Chaoyangmen was called Qihuamen in Yuan Dynasty. In ancient times, it was the main traffic route to Beijing. 19 15 years after the demolition, 1956 was completely demolished, which became the shadow of history.

Chaoyangmen is the gate of food in and out, and the rations of Beijing people basically come from this. Grain enters Chaoyangmen and is stored in a nearby granary. The place names of Chaoyangmen are Mi Lu Warehouse, Maritime Warehouse and New Taicang, all of which are warehouses for storing official grain.

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Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou

The road from Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou is the main road for people, grain and goods to enter Beijing, and it is also the only way for the emperor to pay homage to Dongling and visit Jiangnan.

In the Qing Dynasty, for the convenience of emperor's travel and transportation, three stone plank roads were built outside Beijing, also called Imperial Road. These three roads are Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou Shiyu Road, Guang 'anmen to Lugouqiao Shiyu Road, Xizhimen to Shiyu Road, namely "Three Mountains and Five Parks".

In the Qing Dynasty, Yong Zhengdi decided to build the road from Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou into a stone road in order to complete the tasks of transporting grain, touring Dongling and touring the south of the Yangtze River.

This road was built twice in the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) and the twenty-second year of Qianlong (1757). It starts from Chaoyangmen in the west, passes Guanxiang, Chaoyangmenwai Street, Dongqiao, Hongmiao, Balizhuang, Shilibao, Sanjianfang and Baliqiao, and reaches the west gate of Tongzhou. This stone road is now Chaoyangmenwai Street and Chaoyang Road.

1860 It was along this road that the British and French allied forces attacked Beijing from Tianjin in September. The Qing army fought fiercely with the British and French allied forces at Baliqiao. In the early years of the Republic of China, the stone road was seriously damaged. 19 17 renovated the stone slab road, removed a stone and paved the gravel road.

After the founding of New China, especially after the reform and opening up, the government accelerated the construction of Chaoyang Road. 1953, asphalt pavement, expansion of bus lines. Chaoyang Road was widened in 2005, with the main road 15m wide, four lanes in two directions, and the auxiliary road 13m wide, six lanes in two directions.

1963 Beijing Road from Bawangfen to Wulidian was built on the south side of Chaoyang Road. 1995 The Jingtong Road was transformed into a fully enclosed and overpass expressway, and the journey in the past 40 minutes was shortened to 15 minutes.

In 2003, Chaoyang North Road was built on the north side of Chaoyang Road, with a total length of 15.2 km.

Reference source; Baidu encyclopedia-Chaoyang gate

Reference source; People's Network-Chaoyangmen to Tongzhou: The Emperor's Journey to Dongling and the Road to Jiangnan