This ancient arch (yuntai or the cloud platform (云台) is also known as the language archway or gate of six languages (sanskrit, tibetan, phags-pa, old uyghur, chinese, tangut). The gateway is at nankou (nankow) pass (harmony or juyong pass) (now juyongguan 居庸). The cloud platform is a way through a branch of the great wall (长城), about 40 miles north of peking (beijing). Caption on mount arch at chü yung kuan. Nankou pass. Caption on photograph [. . ] ancient arch nankou pass. Date: 1877.
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