Zhengyangmen

Qianmen (Chinese正阳门/正阳门, Pinyin Qianmen, Zhengyang Gate '), also known as Qianmen (前门/前门, Qianmen, the front gate ' ), is an ancient city gate in Beijing. It was built in 1421 in the Ming Dynasty (his watchtower 1439) and is one of the nine gates and watchtowers, the Inner City ( Neicheng ). It was located right in the center of the southern wall of the inner city in the south of Tian'anmen - the gateway to the imperial city ( Huangcheng ) - and separated the " Tatar city " of the " Chinese City ", ie the Outer City ( Waicheng ). The Qianmen was standing right in front of the Imperial Palace. Only the emperor was allowed to go for his walk to the sacrifice offered at the Temple of Heaven by his middle gate, and only imperial sedan chairs and carriages were allowed pass through the gate. The watchtower was burned in 1900 in the Boxer Rebellion in part. The Qianmen was restored several times and has not been preserved in its original form.

As the main gate of the inner city it was built bigger and grander than other gates, it was the tallest and finest decorated gate. The guard tower is over 40 meters high.

The Qianmen Open since 1988 on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 3-63 ).

Today the town gate, Qianmen Museum is housed in it.

The old gate

Qianmen