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Fortress Yumen Guan
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The Fortress Yumen Guan (Pass of the Jade Gate) 80km/128mi northwest of Dunhuan, with its 10m/33ft high clay walls, is a remainder of the border fortifications which marked the western limits of China during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). All travelers had to pass border controls here.
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