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. 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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