Kunlun Pass


Kunlun Pass is mountain pass located 59 kilometers northeast of Nanning, Guangxi and traversed by. The altitude is around 300 m.
In 816 AD, governor of Guiguan built a stone pass at Shiguitang between Jieshou mountain and Luosan mountain and named it Xiongnan pass. During the Northern Song dynasty, it was renamed to Kunlun pass. In 1939 the site was the location of the Battle of Kunlun Pass.

Kunlun Pass Scenic Area

In 1989 the site of the Battle of Kunlun Pass, in the northeast of Nanning City, was named as a regional cultural relic protection site. The area is surrounded by mountains and covers approximately 70 hectares. It includes a memorial tower and a cemetery built by the Kuomintang, and the tomb of Masao Nakamura, and includes features bearing inscriptions by many early KMT figures.