Today, the western end of the Great Wall effectively ends at the historic site of JiaYuGuan Pass, in northwest GanSu Province, at the limit of the Gobi Desert and the oases of the Silk Road.

• 今天，长城的西端有效古迹止于嘉峪关, 在西北的甘肃省，在戈壁沙漠和绿洲丝绸之路的界限上。