Andingmen
Andingmen was a gate in Beijing's Ming-era city wall, which were built to protect the emperor and people against northern invaders. Like so many others, the gate was torn down in the 1950s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bridge
- Description: Gate in Beijng
- Also known as: “Andingmen Qiao”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Andingmen and Beijing Guozijian.
Andingmen
Metro station
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anding Men Station is a station on Line 2 of the Beijing Subway. The station is named after Andingmen, a city gate in Beijing's city wall, which was torn down during the construction of the subway in the late 1960s.
Beijing Guozijian
Photo: peiyuliu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Beijing Guozijian, also known as the Imperial Academy or College, was China's national university during the late Yuan, late Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the last guozijian of China. Beijing Guozijian is situated 500 metres southeast of Andingmen.
Yonghe Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Shakti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yonghe Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. Yonghe Temple is situated 1 km east of Andingmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dongzhimen and Ditan and Gulou.
Dongzhimen and Ditan
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Dongzhimen and Ditan are areas in Dongcheng District in Beijing, China. They form the northernmost part of Dongcheng, northeast of the Forbidden City. Dongzhimen is one of Beijing's major commercial precincts.
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.
Anzhen
Suburb
Anzhen Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northwest portion of Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it has a total population of 57,016. The subdistrict got its name from Anzhenmen, a former city gate of Khanbaliq.
Andingmen
- Categories: city gate and transportation
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Andingmen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “安定门”
- Chinese: “安定门桥”
- Dutch: “Andingmen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اندينجمين”
- French: “Andingmen”
- Indonesian: “Andingmen”
- Italian: “Andingmen”
- Japanese: “安定門”
- Manchu: “ᡝᠯᡥᡝ ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᡥᠣ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Andingmen”
- Norwegian: “Andingmen”
- Russian: “Аньдинмэнь”
- Swedish: “Andingmen”
- Thai: “ประตูอันติ้ง”
- Ukrainian: “Аньдінмень”
- Urdu: “اندینگمین”
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