Deshengmen
Deshengmen is a city gate that was once part of Beijing's northern city wall. It is one of Beijing's few preserved city gates and now stands as a landmark on the northern 2nd Ring Road.Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Gate
- Description: city gate in Beijing
- Also known as: “Desheng Men”, “Deshengmen Watchtower”, “Te Sheng Gate”, and “Te-sheng Men”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fayuan Mosque and Former Residence of Soong Ching-Ling.
Fayuan Mosque
Mosque
The Fayuan Mosque, also known as Dewai Mosque or Dewai Guanxiang Mosque, is a mosque in Xicheng District, Beijing, China. Fayuan Mosque is situated 490 metres west of Deshengmen.
Former Residence of Soong Ching-Ling
Museum
Photo: 用心阁, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The former residence of Soong Ching Ling is a museum in the Shichahai area of Beijing, China, and once was the last residence of Soong Ching-ling, the wife of Sun Yat-sen and later vice-president and Honorary President of the People's Republic of China in 1981. Former Residence of Soong Ching-Ling is situated 640 metres south of Deshengmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shichahai and Beitaipingzhuang.
Shichahai
Suburb
Shichahai Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northern portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, its total population was 75,447. The subdistrict was named after Shichahai, a collection of three lakes within the subdistrict.
Beitaipingzhuang
Suburb
Beitaipingzhuang Subdistrict is a subdistrict located in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It borders Huayuanlu Subdistrict to the northeast, Desheng Subdistrict to the east, Zhanlanlu and Xinjiekou Subdistricts to the south, Zhongguancun and Beixiaguan Subdistricts to the west.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xinjiekou is a subdistrict of Xicheng District of Beijing, China. As of 2020, the subdistrict has a total population of 84,866. The subdistrict got its name from a section of road on the eastern portion of Xizhimennei Avenue, which used to be a river port but underwent land reclamation in 1438.
Deshengmen
- Category: city gate
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Deshengmen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德勝門”
- Chinese: “德胜门”
- Chinese: “德胜门箭楼”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديشنجمين”
- Esperanto: “Deŝengmen”
- French: “Deshengmen”
- French: “Tour de la porte Desheng”
- German: “Desheng-Tor”
- German: “Deshengmen”
- Indonesian: “Deshengmen”
- Italian: “Deshengmen”
- Japanese: “徳勝門”
- Japanese: “德勝門”
- Manchu: “ᡝᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠᡳ ᡝᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deshengmen”
- Norwegian: “Deshengmen”
- Polish: “Deshengmen”
- Russian: “Дэшэнмэнь”
- Spanish: “Torre de la Campana”
- Swedish: “Deshengmen”
- Thai: “ประตูเต๋อเชิ่ง”
- Thai: “ประตูเต๋อเซิง”
- Ukrainian: “Дешенмень”
- Urdu: “دیشینگمین”
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