West Heavenly Gate
West Heavenly Gate is a building in Beijing, North China. West Heavenly Gate is situated nearby to Palace of Abstinence, as well as near Hundred-Flower Garden.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and National Natural History Museum of China.
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 680 metres northeast of West Heavenly Gate.
National Natural History Museum of China
Museum
Photo: 钉钉, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Natural History Museum of China, previously the Beijing Museum of Natural History, is a municipal public natural history museum in Dongcheng, Beijing, China. National Natural History Museum of China is situated 530 metres northwest of West Heavenly Gate.
Yongdingmen
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Yongdingmen was the former front gate of the outer city of Beijing's old city wall. Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road system in Beijing. Yongdingmen is situated 1 km southwest of West Heavenly Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tianqiao and Tiantan.
Tianqiao
Suburb
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Tianqiao Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeastern portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it has a total population of 34,427.
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.
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.
West Heavenly Gate
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.8798° or 39° 52′ 47″ northLongitude
116.39932° or 116° 23′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8PFRV9HX+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 43918415OpenStreetMap feature
building=gateOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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In Other Languages
“West Heavenly Gate” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西天门”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palace of Abstinence and Hundred-Flower Garden.
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