The Front Door ZhengYangMen Editorial Photo

Zhengyang is known as the front door, including the watchtower and the tower, originally in the wall are connected as a whole, because the road is divided into two parts. But people also Dashilan the place called the front door, so strictly speaking, the front door is the concept of a regional scope, is the Zhengyang gate and its front Jewelry City, Dashilan areas. Formerly, Zhengyang door, front door, is the people, Qing two generations of Beijing city's front gate. The tower was built in the Ming Yongle nineteen years (1421). 42 meters high, miankuo seven, gray Tongwa green trim Zhongyan three dripping Xieshan Ding, before and after the upper canopy decorative edge lattice Geshan doors and windows, the lower Tu Zhu Ming brick wall, between the mountains and is really on the gates. The watchtower built in the orthodox four years (1439), a tile roof form and space and the same between towers, East, West, South three walls and two canopy, open arrow window (perforation) 82. The following are the towers and Jianlou, opened a door (gate) to open the horse.