Fuxingmen

Fuxingmen is the name of a gate that used to be a part of Beijing's old city wall. It is also the name of a road situated in central and on the northwestern stretch of the 2nd Ring Road in Beijing's .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Historical site
  • Description: former gate of Beijing
  • Also known as: “Fu-hsing Men” and “Fuxing Men”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fuxingmen and Capital Museum.

Metro station
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 2 of the Beijing Subway. It is named for , a former gate in Beijing's city wall. The station handles over 170,000 transfers between Lines 1 and 2 per day.

Museum
Photo: 鸟甲, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a public municipal art museum in , China. It opened in 1981 and moved into its present building in 2006, which houses a large collection of ancient porcelain, bronze, calligraphy, painting, jade, sculpture, and Buddhist statues… is situated 1¼ km west of Fuxingmen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xicheng and Gulou.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
District is a district in central . 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.

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is a part of Dongcheng District in , . The name "Gulou" translates to Drum Tower, which is one of the main attractions here. is considered the most charming area in Beijing.

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, formerly District, is an area in . Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.

Fuxingmen

Latitude
39.90556° or 39° 54′ 20″ north
Longitude
116.35111° or 116° 21′ 4″ east
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW942+6C
Geo­Names ID
1810851
Wiki­data ID
Q4567932
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Fuxingmen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “复兴门”
  • Chinese: “復興門”
  • French: “Fuxingmen”
  • Indonesian: “Fuxingmen”
  • Japanese: “復興門”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fuxingmen”
  • Norwegian: “Fuxingmen”
  • Thai: “ประตูฟู่ซิง”

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