函谷关

Traditional form:

函谷關

Pinyin (reading):

Hángǔ Guān

Definitions:

• Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)

Characters:

• 函 - correspondence; a case, a box
• 谷 - valley, gorge, ravine
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

Traditional characters:

• 函 - correspondence; a case, a box
• 谷 - valley, gorge, ravine
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation