Cloud terrace of the Juyongguan Pass

The cloud terrace of the Juyongguan Pass ( Chinese  居庸关 云台 , Pinyin Jūyōngguān Yúntái , English Cloud Platform ) is a rectangular Buddhist arcade pagoda from the time of the Mongol dynasty (Yuan dynasty), in which road traffic passed through the arch. It is located in the north of Beijing in the district of Changping located Juyongguan -Passfestung. It is made of white marble and is 9.5 meters high. It used to carry three pagodas, which are no longer preserved. It is also called Guojie ta in Chinese ("pagoda / gate pagoda built over a street").

The cloud terrace of the Juyongguan Pass has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-98) since 1961 .

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Commons : 居庸关 云台  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• The Cloud Terrace (Yuntai) with engraved Buddhist tenets in six languages
• Pagoda Base Arrows the Road at Juyong Pass near Beijing

Coordinates: 40 ° 17 ′ 20.7 ″  N , 116 ° 4 ′ 6 ″  E