a collapsed beacon tower site left in Yangguan, but a medium-sized Yangguan Museum was built for this site, which is still worth a visit.

You can buy the Yangguan Pass CD in the scenic area, which is worth remembering.

The town is not far from the scenic spot, and the prices are not expensive. It is recommended to go to the town to eat and rest when visiting Yangguan Scenic Area.

The Yangguan scenic area is well developed, with a small museum in the area. In front of the reconstructed Yangguan tower, there is an ancient wanted poster, and a soldier in golden armor, holding a spear, stands in front of you and asks you if you have the customs documents. If you don't have them, he will "make things difficult" for you for a while and won't let you go out. He also warns you that it is illegal to go out privately, and you may lose your head! I feel that this retro building is more magnificent than the ancient city of Dunhuang.

There is not much to see in ancient monuments. The key is to pay tribute to history and continue the sad sound of history in the space of imagination.

Looking at these scenes, I don't know why, I think of the poem "The desert is filled with solitary smoke, the long river is setting and the sun is round." After staying in big cities for a long time, seeing such vast and lonely scenery seems to calm my heart.

Yangguan is located 70km southwest of Dunhuang. It is an important pass on the ancient Silk Road to the Western Regions. Along the way, you can see the ruins of ancient walls and beacon towers. Standing in this desolate Gobi Desert, looking around, there are countless historical relics buried and smoothed by time under the yellow sand.

This scenic spot doesn't have half price in off-season. It's a bit uncomfortable. I really don't like the routine of scenic spots. Just check in to get to know them.

I really think that the scenic spot is really a scenic spot. It's not the style I like.

It was less than nine o'clock when we arrived at Yangguan

The scenic spot has not started selling tickets yet, hahahaha

We are the first wave of tourists to enter

Maybe we arrived really early.

There is no tourist in the morning sun

The four of us enjoyed the endless Gobi Desert.

Also enjoying the scorching sun above my head

When I arrived at the Yangguan Ruins, I finally understood what Wang Wei said.

I urge you to drink another cup of wine, for there will be no friends west of Yangguan

Only when you grow up can you understand the artistic conception of the poem.

After all, when we were young, we had neither wine nor old friends.

When I read this poem again in this remote place, I suddenly felt like crying.

Yangguan is a must-go place on the Silk Road

Looking around, there is only the vast Gobi Desert and the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

A desolate

Yangguan, a thousand-year-old city hidden in quicksand

I urge you to drink another cup of wine, for there will be no friends when you go west of Yangguan. The former traffic pass is now deserted, with only the endless yellow sand still telling the glorious history.

Before entering the park, my understanding of this place has always remained in that ancient poem, but the historical and cultural heritage here is still very rich.

If you want a tour guide to explain after entering the door, you can wait for a while, and the staff will give free explanations

It's a site in the Gobi Desert. It takes faith to survive here, and the management of the scenic area is relatively simple.

The ticket comes with an explanation and a round-trip sightseeing bus, which is not cost-effective. If you are tired, I think you can skip Yangguan.

Yangguan Ancient Road

There is Yangguan in the south and Yumen in the north. Although a brand new Yangguan Museum has been built, only a beacon tower remains of the former Yangguan, which makes me understand the saying, "I urge you to drink more wine, for there will be no friends west of Yangguan."

As the name suggests, the Yangguan Pass I encountered was full of scorching sun. The endless Gobi Desert and the Yangguan Road merged into one. The flying sand made me feel a bit like the "New Dragon Inn". Perhaps only after sunset can we remember the single-plank bridge in the south of the Yangtze River.

I sat next to Ancient Fossil wearing AF and chanted out my nostalgia in English.

Take a drink,Take a *** of Yang Guan,Out of friend.

The heavy history came to my mind spontaneously, and I seemed to see the scene of fighting to guard the border.

Now only a stone pier remains of the Yangguan Beacon Tower.

If you don't go to Yadan on the same day, it is recommended to come later. The sunset is more beautiful and has a more desolate feeling of the desert. We entered the scenic area at 19:30. It was still a little late and almost missed the sunset. Because I didn't consider the time to visit the museum. It would be more appropriate to enter between 18:30 and 19:00.

There is a Yangguan Museum in the scenic area, and there are free tour guides.

You don't need to take a sightseeing bus to the museum when you enter the scenic area from the ticket gate.

After leaving the museum, you need to take a sightseeing bus to the beacon tower.

The last few sightseeing buses were around 21:00. It was around 22:30 when we returned to the city after watching the sunset.

We passed by Yangguan Town when we were returning to Dunhuang City. We thought we should take a look since we were already here, so we walked through Yumen Pass and Yangguan Town. You can go to Yangguan Town because you first pass the Grape Town when you enter the Yangguan Scenic Area. The town uses spring water from the desert to irrigate grapes. With sufficient sunlight, the grapes are very sweet. The price is not expensive and the villagers are very enthusiastic. It's worth it.

