Beijing city fortifications
The Beijing city fortifications were a system of walls with towers and gates constructed in the city of Beijing, China in the early 1400s and partially demolished in 1965 for the construction of the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 of the Beijing Subway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: ancient walls and towers around Beijing
- Also known as: “Fou-ch’eng Men”, “Fucheng Men”, “P’ing Tz’e Men”, and “P’ing-tse Men”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fucheng Men station and Lu Xun Museum.
Fucheng Men station
Railway stop
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fucheng Men Station is a station on Line 2 of the Beijing Subway.
Lu Xun Museum
Museum
The Beijing Lu Xun Museum is a museum in Fucheng Gate Avenue, Beijing, China. The buildings in which the museum situated at was Lu Xun's former Beijing residence. Lu Xun Museum is situated 270 metres northeast of Beijing city fortifications.
Miaoying Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Miaoying Temple, also known as the "White Stupa Temple", is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in the Xicheng District of Beijing. Miaoying Temple is situated 550 metres east of Beijing city fortifications.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xicheng and Gulou.
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.
Gulou
Photo: fangchen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gulou is a part of Dongcheng District in Beijing, China. The name "Gulou" translates to Drum Tower, which is one of the main attractions here. Gulou is considered the most charming area in Beijing.
Central Dongcheng
Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dongcheng District is in Beijing. It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.
Beijing city fortifications
- Categories: Chinese city wall, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Beijing city fortifications” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “京師內城”
- Chinese: “京師外城”
- Chinese: “京畿”
- Chinese: “北京内城”
- Chinese: “北京城”
- Chinese: “北京城池”
- Chinese: “北京外城”
- Chinese: “北平城”
- Chinese: “明清北京城”
- Chinese: “阜成门”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تحصينات مدينة بكين”
- French: “remparts de Pékin”
- French: “Remparts de Pékin”
- German: “Stadtmauern von Peking”
- Indonesian: “Benteng kota Beijing”
- Italian: “Fortificazioni di Pechino”
- Japanese: “北京城”
- Literary Chinese: “京畿”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijings bymur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijings bymurer”
- Norwegian: “Beijings bymur”
- Slovenian: “Mestne utrdbe Pekinga”
- Swedish: “Pekings stadsmur”
- Thai: “ป้อมปราการเมืองปักกิ่ง”
- Urdu: “بیجنگ شہر کی قلعہ بندیاں”
- Western Panjabi: “بیجنگ شہر دیاں قلعہ بندیاں”
- Yue Chinese: “北京城”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jinrongjie and FengSheng.
Nearby Places
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