Great Wall of China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (4) Sanguankou

Sanguankou Great Wall of China (三关口长城) is located on the Helan Pass the ancient border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. Location Coordinates: ?????.

In Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region there are five sections of The Great Wall of China. Taken from East to West, he first of these is Yanchi County Great Wall of China. The others are Shuidonggou (水洞沟) (Coordinates: 38°18′2.70″North, 106°29′56.05″East), Dawukou (Shizuishan) also known as Jiucai Gou (Coordinates: 39° 4′7.97″North, 106°21′14.52″East), Sanguankou or Helan Pass (Coordinates: 38°20′48.72″North, 105°49′23.74″East) and Songwei or Zhongwei (Coordinates: 37°31′8.21″North, 105°10′54.41″East). After Zhongwei the Great Wall continues across the border into Gansu Province where the first option to visit is the Gantang Great Wall of China site.

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Ming Great Wall at Sanguankou is located on the south of Helan Mountain and 40 kilometers west of Ningxia, Yinchuan. The pass tower is a fortress and is for the border defense security in Sanguankou. There remained the ruined Great Wall in the important pass. Three passes are from east to west, supposing the first toll-gate, the second toll-gate and the third toll-gate. The range twists and turns and the terrain is steep and grand.

In 1531, the 80 kilometers long Great Wall south from the dam fort to north Sanguankou was constructed but was later filled and leveled up by the sandstorm. The first toll-gate wall from north to south is connected with the Great Wall where it is an open mountain area. There are frusta in each section of the corner of the wall, the wall and the frusta were already damaged and were kept only for the partial base.

The pass on the south side has more than 20 meters High Mountain. Located here are one 11-meters-square and 8-meters-high frusta. The three passes are clamped by two mountains. The mountain is steep and the terrain is extremely important .They built the stone Great Wall and one deep ditch along the pass.

Name:Yinchuan Ming Great Wall at Sanguankou (Sanguankou Ming Changcheng)

City:Yinchuan

Address:40km West of Yinchuan

Admission:CNY25