Jianguomen (Xi'an) Explained

Jianguomen
Native Name:建国门
Native Name Lang:zh-cn
Building Type:city gate
Status:complete
Coordinates:34.252°N 108.9669°W
Location:Beilin District
Location City:Xi'an
Location Country:China

Jianguomen is a gate of the historic city wall of Xi'an, China.

History

See also: Second Sino-Japanese War. 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 .[1] After the wars and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the gate was named Jianguomen.[2] The South Road of, was also named after Jianguo as Jianguo Road .

Jianguomen Bridge, completed in 1985, is right in front of the gate.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mínguó Xī'ān Cídiǎn. zh:民国西安词典. Xi'an. 陕西人民出版社 [Shaanxi People's Publishing House]. 李云峰 [Li Yunfeng]. 王民权 [Wang Minquan]. zh-cn. 59. 978-7-224-10402-8. November 2012. 1. 西安历史大词典 series. 2020-01-15. 2019-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201332/http://xadfz.xa.gov.cn/difangzhinew/muluFrame.jsp?bookname=minguo_xian_cidian. dead.
  2. News: http://www.chinanews.com/mil/2014/09-28/6638350.shtml. zh: 西安建国门由来:为方便百姓躲日机轰炸开凿城墙 . 28 September 2014. 15 January 2020. 西安晚报. Chinanews.com. 张黎娜. zh-cn.
  3. Book: zh:陕西省西安市地名志. 1986. zh-cn. https://books.google.com/books?id=_5BHAAAAMAAJ.