Guang’anmen
Guang'anmen, also known as the Gate of Expansive Peace, Guangningmen and Zhangyimen, was a city gate of old Beijing, constructed during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Gate
- Description: building in Guang’anmen, China
- Also known as: “Chang-i Gate”, “Chang-i Men”, “Chang-yi Men”, “Kuang-an Men”, “Kwangan Men”, and “Zhangyimen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Niujie Mosque and Tianning Temple.
Niujie Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Niujie Mosque, also known as the Oxen Street House of Worship, or the Oxen Street Mosque, is the oldest mosque in Beijing, China. It was built in 996 CE during the Liao dynasty, destroyed during the Mongol conquest of China, was rebuilt during the 15th century, and was reconstructed and enlarged during the 17th century, under the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. Niujie Mosque is situated 1¼ km east of Guang’anmen.
Tianning Temple
Photo: Zeus1234, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tianning Temple is a Buddhist temple complex located in Xicheng District of Beijing, in northern China. The temple contains the 12th-century Pagoda of Tianning Temple. Tianning Temple is situated 710 metres northwest of Guang’anmen.
Baoguo Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baoguo Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 800 metres east of Guang’anmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xicheng and Chongwen.
Xicheng
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xicheng District is a district in central Beijing. Visitors come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.
Chongwen
Chongwen, formerly Chongwen District, is an area in Beijing. Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.
Fengtai
Fengtai District is a district of the city of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller extent, the southeast, where it has borders with Chaoyang and Dongcheng.
Guang’anmen
- Category: city gate
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Guang’anmen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “广安门”
- Chinese: “廣寧門”
- Chinese: “廣甯門”
- Chinese: “彰仪门”
- Indonesian: “Guang’anmen”
- Japanese: “広安門”
- Korean: “광안문”
- Manchu: “ᡝᡳᡨᡝᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡝᠯᡥᡝ ᠣᠪᡠᡵᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
- Swedish: “Guang’anmen”
- Thai: “ประตูกว่างอัน”
- Urdu: “گوانگآنمین”
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