Xianxia Pass is one of the four great ancient passes in China

Xianxia Pass, where the light of swords and shadows of blades travel the ancient path. China has four great ancient passes: Jianmen Pass, Hangu Pass, Yanmen Pass, and Xianxia Pass. Xianxia Pass is located on the ancient Xianxia trail. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the army led by Huang Chao entered Fujian from Zhejiang, carving out this mountain-crossing and ridge-traversing route that stretches over 300 li from Jiangshan in Zhejiang to Pucheng in Fujian. Thereafter, it became an important land transportation route for the maritime Silk Road. Silks, porcelains, and teas produced in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi were transported through the ancient Xianxia trail to the southeastern coastal ports. This place also served as a vital traffic route between Zhejiang and Fujian, known as the 'throat of Zhejiang and Fujian'. Xianxia Pass is built at the narrow pass between two steep mountains, with two stone gates in the middle of the perilous pass. In the event of an enemy attack, once the stone gates were sealed, it would be impossible to pass, embodying the saying 'One man guards the pass, ten thousand are unable to open it'. The entire Xianxia Ridge still has four gates today, from north to south: the first, second, third, and fourth gates, with a distance of 1500 meters between them. The ancient path between the first and second gates is the steepest, and the distance between the second and third gates is only about a hundred meters. The first gate is Xianxia Pass, which is 40 meters long, 7 meters high, and 5 meters thick, with gate doors 3.6 meters high and 2.6 meters wide. The walls of the pass are entirely built with rough and strip stones.