Jiayuguan Travel Guide
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The city of Jiayu ("Premier Valley") owes its origin to the famous guan, or pass, of the same name, i.e., Jia-yu-guan, located about 6 kilometers southwest of the present-day city of Jiayu. "In the beginning", as the saying goes, there was the pass that was manned by a military contingent. In time, simple inns designed to accommodate overnighting traders, or merchants, sprang up (the overland Silk Road trade had all but disappeared by this time, at least the bulk of it, though overland Silk Road trade between China and Central Asia would never cease, even if silk may long since have ceased to be the main commodity travelling westward from China to Central Asia).
These simple merchant accomodations eventually gave way to better and more permanent accomodations,... [ View Details ]
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"It is renown in Chinese history."
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