Gubeikou

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Gubeikou is a historically significant mountain pass and Great Wall fortification in northern China that has long served as a strategic gateway between the North China Plain and the Mongolian plateau.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gubeikou canonical 2
Gubeikou town 1
Gǔběikǒu 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Wall section
fortified pass
mountain pass
connects Mongolian Plateau
North China Plain
country China
distanceFromBeijingCenter approximately 120 kilometers
hasAlternativeClassification wild Great Wall section
hasFeature mountainous terrain
steep ridges
unrestored wall segments
hasNearbyRiver Chao River
hasRole military stronghold
strategic gateway
hasStructure battlements
beacon towers
fortified passes
watchtowers
hasSubsection Jinshanling Great Wall
Great Wall of China
surface form: Panlongshan Great Wall
hasViewOf Yan Mountains
heritageStatus protected cultural site at national level in China
historicalFunction control of access routes into central plains
defense against northern nomadic tribes
isFamousAs battlefield of ancient China
knownFor military significance
Jiankou section of the Great Wall
surface form: well-preserved wild Great Wall
languageOfName Chinese
locatedIn Beijing
Miyun District
North China
surface form: northern China
locatedOn Yan Mountains
nearbySection Jinshanling
Simatai
partOf Great Wall of China
partOfDefenseLine northern frontier defenses of Beijing
region North China
tourismType cultural heritage site
hiking destination
usedDuring Ming dynasty
Qing dynasty
Warring States period
Yuan dynasty

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yan Mountains hasPass Gubeikou
Simatai section accessibleFrom Gubeikou
this entity surface form: Gubeikou town
Gubeikou Pass ChinesePinyin Gubeikou
this entity surface form: Gǔběikǒu