Jiayuguan Museum of the Great Wall

Gansu


Located inside Jiayuguan Fort, this excellent and highly informative museum contains photos, artefacts, maps, Silk Road exhibits and models to show just how the fort and the Great Wall of China influenced the history of the Hexi Corridor and China as a whole.


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