Gate of China, Beijing

Not to be confused with Gate of China, Nanjing.
An imperial procession entering the Imperial City through the Great Qing Gate (later renamed the Gate of China) in 1902.

The Gate of China (traditional Chinese: 中華門; simplified Chinese: 中华门; pinyin: Zhōnghuámén) was a historical ceremonial gateway in Beijing, China, located near the center of latter-day Tiananmen Square. It was demolished in 1954. This gate formed the southern gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was situated on the central axis of Beijing, to the north of Zhengyang Gate, and south of Tiananmen.[1] Unlike these two defensive gates, the Gate of China was a purely ceremonial gateway, with no ramparts, but was a brick-stone structure with three gateways.

  1. ^ Shi, Mingzheng (May 1998). "Rebuilding the Chinese capital: Beijing in the early twentieth century". Urban History. 25 (1): 62. doi:10.1017/S0963926800012645 – via Cambridge University Press.