The city walls and buildings in the scenic area were built later based on the previous relics.

After entering the scenic area, you can wait for the tour guide to take a bus to Yangguan Beacon Tower, or you can visit it by yourself, enter from the main gate, go to Yangguan Museum, then to Duwei Mansion, Yangguan Pass, and finally to Yangguan Road to take a sightseeing bus.

The plank road and the single-plank bridge are closed and not open to tourists, so you can only look at them from the side.

The scenic area is very sunny, very sunny, very sunny (repeat three times), you must wrap yourself up very tightly

After coming down from the Yangguan Beacon Tower, you can visit the city wall, which is actually just a short section.

It's just so-so, mainly because of that famous quote

Because I wanted to experience Wang Wei's "No old friends after leaving Yangguan Pass", the chartered tour of Dunhuang West Line only included Yangguan Pass in addition to Yadan Geopark. The Yangguan Museum has a guide to introduce the way. First of all, in the museum, through visiting and listening to the explanation, you can understand the origin of the Silk Road, the geographical importance of Yangguan Pass and Yumen Pass, the route planning of the Silk Road, etc. Friends who like history should be more interested. After visiting the museum, you can take a sightseeing bus to the ancient Yangguan site, overlooking the Yangguan Road site, looking north and south, thinking about the grand scene of the ancient Silk Road, and feeling very emotional. Personally, if there is a tour arrangement for Dunhuang West Line, Yangguan Pass is still worth a visit.

I bought a discount ticket on Dianping.com, which was 10 yuan cheaper for each adult. It takes 30 minutes to use. Then I bought a scenic spot shuttle bus at the ticket office. In fact, the round trip from the shuttle bus boarding point to the beacon tower (transport bus drop-off point) is only 3.5km, and it is closer to take a shortcut and walk in a straight line. There is no need for a shuttle bus at all. The scenic area is not big, and the buildings are basically built later. The scenery in the sunset is good.

Yangguan Scenic Area is a private scenic area. Apart from the beacon tower ruins at the end and its surrounding scenery, other man-made buildings are not worth seeing.

Everyone agreed not to enter the scenic area. As the saying goes: No one knows the old friends after leaving Yangguan Pass. No matter what you say, you can't go in. You can't let go of the old friends...

Arriving at Yangguan at 1 o'clock was simply torture. We toured under the scorching sun. After entering, there was a tour guide to explain. We first visited the museum in the modern building and then took the battery car to the old ruins. The battery car journey was about 3 minutes, but it was still necessary to spend the ten yuan in the scorching sun. If you want to experience more, you can choose not to buy the battery car ticket when entering the park. After entering the park, you can ride a horse or camel up the mountain, but it is also quite hot. It is not recommended for children who are afraid of heat. After an hour and a half in the park, it was almost hot to dehydration.

There is the only existing beacon tower.

The once prosperous oil town is now in ruins.

I have long forgotten most of the Nine-story Demon Tower. Seeing these ruins, except for the classic car, I think I need to watch the movie again to understand the rest.

Actually, I didn't go to the scenic spot because I didn't think it was necessary. I passed Yangguan on the way to Yadan and stayed in Yangguan Town for one night. It was a very bad accommodation.

Over the past thousand years, traces of the ancient Yangguan Pass have almost disappeared in the dust of history. Only the iconic Han Dynasty beacon tower and the desert-like Gudongtan (former site) remain in the Yangguan scenic area. However, today's Yangguan Museum and free tour guide services still show people the glorious history of this majestic pass. Since the Han Dynasty "listed four counties and occupied two passes" in Hexi, Yangguan Pass began to play the role of a gateway to the Western Regions, facing the southern route of the Silk Road. Yangguan Road is a trade route. The former site tightly controls the water source and controls the lifeline of the Gobi Desert. People followed the tour guide and imagined the prosperity of the merchants and travelers holding pass documents in the past. Coming to Yangguan Pass is a witness to the efforts and achievements of Dunhuang cultural preservation.

An important town on the Silk Road, no one is familiar with the city after leaving Yangguan Pass

This is the pass that people say "no friends after leaving Yangguan" (literally "no friends after leaving Yangguan"). I didn't visit it when I came to Dunhuang seven years ago, so I made up for it this time. It's still worth seeing.

Walking on Yangguan Road, you can only see the beacon towers standing tall, which makes you feel nostalgic for the distant past. The delicate melody floats into your ears, outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road... A glass of wine for joy and sorrow, thousands of miles from north to south, east to west, and a parting song that cannot express the thousand years of waiting.

The first thing that comes to my mind is the phrase "There are no old friends west of Yangguan Pass".

