Chongwenmen
Chongwenmen was a gate that was part of Beijing's city wall in what is now Dongcheng District. The gate stood in the southeastern part of Beijing's inner city, immediately south of the old Beijing Legation Quarter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Historical site
- Description: former city gate in Beijing
- Also known as: “Chongwen Men”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chongwenmen and Beijing Railway Station.
Chongwenmen
Metro station
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Chongwen Men Station is an interchange station on Line 2 and Line 5 of the Beijing Subway at Chongwenmen in Dongcheng District.
Beijing Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: 颐园新居, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beijing railway station is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The station is located just southeast of the city centre inside the Second Ring Road with Beijing Station Street to the north and the remnants of the city wall between Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen to the south. Beijing Railway Station is situated 770 metres east of Chongwenmen.
Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
Photo: ijsendoorn, CC BY 2.0.
The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and then later restored by the Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest and other seasonal rites. Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is situated 2 km south of Chongwenmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chongwen and Central Dongcheng.
Chongwen
Chongwen, formerly Chongwen District, is an area in Beijing. Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.
Central Dongcheng
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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.
Chaoyang
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Chaoyang District is in Beijing. While Chaoyang district does not have that many tourist sites, most visitors to Beijing will find themselves in Chaoyang at some point: especially for visiting the art districts, shopping, restaurants, and nightlife.
Chongwenmen
- Categories: city gate, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Chongwenmen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Chông-bûn-mn̂g”
- Chinese: “哈德门”
- Chinese: “崇文門”
- Chinese: “崇文门”
- Chinese: “海岱门”
- Indonesian: “Chongwenmen”
- Japanese: “崇文門”
- Manchu: “ᡧᡠ ᠪᡝ ᠸᡝᠰᡳᡥᡠᠯᡝᡵᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chông-bûn-mn̂g”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chongwenmen”
- Norwegian: “Chongwenmen”
- Swedish: “Chongwenmen”
- Thai: “ประตูฉงเหวิน”
- Urdu: “چونگوینمین”
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