Front Gate

Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in 's historic . The gate is situated to the south of and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City.
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  • Gate
  • …lies at an elevation of 52 metres (171 feet)
  • Description: city gate
  • Also known as
    “Cheng-yang Men”
    “Chien Gate”
    “Chien Men”
    “Qian Men”
    “Tsienmen”
    “Zhengyang Gate”
    “Zhengyang Men”
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Places in the Area

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Front Gate

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Latitude
39.89889° or 39° 53′ 56″ north
Longitude
116.39167° or 116° 23′ 30″ east
Open location code
8PFRV9XR+HM
Geo­Names ID
1798284
Wiki­data ID
Q197703

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Front Gate” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “正阳门”
  • Czech: “Brána Správného světla”
  • Dutch: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زيهنجيانج”
  • Esperanto: “Qianmen”
  • French: “Zhengyangmen”
  • German: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נגיאנגמן”
  • Indonesian: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Italian: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Japanese: “前門”
  • Japanese: “正陽門”
  • Korean: “정양문”
  • Manchu: “ᡨᠣᠪ ᡧᡠᠨ ᡳ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chèng-iông-mn̂g”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qianmen”
  • Norwegian: “Qianmen”
  • Persian: “ژنگ یانگمن”
  • Polish: “Brama na Wprost Słońca”
  • Polish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Spanish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Swedish: “Qianmen”
  • Thai: “ประตูเจิ้งหยาง”
  • Turkish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Urdu: “ژینگیانگمین”
  • Wu Chinese: “正阳门”
  • Yue Chinese: “正陽門”

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