Ming City Wall Relics Park 明城墙遗址公园Míng Chéngqiáng Yízhǐ Gōngyuán

About Ming City Wall Relics Park

The longest surviving stretch of Beijing's Ming-dynasty inner city wall, about 1.5 km of rampart running east from Chongwenmen, ends at the Southeast Corner Tower, completed in 1439 and described as the largest and oldest city-wall corner tower surviving in China. The double-roofed tower, pierced by 144 arrow windows, was badly damaged in 1900 and dismantled and rebuilt in 1981–83; you can climb up to it and onto a section of the wall top, while lawns and trees line the foot of the wall as an open park.

How to get to Ming City Wall Relics Park

Along the south side of Beijing railway station between Chongwenmen and the Second Ring Road; the corner tower is about 10 minutes' walk from Beijing Railway Station on Metro Line 2, and Chongwenmen station (Lines 2 and 5) is at the park's west end.

Nearby

• Temple of Heaven 天坛 under 10 km
  Where emperors prayed for harvests, and where Beijing now dances, sings and plays cards
• National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
  Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square
• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn
• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times
• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing

Also within 20 km: Beijing Ancient Observatory 古观象台 (under 10 km), Beijing railway station 北京站 (under 10 km), Asbury Church (Chongwenmen Church) 亚斯立堂 (under 10 km), Ritan Park (Altar of the Sun) 日坛 (under 10 km), Zhihua Temple 智化寺 (under 10 km), Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang) 东交民巷 (under 10 km).

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