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Front Gate

  • Address: Xuanwumen Jie, Xuanwu District, Beijing

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From its top looking south, you can see that Front Gate is actually two gates: Sun-Facing Gate (Zhengyangmen) and Arrow Tower (Jian Lou), which was, until 1915, connected to Zhengyangmen by a defensive half-moon wall. The central gates of both structures opened only for the emperor's biannual ceremonial trips to the Temple of Heaven to the south.

  • Metro: Qianmen

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