10 Hangzhou Fengshan Water Gate
Fengshan Gate was the south gate of Hangzhou City in ancient times. Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, settled in the south of the Yangtze River and changed Hangzhou to Lin'an. In the 28th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, he built an imperial city in the Fenghuang Mountain area and an outer city with thirteen city gates. This is where the North Gate and Ningmen Gate of the Great Inner Palace are located. The current water gate is composed of two stone arches with different spans connected in parallel. In the middle of the top of each arch is a lock stone carved with a dragon, which is used to lock the gate. Looking from a distance, it looks mottled and eroded, which makes people feel With a sense of ruins. Like a window in dusty history, it reveals that bright time to the world.
9 Kaifeng Daliang Gate
Daliang Gate, commonly known as the West Gate, was built in the second year of Jianzhong of the Tang Dynasty (781). In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Kaifeng to Beijing and made it the companion capital of Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The west gate was renamed Daliang Gate. The current Daliang Gate was rebuilt in 1998. It is the only city gate in Kaifeng that has been rebuilt so far and has become an important symbol of the ancient capital. The base of the city gate adopts a blue brick structure with three arched door openings. The city tower adopts the double eaves and mountain-style architectural style, with carved beams and colorful paintings, which is simple, elegant and majestic.
8 Xi'an Yongning Gate
Yongning Gate is the south gate of the ancient city of Xi'an. In the traditional five elements of China, the south belongs to fire, and fire is the most difficult to control. Therefore, the God of Fire is You must stay calm to be stable. Therefore, the south gate is called "Yongning Gate". Yongning Gate is the oldest city gate in the entire city wall. Yongning Gate has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt in wars, witnessing the changes in the city of Xi'an. When the two tigers were guarding Chang'an, reinforcements had to shoot and bombard the city wall and destroyed the Yongning Gate (South Gate) archery tower. Waiting for the city gate construction.
7 Luoyang Dingding Gate
Dingding Gate is the longest-used ancient Chinese capital city gate discovered so far. From the Sui Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, it was always shown as the main gate of Guocheng. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Dingding Gate had three doorways, including towers, partition walls, east-west corridors, east-west double gates, left and right horse paths, etc. The architecture was magnificent, in line with Luoyang's status in the hinterland of the Central Plains and among the world.
6 Beijing Zhengyang Gate
Zhengyang Gate was built in 1439 and was originally called Li Zhengmen. It has a history of nearly 600 years and is a symbol of old Beijing. One of the "Nine Gates of the Capital", it is affectionately called "Qianmen Louzi" by Beijingers. It is also the only relatively intact old city gate in Beijing. Zhengyangmen consists of three parts: the city tower, the arrow tower and the barbican. The barbican has now been demolished, and the city tower and the arrow tower are separated on both sides of Qianmen Street. Close to Tiananmen Square is the city tower. Climbing up the city tower, you can learn about the history and customs of Beijing in the exhibition halls on each floor.
5 Nanjing Xuanwu Gate
Xuanwu Gate is an ancient city gate in the ancient city of Nanjing. It is now the gate of Xuanwu Lake Park. Xuanwu is one of the four images in traditional Chinese culture. According to the Five Elements theory, it represents the spiritual beast of the north. Xuanwu Gate was the north gate of the Forbidden City (Nanjing Forbidden City) in Nanjing, the capital of the early Ming Dynasty. It was called Sangbo before the Six Dynasties and Beihu during the Jin Dynasty. It was a place for training navy troops.
4 Xi'an Zhuque Gate
In the south of the ancient city of Xi'an, there is a city gate called Zhuque Gate. The name comes from the representative of the south among the four elephants in traditional Chinese culture, Zhuque. . The famous Xuanwumen Incident in history happened at the north gate of the Tang Imperial City opposite it. During the Tang Dynasty, this city gate was the south gate of Chang'an Imperial City in the Tang Dynasty. Under the gate was Zhuque Street in the center of the city.
3 Nanjing Zhonghua Gate
Nanjing Zhonghua Gate is the largest castle-like building in China, the largest existing city gate in China, and the best-preserved and most complex urn city in the world. , has the reputation of "the best urn city in the world". With its strict layout and unique structure, the Zhonghua Gate is an important material for studying ancient Chinese military facilities. It plays an important role in military, historical, cultural and urban construction history.
2 Luoyang Lijing Gate
It is a waste of time to come to Luoyang City if you don’t visit Lijing Gate. It can be seen that the status of Lijingmen in the city of Luoyang is quite important. As an iconic tower that recreates the style of the ancient capital of Luoyang, it is one of the eight most beautiful sights in Luoyang.
The solemn layout and glorious momentum of Lijing Gate make visitors feel the strong atmosphere of the ancient culture of the imperial capital for thousands of years.
1 Beijing Tiananmen
If you want to say where you can best feel the atmosphere of National Day, it is of course Tiananmen Square. Over the past 71 years, it has become a symbol of the Republic of China and witnessed the growth of the country. On October 1, 1949, the first five-star red flag rose slowly amid the majestic national anthem and flew over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of New China. Tiananmen was the main entrance to the imperial city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was built in the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It was originally named "Chengtianmen", which means "carrying heaven's destiny and receiving orders from heaven". In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651), it was renamed Tiananmen Square.