Gate of Spreading Happiness
Gate of Spreading Happiness is a city gate in Beijing, North China. Gate of Spreading Happiness is situated nearby to the city gate Nutrient gate, as well as near 蹈和门.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forbidden City and Palace of Tranquile Longevity.
Forbidden City
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, 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.
Palace of Tranquile Longevity
Palace
Photo: Stratos Malasiotis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Tranquil Longevity, literally, "peaceful old age palace", also called the Qianlong Garden, Qianlong Palace, Qianlong District or the Palace of Tranquility and Longevity, is a palace in Beijing, China, located in the northeast corner of the Inner Court of the Forbidden City.
Forbidden City
Museum
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The Palace Museum, also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. Forbidden City is situated 310 metres southwest of Gate of Spreading Happiness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donghuamen and Jingshan Subdistrict.
Donghuamen
Suburb
Photo: Ekaterina Kvelidze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Donghuamen Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. Tiananmen Square is located within this subdistrict. As of 2020, it has a total population of 38,090.
Jingshan Subdistrict
Suburb
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Jingshan Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. It contains 8 communities. The subdistrict has a total area of 1.64 square kilometers, and as of 2020, it has a population of 25,374.
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.
Gate of Spreading Happiness
- Type: City gate
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.91915° or 39° 55′ 9″ northLongitude
116.39363° or 116° 23′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8PFRW99V+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 42681394OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
“Gate of Spreading Happiness” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “衍祺门”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nutrient gate and 蹈和门.
Nearby Places
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