The Zhengyangmen Gate Review

The central Zhengyangmen on the central axis of Beijing is on the south side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, which is close to the Second Ring Road and Dashilan is the center of Beijing, where every visitor to Beijing will visit.

Zhengyangmen 4 Ming Yongle first year (1403) Ming Chengzu Zhu Ying took the throne, and he intended to move the capital from Nanjing Yingtianfu (now Nanjing City) to Beijing, so he changed Beiping to Beijing, and began building the palace and city hall in Beijing from Yongle four years (1406). [3] And the Yuan Metropolis south of the city to the south of the city, still called Li Main Gate. This time, the construction took two years, Ming Yongle 17 years (1419) was built, and the 19 years (1421) of Yongle was completed. Later, through Hongxi and Xuande two generations, it has been called Li Main Gate, the shape has not changed.

Zhengyangmen 3 according to the local record: the city building, arrow building at that time was magnificent, shape and tall; the city is magnificent, for the old Beijing city building representative work, now only the city building and arrow building, is the only preserved city gate in Beijing. There is Beijing Folklore Exhibition Hall on the upper floor.

Front gate of Beijing! Now is well preserved. There is a main Street in front of it, many shops to eat and buy souvenirs

Zhengyangmen 2 Zhengyangmen, commonly known as Qianmen, was built in the 17th year of Mingchengzu Yongle (1419), is one of the old Beijing "Beijing Shijimen". It integrates Zhengyangmen City Tower, Arrow Tower and Yucheng, and is a complete ancient defensive building system.