Jiumenkou

The bridge over the Jiujiang He River

Jiumenkou ( Chinese  九門口  /  九门口 , Pinyin jiǔ ménkǒu ; literally "Nine Gates" or "Nine inputs") is a named after a neunbögigen bridge section of the Great Wall in the village Xintaizi ( 新台子村 ) of the municipality Lijiabao ( 李家堡乡 ) of Suizhong County ( 绥中 县 ), Liaoning Province , People's Republic of China . It is 15 km from the Shanhai Pass and is 1,704 meters long.

Jiumenkou was originally built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (479–502) and expanded during the Ming Dynasty (1381). About a hundred meters of the wall lead across the Jiujiang He ( 九 江河 ) River .

The Jiumenkou section of the Great Wall ( 万里长城 - 九 门口 Wanli changcheng - Jiumenkou) has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (4-136) since 1996 . In November 2002 it was added to the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO as an individual element alongside Badaling , Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan .

Web links

Commons : Jiumenkou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Great Wall Section at Jiumenkou Now 1st UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site - English
• Map of Great Wall Hiking --- the Hiking-friendly Sections maps on the Great Wall from east to west - Englisch
• Jiumenkou Great Wall - English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bruce G. Doar: The Great Wall of China: Tangible, Intangible and Destructible. China Heritage Newsletter, China Heritage Project, Australian National University

Coordinates: 40 ° 7 '3.4 "  N , 119 ° 44" 38 "  E