Jianguomen (Xi'an)


Jianguomen is a gate of the historic city wall of Xi'an, China.

History

The gate was opened in 1939 as one of the temporarily openings for evacuation from Japanese air raid, thus the gate was known as a. Since the opening is near to an area known as, thus the opening was also known as . After the wars and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the gate was named Jianguomen. The South Road of, was also named after Jianguo as Jianguo Road.
Jianguomen Bridge, completed in 1985, is right in front of the gate.