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Duanmen

Duanmen, also known as the Gate of Uprightness, or Upright Gate, is a gate in 's Imperial City. It is located south of the . Proceeding north from the entrance to the Imperial City, it is the next gate after the Tian'anmen, or Gate of Heavenly Peace, and has a similar structure to that gate.
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Photo: Gisling, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: City gate
  • Description: Gate in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Duan Men” and “Gate of Uprightness”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , located at the centre of , was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.

Place of worship
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The , or Taimiao of , is a historic site in the Imperial City, just outside the , where during both the Ming and Qing dynasties, sacrificial ceremonies were held on the most important festival occasions in honor of the imperial family's ancestors. is situated 240 metres northeast of Duanmen.

City gate
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The or Wumen is the southern and largest gate of the in , . Unlike the other gates of the Forbidden City, the has two protruding arms on either side, derived from ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances of palaces, temples and tombs. is situated 350 metres north of Duanmen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Dongcheng and Xicheng.

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Dongcheng District is in . 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.

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

Duanmen

Latitude
39.909° or 39° 54′ 32″ north
Longitude
116.39118° or 116° 23′ 28″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
8384557
Wiki­data ID
Q15903496
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Duanmen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “端门”
  • Hebrew: “דוואנמן”
  • Japanese: “端門”
  • Manchu: “ᡨᠣᠪ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Russian: “врата Дуаньмэнь”
  • Thai: “ประตูตวน”
  • Yue Chinese: “端門”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Duanmen”. Photo: Gisling, CC BY 3.0.