Zhengyangmen

Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in 's historic . The gate is situated to the south of and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City.
Wikipedia
Photo: Eunice winG, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: WFan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: City gate
  • Description: city gate
  • Also known as: “Qianmen” and “Zhengyang Gate”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and Qianmen.

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.

Railway stop
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
station is a station on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Beijing Subway located near .

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The , colloquially described as The Giant Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, , . is situated 1 km northwest of Zhengyangmen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chongwen and Xicheng.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, formerly District, is an area in . Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Zhengyangmen

Latitude
39.89918° or 39° 53′ 57″ north
Longitude
116.39162° or 116° 23′ 30″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
8PFRV9XR+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25109960
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q197703
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Zhengyangmen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Zhengyangmen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Chèng-iông-mn̂g”
  • Chinese: “正阳门”
  • Chinese: “正陽門”
  • Czech: “Brána Správného světla”
  • Dutch: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “زيهنجيانج”
  • Esperanto: “Qianmen”
  • French: “Zhengyangmen”
  • German: “Qianmen Tor Nord”
  • German: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נגיאנגמן”
  • Indonesian: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Italian: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Japanese: “前門”
  • Japanese: “正陽門”
  • Korean: “정양문”
  • Manchu: “ᡨᠣᠪ ᡧᡠᠨ ᡳ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chèng-iông-mn̂g”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qianmen”
  • Norwegian: “Qianmen”
  • Persian: “ژنگ یانگمن”
  • Polish: “Brama Na Wprost Słońca”
  • Polish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Russian: “Северные ворота Цяньмэнь”
  • Spanish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Swedish: “Qianmen”
  • Thai: “ประตูเจิ้งหยาง”
  • Thai: “หอประตูเฉียนเหมิน”
  • Turkish: “Zhengyangmen”
  • Urdu: “ژینگیانگمین”
  • Wu Chinese: “正阳门”
  • Yue Chinese: “正陽門”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Zhengyangmen”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Archery tower of Zhengyangmen and China Railway Museum (Zhengyangmen).

Nearby Places

Explore places such as 前门 and Qianmen.

Beijing: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Forbidden City, Chaoyang, Xicheng, and Beijing Capital International Airport.

Curious City Gates to Discover

Uncover intriguing city gates from every corner of the globe.