Watchtower of Dongbian Gate

Dongbianmen Corner Building is located at the east end of Chongwenmen East Street. Follow the ancient city wall site park on the north side of Chongwenmen East Street to the east. Take the train at Beijing Station, and the city building you can see on the south side of the railway is both. Dongbianmen Corner Building is built on a square platform that highlights the outer edge of the city wall. The platform is 12 meters high, the building is 17 meters high, and the height is 29 meters. The plane is curved in shape, and the top of the mountain is heavy. The two large ridges intersect at the corner to form a cross. The gray tube tiles are green cut, and the arrow windows are opened on all sides. The building has two doors, three straight windows on each door, 20 gold pillars in the building, and a total of 4 floors. The building area is 793 square meters. Plus the connected south wall, the total area is about 3654 square meters. On the south wall of the 100 meters facing the corner building, there is also a pinch stone used by the Qing Dynasty blue flag army to insert the flag. In the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing 43 (1564), in order to defend against the harassment of Mongolian cavalry, strengthen the defense of Beijing City, and ensure the safety of Beijing City, built an outer city that surrounded the southern suburbs, and built an east gate at the easternmost end of the outer city. Dongbianmen Corner Building is the majestic and bustling Beijing Station in the northwest, Dongbianmen overpass in the southeast, and Chongwenmen in the west and Tonghui River in the east. It is the largest and earliest existing city corner building in the country. It is tall and deep and heavy, and is one of the symbols of the ancient Beijing city.

There are not many city walls that still exist in Beijing. The city wall here in Dongbianmen can see a section of the previously protected city wall (this remaining city wall can only be seen and cannot be walked up). There is a small exhibition hall in the corner building with models of various city gates in Beijing. In addition, the city wall is also The train that can see the Beijing station is also a good place to shoot the car. Dongbianmen Corner Building is the arrow building at the southeast corner of Beijing's inner city in the Ming and Qing generations, referred to as the Corner Building. Dongbianmen Corner Building is an iconic ancient building that reaches Beijing Station by train. Then I took the train back to Beijing and saw Dongbianmen Corner Building, and I began to pack things. The train has begun to enter the station. Last year, I accidentally boarded the Dongbianmen Corner Building. There were many introductions about the Corner Building, so I won't elaborate. In the 1980s, many residents in Beijing donated city bricks to restore the corner building and a small section of the city wall, and built the current corner building ruins park. Whenever I passed the Dongbianmen, my mind would flash when I was a child. I followed my brother to Dongbianmen and climbed the city wall. Although it was unsuccessful, I was impressed. When we went to middle school, our school cooperated with the Beijing Municipal Post Office to demolish the city wall and burn bricks near Dongbianmen, and build bomb shelters. Dongbianmen Corner Building left a deep memory for me. Now I can climb the city wall and enter the interior of the Corner Building. People who like ancient Chinese construction can carefully taste the essence of Chinese architecture and the pictures and models of the gate of the "Inner Nine and Seven". Tickets are 10 yuan and parking is available.

Go to the corner building of Dongbianmen, and you will see a large open space in front of you. Look at the CBD and watch the Beijing Railway Station high-speed rail and green leather trains. The most shocking thing is to the west, the dirt road leading to Chongwenmen on the top of the Mingcheng Wall, and the front door building can be seen in the distance. This passage is prohibited for tourists. The corner building has about 60 steps, no elevator.

Dongbianmen City Wall Relics Park, why is it a convenient door, because Beijing's city walls are as long as they are in the corner of the city, there is also a convenient door. This park is located near Beijing Station and can be reached on foot from Beijing Station. The Ming City Wall Site Park from Dongbianmen to Chongwenmen Ming City Wall Site is one of the only two Ming City Walls left in Beijing. The historical Ming City Wall is 24 kilometers long and was built in Yongle 17 years (1419 AD) of the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 580 years. The existing city wall site on the first line of Chongwenmen to the southeast corner of the city is1.5 kilometers long. It is a component of the original inner city of Beijing. It is the only remaining section and the symbol of Beijing. This section of the city wall was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The southeast corner building of the city is the largest remaining corner building in the country, built in the orthodox first year of the Ming Dynasty (1436 AD), and is a key cultural relics protection unit in the country. Standing here overlooking the formation platform of Beijing Railway Station, seeing the train coming and going, is also a characteristic park.

Dongbianmen Corner Building is located at No. 9 Chongwenmen East Street, Dongcheng District. From Mingcheng Wall Site Park, walk east along the ancient city wall. It is built on a square platform that highlights the outer edge of the city wall. The platform is 12 meters high, the building is 17 meters high, and the height is 29 meters. The plane is curved ruler-shaped, heavy on the top of the mountain, two large ridges at the corner intersection into a cross, gray tube tile green cut edge, four arrow windows open 144, front and back building. Hold the building to open two doors, each with 3 straight windows, 20 gold pillars in the building, a total of 4 floors. On the south wall of the 100-meter wall facing the corner building, there is also a pinch stone used by the Qing Dynasty blue flag army to insert the flag.