Juyong Pass 居庸关Jūyōng Guān

About Juyong Pass

A Ming fortress pass in the Guangou valley north-west of Beijing, one of the 'three inner passes' that guarded the capital, where a walled garrison town with gated barbicans at both ends closes the valley and the Great Wall climbs steeply up the slopes on either side. Inside the pass stands the Cloud Platform, a white-marble base built in 1342–1345 for three Tibetan-style stupas, whose archway is carved with the Four Heavenly Kings and with Buddhist texts in six scripts: Sanskrit, Tibetan, Phags-pa, Uyghur, Tangut and Chinese.

How to get to Juyong Pass

In Nankou town, Changping District, about 50 km north-west of central Beijing beside the G6 Beijing–Tibet Expressway, roughly an hour by road; Badaling is about 10 km further up the valley.

Nearby

• Badaling Great Wall 八达岭长城 under 10 km
  Ming ramparts climbing both ways from a fortified pass, a short fast train from Beijing
• Ming Tombs 明十三陵 10 km
  Stone guardians on the Sacred Way and an emperor's underground palace to walk through
• Longqing Gorge 龙庆峡 30 km
  Boat rides between sheer cliffs in summer, a festival of lit ice sculptures in winter
• Fragrant Hills Park 香山公园 30 km
  Wooded former imperial hills that turn red with smoke-tree leaves each autumn
• Summer Palace 颐和园 40 km
  An imperial lakeside garden of painted corridors, temple-topped hills and a marble boat

Also within 20 km: Shuiguan Great Wall (Badaling) 水关长城 (under 10 km), Qinglongqiao Station, Jingzhang Railway 京张铁路青龙桥站 (under 10 km), Leduogang Holiday Plaza 乐多港假日广场 (10 km), Beijing Horticultural Expo Park 北京世园公园 (20 km).

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