Great Wall Guides

Jiayuguan + Yangguan + Yumenguan: Standing at the End of the Silk Road Watching Desert Smoke

Jiayuguan is the westernmost point of the Ming Great Wall; Yangguan and Yumenguan were the western gates of the Han Great Wall. Standing on Jiayuguan's wall—the Qilian snow mountains on your left, boundless Gobi on your right—the end of the Silk Road is beneath your feet.