Hepingmen (), literally meaning the Gate of Peace, was a gate in
Beijing's former
city wall
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications with towers, bastions and gates ...
. In the 1960s, the gate was torn down to make room for Beijing's
second ring road
The 2nd Ring Road () is the innermost ring road highway which encircles the city center of Beijing, People's Republic of China. (The first ring road had been a circular tram route.)
The ring road can be divided into two parts: the original rin ...
. Today, Hepingmen is a transport node in Beijing as well as the location of
Hepingmen Station on
Line 2 of Beijing's subway system.
[Latimer D. (2014) ''The Improbable Beijing Guidebook'', Sinomaps, Beijing, , p.69]
References
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