Desheng Gate

Beijing's city wall was demolished, but there are two city buildings not demolished, one is Dongbianmen and the other is Deshengmen, the only visible city tower on Beijing's second ring road is Deshengmen, you need to study it carefully!

Deshengmen, built in Ming Yingzong orthodox two years (1437), is one of the nine gates in the city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Deshengmen is a group of military defense buildings composed of city buildings, arrow buildings, gate buildings and Yongcheng. The Ming and Qing army expeditions and returns to enter and exit here. Deshengmen has been an important transportation hub in Beijing since ancient times.

Deshengmen Arrow Building , located on the west side of the north and west of the city in Xicheng District, Beijing, is one of the nine gates of Beijing's inner city. It was built in the Ming Orthodox four years (1439), and was rebuilt in the Qing Kangxi period due to the collapse of the earthquake. The original Desheng Gate was composed of the city building, arrow building and the city. When the underground railway was built in 1969, the city walls near Deshengmen were demolished, leaving only part of the Arrow Tower and the city of Yucheng.

Deshengmen Arrow Building 5 from Deshengmen to Badaling Great Wall there are 2 buses to choose from, one is 877. In fact, there is only one true 877 departure station. On the north side of Deshengmen Arrow Building, you have to distinguish the southeast and northwest, you can use the sun's orientation or open the compass, or pay attention to observe, The second ring road is on the south side of the Deshengmen Arrow Building, and there is a moat on the north side of the Arrow Building. 877 is lined up on the bridge of the moat.

Deshengmen Arrow Building 3 Deshengmen Arrow Building is towering above the tall city platform of masonry structure, the city platform is12.6 meters high, and the east and west width is about 39.5 meters. The Arrow Building sits south to north, and the gray tube tile green shears the edge of the top of the mountain. The plane is inverted "convex" shape. The front building is integrated with the scorpion. The 3 beam-type doors open south; The north side building is 7 square meters, 34 meters east and west, 12 meters north and south; 5 square meters on the south side, 25 meters east and west,7.6 meters from the north and19.6 meters in depth; the building is19.3 meters high, there are 4 floors up and down, and there are 82 arrow windows perforated, of which 48 are on the north side and 17 on the east and west sides.

Deshengmen Arrow Building 2 Deshengmen Arrow Building is known as the "military gate", which is the only place to pass when the Beijing division is out, and the harmonic sound of "winning" is taken out for auspiciousness. In 1969, when the underground railway was built, the city wall near Deshengmen was demolished, only part of the wall of the Arrow Building and the city was left. The Arrow Building of Deshengmen is at the forefront of the city building, built on a brick city platform, for the defensive building of the city building

Beijing Deshengmen, founded in the second year of Ming orthodoxy (1437), one of the nine gates in the city of Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is the only ancient gate preserved on the second ring road in Beijing. As an ancient military defense building, it is spectacular.