Circle the door and cross the street

Circle the door and cross the street

Circle gate crossing is a very common form of ancient architecture in China. It is evolved from the city gate and city pass. It is generally built in the village and pass where pedestrians must pass.

brief introduction

Some of them set up gates and closed at night to ensure safety; some also provided statues, which played the role of worshiping the gods when people passed under the statues; some just wanted to decorate the scenery.

Among them, the most distinctive one is the circle gate building, which is unique in that it is the only three hole building in the local area (other buildings are single hole), and the ditch it crosses is Mentougou (the drainage ditch from Hengling to Dayu). The name of Mentougou District comes from this. From this point of view, the circle gate building should be regarded as one of the landmark buildings of Mentougou. Because it is located in the ancient road in the west of Beijing, it has been a busy coal transportation line since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Dozens of coal mines are located around and to the west of the guojielou. The upper floor originally served the king of medicine, Wenchang and Guandi. In the past, merchants prayed for health and prosperity. Traffic tips

Take No. 370 bus at Pingguoyuan station to Quanmen station (terminus) and head west

Take bus No. 992 at Pingguoyuan subway station to xixingfang west station (terminus) and head west

Adjacent scenic spots

Tanzhe Temple

Zhouziqi's tomb in guanmentougou Museum in Tianjin Yongding River Baqi cave shoute Sendai tourist area Wanping County monument to the martyrs of the Anti Japanese revolution Rose Valley Jietai Temple XIAOLONGMEN FOREST PARK Pearl Lake Zhaitang reservoir huangcaoliang scenic area Baihua Mountain chuanxialing Mountain Natural Scenic Area Longmen Jian Miaofeng Mountain shibatan Longxia Village（ Historic site: Donghulin site: stone carving in the third year of Wuding in the Eastern Wei Dynasty: hongshuikou, Lingyue temple, Lingyan temple, Longmen Forest Park, liuliyao site: Lingshan, Xifeng temple, zhuangstone villa, Xifeng temple, Tibet Museum Park, Shuanglin temple, Xishan National Forest Park, Longfeng Mountain Ski Resort

Address: Mentougou Road

Longitude: 116.0774802

Latitude: 39.9380733

Chinese PinYin : Quan Men Guo Jie Lou