Memorial Archway

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With a magisterial spread of five marble arches 16m high and 35m wide, this is supposedly the largest stone páifāng (arched gate) in China, erected by the Jiajing Emperor in 1540. Most visitors miss it altogether because it stands a little way east of the current approach road, about 1km before you reach the Great Palace Gate.

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