Pingxing Pass, Fanshi, Shanxi 山西繁峙平型关

Location: China, Shanxi, Fanshi County, Xinzhou Google Maps Amap
Part of: Stamps: The Great Wall (Ming) Definitives, The Great Wall, National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit
Nearby: Mount Heng (Northern Sacred Mountain) 43km, Mount Wutai 46km, Datong 102km, Yungang Grottoes 111km, Xibaipo–Mount Tiangui Scenic Area 112km, Xibaipo 112km

On the Pingxing ridge between Fanshi and Lingqiu counties, Pingxing Pass is a gate of the Ming inner Great Wall, once called Pingxingzhai after the bottle-like shape of the ridge. Remains of the walls and gate still guard the old road from Shanxi into Hebei.

Pingxing Pass, Fanshi, Shanxi