In fact, the Yangguan in Wang Wei's poems is an antique beach in Nanhu Township, 70 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City in Hexi Corridor today. This is an important pass in ancient times. Because of the terrain here, it is an important treasure in ancient military strategy, especially in the Han Dynasty to resist the invasion of northwest nomadic people.
We also had the Silk Road in ancient times, and this place was on the Silk Road. It can be said that it is the hub of transportation and its strategic significance is very important. Because of the peculiar and dangerous terrain, it is often a battleground for the royal family.
In fact, there were two very important strategic locations in ancient times, namely, Yangguan and Yumenguan, but these two places were also south and north, which played an important role in southern Hebei, because these two places were important connection points between the Central Plains and the Gobi Desert in the northwest, and they were very similar, which not only had important significance, but also played an important role in the Silk Road and even in the communication between Asia and Europe.