Niangzi Pass

Niangzi Pass
Traversed byShijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway,
Shanxi Provincial Road S315
LocationBorder between Shanxi and Hebei provinces
RangeTaihang Mountains
Coordinates37°58′01.34″N 113°52′40.65″E / 37.9670389°N 113.8779583°E / 37.9670389; 113.8779583
Niangzi Pass
Traditional Chinese娘子關
Simplified Chinese娘子关
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNiángzǐ Guān

Niangzi Pass (simplified Chinese: 娘子关; traditional Chinese: 娘子關; pinyin: Niángzǐ Guān), also called the Ladies' Pass, is a mountain pass west of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province in North China. One of the major passages from Shanxi Province to Hebei Province across the Taihang Mountains, it is 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Shijiazhuang, at the point where the Shitai Railway (Shijiazhuang--Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi) crosses the border between the two provinces on its way to Taiyuan.