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Little-known facts about China's top ten national gates

1. Manzhouli National Gate: The only national gate at the junction of China, Russia and Mongolia Located in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, it is one of China's largest land ports. Its architecture combines the styles of China, Russia and Mongolia. Standing on the viewing platform of the national gate scenic area, you can see the Russian town of Zabaikalsk and the border grassland of Mongolia at the same time.
2. Dandong Hushan Great Wall National Gate: The "Eastern Starting Point" of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall Many people think that the eastern starting point of the Great Wall is Shanhaiguan, but in fact, Dandong Hushan Great Wall is the real eastern starting point of the Ming Great Wall. The national gate here is connected to the Hushan Great Wall ruins, and its history can be traced back to the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.
3. Ruili Jiegao National Gate: The peculiar scene of "one village and two countries" Near the Jiegao National Gate in Ruili, Yunnan, there is a "Yinjing Village", half of which is in China and half in Myanmar. The villagers in the village farm and go to school across borders, and even the kitchen of a house is in Myanmar and the bedroom is in China.
4. Horgos National Gate: The "Zero Kilometer Starting Point" of Lianhuo Expressway As the end point of China's longest expressway (Lianhuo Expressway, Lianyungang-Horgos), there is a stone tablet with the words "Zero Kilometer of Lianhuo Expressway" next to the national gate, which is a landmark for self-driving enthusiasts.
5. Erenhot National Gate: The "Dinosaur National Gate" in the Home of Dinosaurs Erenhot, Inner Mongolia is the "Home of Dinosaur Fossils". There is a huge dinosaur sculpture group in the national gate scenic area, and even the national gate buildings have dinosaur elements, as if traveling back to prehistoric times.
6. Pingxiang Friendship Pass: The only ancient pass national gate still in use As one of the nine famous passes in China, Friendship Pass was built in the Han Dynasty and was called "Zhennan Pass" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It still undertakes border trade functions and is one of the oldest national gates in China.
7. Alashankou National Gate: The "Wind-resistant Artifact" in the Northwest's First Wind Zone Alashankou, located in Xinjiang, is a famous "wind warehouse" with an average of more than 160 days of strong winds above level 8 per year. The national gate building adopts a special steel structure that can withstand a force 12 gale, making it the "most wind-resistant" national gate.
8. Dongxing Port National Gate: A transnational waterfall at the "maritime national gate" between China and Vietnam. The Detian Waterfall near the Dongxing Port in Guangxi is half in China and half in Vietnam. It is the largest transnational waterfall in Asia. The national gate here not only connects the land, but also allows you to see the "maritime trade channel" on the China-Vietnam border river.
9. Kashgar Khunjerab National Gate: The highest "cloud national gate" Located on the Pamir Plateau, at an altitude of 5,100 meters, it is the highest national gate in China. There is snow all year round here, and the boundary marker next to the national gate is called the "iceberg boundary marker". The guarding soldiers need to overcome extreme environments such as hypoxia on the plateau.
10. Mohan Port National Gate: The "first exit gate" of the China-Laos Railway As the last stop of the China-Laos Railway in China, the Mohan National Gate has become the focus after the railway opened in 2021. Today, goods can be transported directly from here to Laos by rail, making it an important hub of the "Belt and Road Initiative".

These national gates are not only symbols of the border, but also contain interesting stories about geography, history and humanities.