Jade Gate

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The Jade Gate or the Pass of the Jade Gate (Chinese: 玉门关 (simplified) or 玉門關 (traditional), Pīnyīn: Yùmén Guān) is the name of a pass located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China. In ancient times, this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed, and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China, the former called the Western Regions. Just to the south was the Yangguan pass, which was also an important point on the Silk Road.

Not to be confused with the city Yumen (玉门, literally Jade Gate) in Gansu, China. Although both are within the same Jiuquan "prefecture-level city" (a multi-county administrative unit) of Gansu province, Jade Gate is located some 400 km to the west of its namesake city.

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Coordinates: 40°19′59″N 93°49′00″E / 40.33306°N 93.816667°E / 40.33306; 93.816667