Gate sights in China
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Dongan Men Remains
In an excavated pit on Beiheyan Dajie sits a pitiful stump, all that remains of the magnificent Dōngān Mén, the east gate of the Imperial City. Before being razed, the gate was a single-eaved, seven-bay-wide building with a hip-and-gable roof capped with yellow tiles. The remnants of the gate – just two layers of 18 bricks – may make for dull viewing but of more interest are the accompanying bricks of the excavated Ming-dynasty road that used to run near Dōngān Mén. The road is around 2m lower than the current road level, its expertly made bricks typical of precisely engineered Ming-dynasty brickwork. The remains are located in the Imperial Wall Foundation Ruins…
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Zhonghua Gate
Zhonghua Gate. Some of the original 13 Ming city gates remain, including the Zhonghua Gate in the south and the Centre Gate (Zhōngyāng Mén) in the north. The city gates were heavily fortified; Zhonghua Gate has four rows of gates, making it almost impregnable, and could house a garrison of 3000 soldiers in vaults in the front gate building. Today some of these vaults are used as souvenir shops.
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Duanli Gate
The gate to the south of Wáng Chéng is Duanli Gate, marking the north-south line that runs through the complex.
Buses 1 and 11 go up Zhongshan Beilu past the western side of the peak. Alternatively, take bus 2, which goes past the eastern side along the river. Both buses leave from Guìlín train station.
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Changle Gate
At the southern end of the Yanzhao Dajie is Changle Gate, also known as Nanchengmen or South Gate. You can climb the gate, where there is a small exhibition. Extending away from the gate to the east and west are the dilapidated remains of the city wall, stripped of its trees and sprouting grass.
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South Gate
On the northern shore of Rong Lake, the South Gate is all that remains of the old city wall. Strikingly illuminated, the gate is one of the features of a pleasant lakeside walk around the shores of Rong and Shan Lakes.
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Chengyun Gate
The entrance to Wáng Chéng is via Chengyun Gate on the palace's southern perimeter. Chengyun Gate itself is accessed via two historic gates, Zunyi Gate in the west and Tiren Gate to the east.
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Yíngxī Gate
This small gate near the pagoda dates from 1807.
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