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The Great Wall in north China stretches from Shanhaiguan Pass in the east to Jiayuguan Pass in the west traversing provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia,Shaanxi and Gansu and is 6,700 kilometers long. Hence the name "Wan Li Chang Cheng" or "the long wall of 10,000 li".
The Huangya Pass of the Great Wall is 120 km from Tianjin and 80 km from Beijing. It is another section of the Great Wall. The pass is set in a beautiful rugged and steep landscape.
Huangya" means "yellow cliff". The pass takes this name from the yellowish hills and rocks nearby. Built in 557 AD and repaired in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the pass lies in the precipitous mountains, some 30 kilometers north of Jixian County. The section from Mount Banlagang to Mount Wangchangjing was rebuilt in 1984. Grand, unique and charming Huangya Pass possesses several characteristics: Both rock and bricks are used for construction; fortresses are shaped either round or square; the pass is connected with mountains and rivers and designed in a delicate way.
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