Xuanwumen (Beijing)
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| Traditional Chinese | 宣武門 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宣武门 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Xuanwumen (simplified Chinese: 宣武门; traditional Chinese: 宣武門; pinyin: Xuānwǔmén; lit. 'gate of military might'; Manchu: ᡥᠣᡵᠣᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡤᡳᠮᠪᡠᡵᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ, romanized: horon be algimbure duka;[1] lit. 'gate of the declaration of power'), was a gate in Beijing's former city wall. In the 1960s, the gate was torn down during the construction of the city's subway. Today, Xuanwumen is a transport node in Beijing as well as the location of Xuanwumen Station on Line 2 and Line 4 of the Beijing Subway.[2]