Dasan Pass Explained

Dasan Pass
Other Name:Sanguan Pass
Map:China Northern Plain#China
Traversed:Shaanxi Provincial Road S212
Location:Baoji City, Shaanxi Pronvince, China
Range:Qin Mountains
Coordinates:34.2717°N 107.01°W
Order:st
S:大散关
T:大散關
P:Dà Sǎn Guān
L:Great Dissolve Pass

Dasan Pass or Sanguan Pass is a mountain pass located in the west mountain area of the city of Baoji in Shaanxi province.

It was a military mountain gate guarding the Guanzhong Plain since the Zhou Dynasty period. Due to its strategic location, more than 70 battles have been fought here throughout Chinese history. In the year 1131, two Song Dynasty generals Wu Jie and Wu Lin, who were brothers, were stationed here to defend against the Jin general Wanyan Wulu.