Jumenbu

Jumenbu (simplified Chinese: 拒门堡; traditional Chinese: 拒門堡; pinyin: jùménbǔ), is a fortress of the Ming Great Wall Shanxi Section, located in Datong city in Shanxi province, China.

Jumenbu is a fortress for guarding the Great Wall of China, and it is a part of the Great Wall defence system. Jumenbu is situated in a brae 2.5 km away from the Great Wall. It was designed to defend against invasion and harry the nomads of Mongolia. Its original name was Jumengbu, which literally means "Mongol-resistant stronghold", but it was later renamed.

The fortress is not big, and has only a gate on the east with a wengcheng (barbican entrance to the fortress) on the east. The wall was built from earth with bricks on the surface.

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Great Wall of China
Outer	Yumen Pass Yang Pass Jiayu Pass Jumenbu Dajingmen Badaling Huanghuacheng Jiankou (Beijing Knot) Mutianyu Baimaguan Gubeikou Jinshanling Simatai Huangya Pass Shanhai Pass
Inner	Juyong Pass (Cloud Platform) Pingxing Pass Yanmen Pass Guangwu
Hebei/Shanxi spur	Niangzi Pass
History of the Great Wall of China (Qi, Ming)