Zhengyangmen archway was built in the next four years (1439). Its architectural form is a brick fortress with a tower height of12m. Its doorway is an arch with five volts and five coupons, which opens in the middle of the tower. It is the only open gate among the nine gates in the inner city, dedicated to the dragon car and phoenix. The watchtower is located on the top of the mountain, with double eaves, decorated with gray tiles and green glass. On the upper and lower floors, there are 94 arrow windows in the east, south and west for archery. There are seven watchtowers, 62 meters wide, five in the north, 42 meters wide and 24 meters high, with double doors, with hanging doors in front and iron leaf doors behind.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a huge urn between Zhengyangmen Gate Tower and Arrow Tower, with an arc-shaped corner at the south end and the Arrow Tower at the top. This urn is 65,438+008 meters long from north to south and 88 meters wide from east to west, with open spaces and doors in all directions. In the forty-five years of Qing Qianlong (1780) and the twenty-nine years of Daoguang (1849), the watchtower was burned down twice by fire. In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing and the watchtower was burned. The renovation of the watchtower began at 190 1 and was completed at 1906. 19 15 in order to improve the traffic between the inner and outer cities, the government entrusted Roth Kaigl Company of Germany to rebuild the Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower, add a cement mortar guardrail and an arc ceiling to the arrow window, and add western flowers to the moon wall, which was completed in 19 16. After the reconstruction, the moon wall and east and west doors of Zhengyangmen Wengcheng were demolished.

Zhengyangmen archway has been a symbol of old Beijing since its completion. 19 15 has been transformed into a must-see for Beijingers. 1928 was converted into a domestic exhibition hall, and a cinema was added in the 1930s. 1949, artists such as Wei Xikui organized public entertainment clubs to perform in the Arrow Tower. On February 3rd, 1949, the China People's Liberation Army held a grand ceremony here.

Zhengyangmen archway has been restored many times. The archway was seriously damaged in the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, and the Beijing Cultural Relics Department conducted a comprehensive overhaul of the archway. 1989 Beijing zhengyangmen management office raised funds10.6 million yuan to decorate zhengyangmen archway, which was officially opened to tourists on June 1990+ 10/day.