Help with translation of title of little book

[Shelley]

I was given this little book today. it has a picture of a dragon drawn on one side of the paper and some text on the other side.

 

I have been trying to work out what it is about.

 

I have got this far,

 

First column : qi  旂   banner, flag

                       you 游

                       ji 纪             youji travel notes

                       nian  念       souvenir

 

Second column: 通  tong   open, notify, tell

                          闗   guan   surname

                          文   wen     language, surname

                          牒   die      official document

 

Third column: 長 zhang  elder

                       ?

                       ?

                       遠  yuan  distant

                       門  men   (with yuan)  distant travels

 

The characters represented by the ? are the ones I am having trouble with, strange because they are so simple but I can't find anything that makes sense.

 

So is it someone called Guan Wen's official notification document? Perhaps a souvenir of distant travels?

 

This is new territory for me I haven't tried something like this before.

 

I have attached a scan of the cover with this text, and purely for context and perhaps for interest, the inside of the little booklet.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

DB1.pdf

DB2.pdf

DB3.pdf

[889]

That character's 安， as in 长安.

Note too that's 旅游纪念.

And 通关文牒 was an ancient type of passport.

[Shelley]

So it is 安 I thought so but was not sure.

 

So its like a passport but perhaps something done as a modern day souvenir?

 

This looks like it will be interesting.

 

I will have a go at the rest, see how I get on.

 

Thanks 889.

[gsxlm]

通關文牒
長安安遠門
佳期盛年 良辰穀旦 有朋遠來 光臨西安 安遠雄關 笳鼓竟喧
乃登城垣 隍池周環 乃入醮樓 以眺市廛 東遊灞塬 半坡巍然
秦陵拜瞻 軍俑桓桓 洗塵溫泉 華清飲宴 楊妃回眸 情愫綿綿
躋彼雁塔 遙望終南 碑林瀏覽 翰墨雲煙 九十其儀 佳賓盡歡
謹具關牒 永思永念

[Shelley]

@gsxim thank you for your effort, it is helpful to have this to confirm my efforts.

 

i wasn't expecting anyone to do the whole thing, I was just asking for help with the title, but this is great, thanks again.