Shangqinmen

Xi'an Shangqin gate, located in the northern part of Xi'an city wall, is named after Shangqin road.

The west side of Shangqin gate is Shangjian gate. The city is connected with Shangqin road.

Shangqinmen

Shangqin gate is a gate in the north section of Xi'an city wall. It was opened after the founding of the people's Republic of China. It is named after Shangqin road. Shangqin gate is located on the easternmost side of the north city wall, Shangjian gate is on the west side, Shangqin road is on the inside of the city, and T-shaped intersection is formed between the outside of the city and the North Ring Road.

Historical evolution

In the city wall of Xi'an, the northeast area delimited by the north gate Anyuan gate and the East Gate Changle gate was "Mancheng" in the Qing Dynasty. After the revolution of 1911, Shaanxi governor Zhang Fengxiang presided over the demolition of Mancheng. In 1927, a new road was opened up in the original Manchu city. At that time, the "new life movement" advocated "four dimensions and eight virtues". Therefore, from east to west, the North-South vertical streets were named after "diligence, thrift, benevolence and virtue" of "four dimensions", namely, Shangqin Road, Shangjian Road, Shangren Road (later changed to Zhongzheng Road, now Jiefang Road) and Shangde road.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China in 1949, three gates were opened at Shangqin Road, Shangjian road and Shangde road of the northern city wall, so they are called Shangqin gate, Shangjian gate and Shangde gate. Shangren Road, the north wall of the city, was opened in 1932 when the Longhai railway was opened to traffic. It was called Shangren gate. Since then, with the name change of Shangren Road, the gate has been renamed zhongzhengmen and jiefangmen.

Shangqin gate can share the flow of people for Jiefang gate. It is composed of three gateways. It has no tower and is a simple gate. The three openings of Shangqin gate are relatively narrow, and the widest one is only four or five meters, which just highlights the massiness of the city wall.

Map

Address: north entrance of Shangqin Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.96706909937

Latitude: 34.276268324591

Chinese PinYin : Shang Qin Men