Taiyuan Gate
Taiyuan Gate is a building in Beijing, North China. Taiyuan Gate is situated nearby to the park 玉蜓公园, as well as near Animal Sacrifice Pavilion (South).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and Yuting Bridge.
Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
Photo: ijsendoorn, CC BY 2.0.
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 northwest of Taiyuan Gate.
Yuting Bridge
Bridge
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yuting Bridge is situated 480 metres southeast of Taiyuan Gate.
Yongdingmen
Photo: Kallgan, Public domain.
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 1½ km west of Taiyuan Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tiyuguanlu and Dongtiejiangying.
Tiyuguanlu
Suburb
Tiyuguanlu Subdistrict is a southeastern subdistrict of the Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. In 2020 the population here is 31,977. This subdistrict got its name from the Tiyuguan Road within the subdistrict, which in turn was named after the Beijing Gymnasium.
Dongtiejiangying
Suburb
Dongtiejiangying Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern end of Fengtai District, Beijing, China. It borders Yongdingmenwai Subdistrict and Fangzhuang Township to the north, Nanyuan and Xiaohongmen Townships to the east, Nanyuan Township and Dahongmen Subdistrict to the south, Xiluoyuan and Yongdingmenwai Subdistricts to the west.
Yongdingmenwai
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yongdingmenwai Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the southern part of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. By the year 2020, it has a population of 64,790. The subdistrict got its name from Yongdingmen, a former front gate on the Beijing city wall.
Taiyuan Gate
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.87382° or 39° 52′ 26″ northLongitude
116.41187° or 116° 24′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8PFRVCF6+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 43925093OpenStreetMap feature
building=gateOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Taiyuan Gate” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “泰元门”
- Russian: “Тайюань Ворота”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 玉蜓公园 and Animal Sacrifice Pavilion (South).
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