Tongguan Pass, Shaanxi 陕西潼关

Location: China, Shaanxi, Tongguan County, Weinan Google Maps Amap
Part of: Battlefields of China
Nearby: Mount Hua ↙︎24km, Wulao Peak ↗︎31km, Qiachuan, Heyang ↑︎64km, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Army ←︎96km, Mount Li and Huaqing Pool ←︎103km, Xi’an ←︎132km, Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor ↖︎143km, Fencheng ↗︎162km, Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River ↑︎172km, Qianling Mausoleum ←︎190km

Tongguan, in the north of Tongguan County, Shaanxi, overlooks the Yellow River where the Wei River joins it. Set up as a pass at the end of the Eastern Han, it was the eastern gate of the Guanzhong plain and fought over in every age. When it fell during the An Lushan Rebellion in the Tang, Chang’an was lost soon after.