• The Qianmen Street is the common name for the gateway known formally as Zhengyangmen. It is a gate in Beijing.
  • Explore the Zhengyangmen when you travel to Downtown Beijing - Expedia's Zhengyangmen information guide keeps you in the know!
  • Zhengyangmen, formerly known as Lizhengmen, was founded in 1419, and was the south gate of the inner city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
  • In place of the walls are now wide ring roads and subway. The only thing that is left today is Zhengyangmen and a few of the other gates.
  • Qianmen, literally "Front Gate", is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, meaning "gate of the zenith Sun", a gate in Beijing's historic city wall.
  • From its origins to the present, Zhengyangmen has been the subject of debate, analysis and reflection in various areas, generating opinion and controversy.
  • External links. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zhengyangmen. Story about Qianmen hutong from The World program, July 8, 2008.
  • Zhengyangmen. This grand structure was the original front gate to the once-walled city of Beijing. Climb to the top for fantastic views over its archery tower and...
  • Qianmen, literally "Front Gate", is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, meaning "gate of the zenith Sun", a gate in Beijing's historic city wall.