阳关

Traditional form:

陽關

Pinyin (reading):

Yángguān

Definitions:

• Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌

Characters:

• 阳 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

Traditional characters:

• 陽 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation