Xuanwumen (Beijing)

Xuanwumen (simplified Chinese: 宣武门; traditional Chinese: 宣武門; pinyin: Xuānwǔmén; lit.

'gate of military might'; Manchu: ᡥᠣᡵᠣᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡤᡳᠮᠪᡠᡵᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ, Möllendorff: 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.