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Jianguomen (Xi'an)
Jianguomen is a gate of the historic city wall of Xi'an, China. History The gate was opened in 1939 as one of the temporarily openings for evacuation from Japanese air raid, thus the gate was known as a . Since the opening is near to an area known as , thus the opening was also known as (). After the wars and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the gate was named ''Jianguomen''. The South Road of , was also named after ''Jianguo'' as Jianguo Road (). Jianguomen Bridge, completed in 1985, is right in front of the gate. References {{commonscat Buildings and structures in Xi'an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilin District, Xi'an
Beilin District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. It is named after the well-known Xi'an Stele Forest, and Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also located in the district. The smallest, but most densely populated, of Xi'an's county-level divisions, it borders the districts of Xincheng to the northeast, Yanta to the south, and Lianhu to the northwest. History The area around the present district was organized as () during the Qing Dynasty. At the time, the name was variously spelled Hien-ning, Hsien-ning,''The Nestorian Monument in China''p. 6 and Hsien-ning-hsien. Administrative divisions As 2020, Beilin District is divided to 8 subdistricts. ;Subdistricts Education Beilin district is an important center of Xi'an. There are many educational institutions in Beilin. University * Xi'an Jiaotong University * Northwest University * Northwestern Polytechnical University * Xi'an University of Archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortifications Of Xi'an
The fortifications of Xi'an (), also known as Xi'an City Wall, in Xi'an, represent one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city walls. It was built under the rule of the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang as a military defense system. It exhibits the "complete features of the rampart architecture of feudal society". It has been refurbished many times since it was built in the 14th century, thrice at intervals of about 200 years in the later half of the 1500s and 1700s, and in recent years in 1983. The wall encloses an area of about . The Xi'an City Wall is on the tentative list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site under the title "City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Since 2008, it is also on the list of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Since March 1961, the Xi'an City Wall is a heritage National Historical and Cultural Unit. Location Xi'an City Wall is located in the urban district of Xi'an City, which at one time was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