The real Yangguan has long disappeared in the long river of history. Today's Yangguan is a replica built by later generations. Because there are fewer attractions, this line in Dunhuang is not very popular. We once again monopolized this scenic spot. Perhaps it is because there are no surging tourist groups here that we feel the desolation and insignificance.

Standing on a high place, you can see that on the left is the New Yangguan Pass rebuilt by later generations, and on the right is the ruins of the old Yangguan Pass. Over the years, the world has changed dramatically.

Tickets are 60, including the Yangguan Museum and the shuttle bus to and from the beacon tower. Basically, except for the beacon tower, all the buildings are rebuilt later.

The poet Wang Wei once wrote a poem: "The road to Yangguan in the remote area is covered with Hu sand and dust. There are wild geese in the third spring, but few people travel thousands of miles." He also said: "I urge you to drink another cup of wine, there will be no friends when you go west of Yangguan." These poems, with a sense of vastness, make people seem to see the loneliness of Yangguan in ancient times. But now, this loneliness still exists. On the way from Dunhuang to Yangguan, there is a Gobi Desert all the way, with no people, and the hot steam rising from the flat ground makes people feel very cruel. The ancients did not have cars, so they measured this cruel land with their feet. I think they had more awe for the northwest and Dunhuang.

Walking into the Yangguan scenic area, I was surprised. The vast Gobi Desert, the picturesque blue sky, the thick white clouds, the hot weather, everything was beautiful and clean.

It is said that a long time ago, Yangguan was a prosperous place. However, due to floods and yellow sand, it was gradually submerged and covered, and eventually became incomplete in history.

Now, of the former Yangguan, only a Han Dynasty beacon tower remains. It stands alone on Dundun Mountain, looking at the past prosperity, watching the flowers bloom and fall, and waiting for the peaceful days tomorrow.

In the Yangguan Scenic Area, you can take an electric car (included in the ticket), or ride a horse or donkey, which costs extra.

After buying the ticket, wait in the pavilion next to it. When enough people gather, a guide will lead the tour. The main purpose of visiting Yangguan is to visit the "Yangguan Museum", which has a very rich exhibits, including the geographical location, function, historical evolution of Yangguan, and many ancient weapons and items.

We arrived at a place to process customs documents and got one for my son. Officials in ancient uniforms followed the ancient method and it felt like traveling through time and space.

The frontier poems of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were full of vigor and awe, so even if only a pile of rammed earth and a section of ruins remain of the passes described in the poems, they are still unforgettable. The Yangguan Pass, where no one has left their old friends after leaving the west, is here.

A peak tunnel stands proudly on a small hill, overlooking the boundless desert. A sense of emptiness and loneliness arises spontaneously, isn't it? There are no old friends west of Yangguan!

I give Yangguan a full score, it is definitely worth a visit, 70 kilometers away from Dunhuang.

There are no old friends on the way west to Yangguan. You take your Yangguan Road and I take mine.

The ticket price is only 40 yuan on Dianping, and the round-trip battery car fee is 10 yuan. There are free explanations, few people, good scenery and good experience.



There are many vineyards outside the scenic area. You can pick grapes. The grape skin is very thin, the kind I have never eaten before.

Yangguan, where "there are no old friends after leaving Yangguan", seems to be right in front of the reluctant farewell of the ancients thousands of years ago. Going deep into the western end of the Hexi Corridor, the eyes are full of yellow sand. It is not easy to take a good photo. Running up the high sand dunes, the sky is within reach. The sand dunes of Yangguan are more suitable for taking pictures of people.

"I urge you to drink another glass of wine, for there will be no friends when you leave Yangguan Pass." The wine was not drunk, but the bunches of grapes were soft, sweet and refreshing [strong][strong]

In spring and autumn, due to the large temperature difference between day and night and occasional sandstorms, it is recommended to bring warm clothes to avoid catching a cold. It is recommended to wear warm clothes, hats and gloves.

Due to the large number of outdoor activities and the dry climate, it is recommended to prepare sufficient and effective sun protection products, such as sunscreen, lip balm, sunglasses, parasols, sun hats, etc.

Yangguan apricot juice is sour and sweet, quite delicious, 3 yuan a cup~

After a rest, we went westwards, passing by a Turpan-style shady house and grape trellis, hot steam and dry sandy land. Not far away under the scorching sun was the Yangguan Beacon Tower.

On the high ground near the Yangguan Ruins, you can see the towering and majestic Altun Mountains.

There are deserts and Gobi nearby, but it is not difficult to see oases.

Only one earthen fort is an ancient building, the rest are newly built, but it is still nice to climb to the top to enjoy the scenery.

I really like the vastness and grandeur of the Yangguan ruins. The memory of history is engraved in these relics. I think Yangguan is more worthy of taking the time to savor it carefully.