Zijingguan

Zijing Pass is one of the gates of the Great Wall. It is located on the Zijing Ridge, 40 kilometers west of Yixian City. It is one of the main routes from Hebei Plain to Taihang Mountain. There is a danger of "one husband is in charge, ten thousand husbands are not in front". In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was called Wuruanguan, also known as Puyinxing, and it was listed as the seventh of the eight imperial echelons of Taihang. Zijingguan consists of five small cities: Xiaojincheng on the north bank of Juma River, Guancheng on the south bank, Xiaopanshicheng, Qifengkou City and Guanzuoling City. It is located between Juyongguan and Daomaguan, and together with Juyong and Daomaguan, it is called "Inner Three Passes". Most of the existing buildings are Ming Dynasty buildings. There are four gates of Zijingguan in the original pass, and the two north and south gates are the main traffic routes. The north gate has "Bauhinia Pass" and "River and Mountain Belt", and the south gate has the plaque of "Zisai Golden City", all of which are written and engraved in Wanli. There are walls on the east, west and south sides of Guancheng. The north wall faces the Juma River and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The situation is dangerous and it is a military important place. Its north gate and north city wall are built with large blocks of stone, and the construction level is superb, which is rare among similar buildings in China.