Shoukoubao Fort

Shoukoubu Fortress ( 守口堡） was once one of an essential fort along the Ming-era Datong Great Wall.  “Shoukoubu” ( 守口堡) literally means “Defending the Ravine Fort”.   Here there is a valley or ravine in the mountain, a mountainous corridor connecting the Inner Mongolia and Datong ( Shanxi). The ravine was an vulnerable area easy…