Kunlun Pass
| Kunlun Pass | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 崑崙關 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 昆仑关 | ||||||
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Kunlun Pass (simplified Chinese: 昆仑关; traditional Chinese: 崑崙關; pinyin: Kūnlún Guān) is mountain pass located 59 kilometers northeast of Nanning, Guangxi and traversed by G242.[1] The altitude is around 300 m (1000 ft).[2]
In 816 AD, governor of Guiguan built a stone pass at Shiguitang between Jieshou mountain and Luosan mountain and named it Xiongnan pass. During the Northern Song dynasty, it was renamed to Kunlun pass.[2] In 1939 the site was the location of the Battle of Kunlun Pass.[3]
Kunlun Pass Scenic Area
In 1989 the site of the Battle of Kunlun Pass, in the northeast of Nanning City, was named as a regional cultural relic protection site. The area is surrounded by mountains and covers approximately 70 hectares. It includes a memorial tower and a cemetery built by the Kuomintang, and the tomb of Masao Nakamura, and includes features bearing inscriptions by many early KMT figures.[3][1]
References
- ^ a b Wu, Yongzhi; Zheng, Liuqin; Pan, Deng; Chen, Kefu (5 August 2025). ""向着胜利·寻迹广西抗战山河"特别报道③丨探访昆仑关战役旧址-广西新闻网" [Towards Victory: Tracing the Footprints of Guangxi's Anti-Japanese War; Visiting the Site of the Battle of Kunlun Pass]. www.gxnews.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ a b 腾讯网 (2025-07-18). "昆仑关：铁血铸就的抗战丰碑_腾讯新闻". news.qq.com (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ a b 农, 何茵 (2007). "论南宁市昆仑关景区的保护及其开发规划". 沿海企业与科技 (Coastal Enterprise Science and Technology (8): 115–117.
23°6′N 108°41′E / 23.100°N 108.683°E