There are 16 gates in the old city of Beijing, including 9 inner gates and 7 outer gates, each with different names, uses and characteristics.
The nine gates on the inner city are Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen on the Dongcheng wall clockwise; Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Xuanwu Gate on the wall of Chengnan City; There are Fuchengmen and Xizhimen on the wall of Xicheng; Desheng Gate and Anding Gate on the North City Wall.
There are seven gates in the outer city, the east side gate and the refraction gate on the east city wall clockwise; Zuo 'anmen, Yongding Gate and You 'anmen on the wall of Chengnan City; Guang 'an Gate and Xibianmen in the Western Wall.
Inner nine doors.
Dongzhimen was called Chongren Gate in Yuan Dynasty. There is an iron tower outside the treasure of the town gate, and there is a stone statue of King Yao in it. How lucky it is to have a wooden car.
Chaoyangmen was called Qihuamen in Yuan Dynasty. There is an ear of grain carved at the entrance of Wengcheng, which is the grain gate of Beijing. Bring more grain trucks.
Chongwenmen, known as Wenmingmen in Yuan Dynasty, is also called Hadamen. The signboard is Zhenhai Chongwen armored fish, so you should take more wine cars. Chongwenmen, also known as Jingmen, means bright and prosperous. It is the gate with the most frequent flow of people and goods in Beijing.
Zhengyangmen, known as Li Zhengmen in Yuan Dynasty, was named after "the beauty of the sun and the moon in the sky" in Li Gua. The signboard is Wengcheng Golden Body Guandi Temple.
Xuanwu Gate was called Shuncheng Gate in Yuan Dynasty. The sign is Xuanwu noon cannon, which tells the time, so it is also called "Dead Gate".
Fuchengmen was called Pingze Gate in Yuan Dynasty. Fuchengmen is also called "Qimen", which means "justice". The symbol is a plum blossom carved on the wall of Weng. Take more coal cars.
Xizhimen was called Heyimen in Yuan Dynasty. The sign is the stone engraved with waterline on the urn, and more water wheels are used.
Deshengmen, also known as "repairing the door", means noble morality. This gate is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, so there are many personnel carriers in and out of this gate.
Andingmen, also known as "Shengmen", means "abundance". The troops left the city from this gate. The treasure of the town gate is the Zhenwu Emperor, so they bring more dung carts.
Seven doors away.
Guangqumen, also known as Shawomen.
Guang 'anmen, called Guangning Gate in Ming Dynasty, is also called Zhang Yimen.
Zuo 'anmen, also known as "Jiang Wipe the Door".
You 'anmen, also known as Nanxinmen, Fengxuanmen and Caimen.
The other three doors, Yongdingmen, Dongbianmen and Xibianmen, have always used the names of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Abandoned city gate.
In the Yuan Dynasty, there were 1 1 gates, including three in the east, three in the south, three in the west and only two in the north. From north to south, the East Sanmen are: Guangxi Gate, Chongren Gate and Qihuamen; There are Shuncheng Gate in the south and west, Wenming Gate in the east and Li Zhengmen in the middle; From north to south, the west three gates are: Qingqingmen, Heyimen and Pingze Gate; There is Anzhen Gate in the northeast and Jiande Gate in the west.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the general Xu Da presided over the reconstruction of the new town, abandoned the northern wall of the Yuan Dynasty and built a new wall five miles south. Anzhen Gate and Jiande Gate on the original north wall, Guangxi Gate and Qingqing Gate on the northernmost wall of East-West City were abandoned.
The newly-built city gate.
During the Republic of China, in order to facilitate traffic, the Peace Gate, Jianguomen Gate and Fuxing Gate were built on the city wall. In fact, these newly-built city gates only have two arched ticket holes in the original city wall, and there are no towers, watchtowers and urns, which are very different from the original city gates.
If the city of Beijing is compared to the body of a giant, the gate is like the giant's mouth, through which you breathe and speak, and the pulse of life of the whole city is concentrated at the gate. Whether it is a large number of vehicles, pedestrians and livestock, people's thoughts and wishes, hopes and disappointments, and funeral and wedding teams symbolizing death or brand-new life, they can feel the pulse of the whole city at the gate, giving Beijing unlimited vitality and vitality.