Juyong Pass () is a mountain pass located in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, over from central Beijing. The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342.
Mountain pass Geography
Juyong Pass is in the -long Guangou Valley. During the Ming dynasty restoration and expansion of the Great Wall of China, it was one of the "Three Inner Passes" Nèisānguān) from Mongolia to Beijing, along with Daoma Pass and Zijing Pass. Juyong Pass has two 'sub-passes', one at the valley's south and the other in the north. The southern one is called "Nan (pass)" and the northern one "Badaling".
History The name Jūyōng guān was first used in the Qin dynasty, when Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the building of the Great Wall. Juyong Pass was connected to the wall in the Northern and Southern dynasties era.
The present pass route was built in the Ming dynasty and received much renovation later. It was a strategic location connecting the inner lands and the northern borders of the nation.
Cloud Platform
History In the middle of Juyong Pass and the Guangou Valley is located the "Cloud Platform" gate, also known as the "Crossing Street Tower". It was built in 1342, during the Yuan dynasty, and is made of white marble with a height of . There were originally three white pagodas atop the platform. They were each destroyed in the transitional period between the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. During the early Ming dynasty, a Buddhist temple hall was built on the platform. It was destroyed in 1702, during the Qing dynasty.
See also Juyongguan railway station Operation Chahar Chinese architecture
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