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Xizhimen

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Xizhimen in China
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Xizhimen (Chinese: 西直门; pinyin: Xīzhímén) was a gate in the Beijing city wall and is now a transportation node in Beijing. The gate was the entrance of drinking water for the Emperor, coming from the Jade Spring Hills to the west of Beijing. The gate was demolished in 1969.

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Xizhimen ranks #2,673 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #47 of the 120 mapped in China. See how China compares in the castle statistics.

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