Qiaowan

Qiaowan Station is a station on Line 7 of the Beijing Subway. It was opened on December 28, 2014, as a part of the stretch between Beijing West railway station and Jiaohua Chang and is located between Zhushikou and Ciqi Kou.

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Type: Metro station
Description: Beijing Subway station in Dongcheng, Beijing
Also known as: “Qiaowan station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and Zhengyangmen.

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

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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 1 km south of Qiaowan.

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 1¼ km northwest of Qiaowan.

Beijing Railway Station

Railway station

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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 2 km northeast of Qiaowan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qianmen and Tiantan.

Qianmen

Suburb

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Qianmen Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the western portion of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. In 2020, there are 9,081 permanent residents in this subdistrict.

Tiantan

Suburb

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Tiantan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southwest side of the Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it has a population of 27,429. The subdistrict was named after Temple of Heaven, an imperial religious complex that is located in this area.