Zhengyangmen

Qianmen (simplified Chinese: 前门; traditional Chinese: 前門; pinyin: Qiánmén; Wade–Giles: Ch'ien-men; lit. 'Front Gate') is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen (simplified Chinese: 正阳门; traditional Chinese: 正陽門; pinyin: Zhèngyángmén; Wade–Giles: Cheng-yang-men; Manchu: ᡨᠣᠪᡧᡠᠨ ᡳᡩᡠᡴᠠ; Möllendorff:tob šun-i duka, lit. 'Gate of the Zenith Sun'), a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Zhengyangmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north–south axis passes through Zhengyangmen's main gate. It was formerly named Lizhengmen (simplified Chinese: 丽正门; traditional Chinese: 麗正門; pinyin: Lìzhèngmén; lit. 'beautiful portal').

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Zhengyangmen ranks #710 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 119 mapped in China. Founded 1419, it is older than 52% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 455 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,738 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Beijing, 1 km away. See how China compares in the castle statistics.

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