Jumenbu

Jumenbu (zh-stp |s=拒门堡 |t=拒門堡 |p=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 is designed to defend against invasion and harry the nomads of Mongolia. The original name is Jumengbu, which means a fortress used to resist the Mongols, and was renamed afterwards.

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