Xizhimen
| Xizhimen | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 西直门 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西直門 | ||||||||
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Xizhimen (Chinese: 西直门; pinyin: Xīzhímén) was a gate in the Beijing city wall and is now a transportation node in Beijing. The gate was the entrance of drinking water for the Emperor, coming from the Jade Spring Hills to the west of Beijing. The gate was demolished in 1969.