Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate)

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city gate cultural heritage site fortification historic building landmark tourist attraction

Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) is a historic and iconic southern gate of Beijing’s old city wall, serving as a prominent landmark and symbol of the capital’s imperial past.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Zhengyangmen 1
Qianmen 2
Qianmen Gate 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
surface form: Qianmen

Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
surface form: Qianmen Gate
architecturalStyle traditional Chinese architecture ⓘ
builtDuring Ming dynasty ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Beijing ⓘ
Andingmen ⓘ
surface form: Gates of Beijing

Tourist attractions in Beijing ⓘ
constructionStart early 15th century ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalMeaning iconic symbol of old Beijing ⓘ
facingDirection south ⓘ
function ceremonial gateway ⓘ
defensive gate ⓘ
hasPart archery tower ⓘ
city wall barbican ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
hasRole Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: southern gate of Beijing Inner City
hasTransportConnection Qianmen Station of Beijing Subway ⓘ
hasViewOf Chang’an Avenue ⓘ
Tiananmen Square ⓘ
heritageStatus Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ
Tiananmen Square ⓘ
surface form: Tiananmen Square area
locatedOn central north–south axis of Beijing ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Forbidden City ⓘ
Tiananmen Gate ⓘ
surface form: Tiananmen
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
nativeName Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 正阳门
nativeNameLanguage zh ⓘ
near Beijing Railway Station ⓘ
surface form: Beijing Railway Station area

Qianmen Street ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Beijing city wall ⓘ
Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ
surface form: Inner City of Beijing
preservation restored and preserved as a cultural relic ⓘ
rebuiltDuring Qing dynasty ⓘ
significance important landmark of old Beijing ⓘ
symbol of Beijing’s imperial past ⓘ
surroundedBy Qianmen Street ⓘ
surface form: Qianmen commercial area
usedFor city defense in imperial Beijing ⓘ
controlling access to the Inner City ⓘ
imperial processions ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → alsoKnownAs → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhengyangmen
this entity surface form: Qianmen
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → alsoKnownAs → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhengyangmen
this entity surface form: Qianmen Gate
Dongcheng District, Beijing → contains → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qianmen
Dongcheng District, Beijing → contains → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhengyangmen
Historic Centre of Beijing → hasPart → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhengyangmen (Qianmen) Gate
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → hasRole → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhengyangmen
this entity surface form: southern gate of Beijing Inner City
Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → nativeName → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhengyangmen
this entity surface form: 正阳门
Tiananmen Square → near → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) ⓘ