Meridian Gate
Wumen in Chinese, the Meridian Gate is the southern gate and the only entrance now to the Forbidden City. After touring Tiananmen Square, tourists can walk through the Tianmenmen Tower to the Duanmen Gate, and then get through it and arrive at the square before it. Buy the tickets of the Forbidden City at the booths on either side, and start your tour to this magnificent imperial palace complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Chinese emperors believed that they were the Sons of Heaven and therefore should live at the center of the universe. They believed the Meridian went through the middle of the gate and built the entire Forbidden City symmetrically to this axis, and thus it was named accordingly. Completed at the year of 1420, the Meridian Gate had been repaired for two times in 1647 and 1801.
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