Xiao Pass, Guyuan, Ningxia 宁夏固原萧关

Location: China, Ningxia, Yuanzhou District, Guyuan Google Maps Amap
Part of: Battlefields of China
Nearby: Mount Kongtong ↘︎44km, Liupan Mountain Long March Site, Longde, Ningxia ↓︎27km, Maijishan Grottoes ↓︎169km, Mount Tiantai, Baoji ↘︎193km, Shapotou ↖︎209km, Qianling Mausoleum ↘︎227km, Lanzhou ←︎244km, Mount Taibai ↘︎247km, Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor →︎270km, Western Xia Imperial Tombs ↑︎283km

Xiao Pass lay in the Jing River valley southeast of Guyuan, Ningxia, guarding the Xiaoguan Road that ran north from the Guanzhong plain to the steppe – the northern gateway of the Guanzhong. Under Emperor Wen of Han, Xiongnu horsemen broke through it and their beacon fires were seen close to Chang’an. The site shifted over the dynasties and its exact location is disputed; Wang Wei’s line “At Xiao Pass I met a mounted scout” refers to this place.