Qianmen
Qianmen is a bus stop in Beijing, North China. Qianmen is situated nearby to the city gate Archery tower of Zhengyangmen, as well as near the archaeological site 正阳桥遗址.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zhengyangmen and Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall.
Zhengyangmen
City gate
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Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Zhengyangmen is situated 190 metres northwest of Qianmen.
Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall
Museum
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The Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall is an urban planning museum located at 20 Qianmen E St in the old main railway station building from 1903, beside Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall is situated 200 metres east of Qianmen.
China Railway Museum (Zhengyangmen)
Museum
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China Railway Museum (Zhengyangmen) is situated 130 metres northeast of Qianmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chongwen and Xicheng.
Chongwen
Chongwen, formerly Chongwen District, is an area in Beijing. Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.
Xicheng
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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.
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.
Qianmen
- Type: Bus stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.89781° or 39° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
116.39295° or 116° 23′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8PFRV9XV+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 1419898259OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_position
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Qianmen” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “前门”
- Japanese: “前門”
- Russian: “Цяньмэнь”
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