Vm-4355-Beijing-Observatory-city-view-from-the-top-platform

Jianguomen () was a gate in the

city wall A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or Earthworks (military), earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as ...

that once stood in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and is now a transportation hub to the east of city centre. At Jianguomen bridge, the eastern 2nd Ring Road divides Jianguomen Inner Street to the west from Jianguomen Outer Street to the east. A sub-district,

Jianguomen Subdistrict Jianguomen Subdistrict () is a subdistrict located in the eastern portion of the Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. It contains 9 residential communities within its 2.7 km2 area, and as of 2020 its totoal population is 33,094. The subdist ...

is named after the gate. It is part of the Dongcheng district.

History

Jianguomen was not one of the 16 original gates in Beijing's 15th century

Ming The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, t ...

-era city wall. The gate was an opening on the east side of Beijing's inner city wall that was created in 1939 during the Japanese occupation of the city to enable access to the industrializing eastern suburbs of the city. The gate was formally named the ''Jianguomen'' in November 1945. At that time Beiping, as the city was then known, returned to Chinese rule. The oldest landmark at Jianguomen is the famous

Beijing Ancient Observatory The Beijing Ancient Observatory () is a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China. The observatory was built in 1442 during the Ming dynasty, and expanded during the Qing. It received major reorganization and many new, more accurate ...

. In the 1970s, numerous embassies of Western countries opened in the area northwest of Jianguomen. In 1973, the Beijing Friendship Store was moved from

Wangfujing Wangfujing Street ( zh, s=王府井大街, p=Wángfǔjǐng Dàjiē) is a shopping street in Beijing, China, located in Dongcheng District. The majority of the main area is pedestrianised. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty there have been ...

to Jianguomen Outer Street. The Jianguo Hotel, just east of Jianguomen, opened in 1982, was the first Sino-foreign hotel joint venture in Beijing.

Local transit

The Jianguomen Station of the

Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Direct-controlled municipality, Municipality that consists of 29 lines including 24 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and two light rail, light rail tram line ...

is an interchange station for Lines 1 and 2 of the

. Many

Beijing Bus Public bus service in Beijing is among the most extensive, widely used and affordable form of public transportation in List of administrative divisions of Beijing, urban and suburban districts of the city. In 2015, the entire network consisted ...

routes stop at Jianguomen South (建国门南).

References

{{Authority control Road transport in Beijing Gates of Beijing Diplomatic districts Dongcheng District, Beijing Neighbourhoods of Beijing

History

Local transit

See also

References