Tiananmen Tower Sightseeing

Tiananmen Tower Tours  Help bjf@beijingfeeling.com

Tiananmen Tower Visiting hours: Monday to Sunday: 8:30 to 17:00 (16:30 to stop ticket)

Tiananmen Tower Ticket Prices: Adult: 15 yuan / person; students: 5 yuan / person, 70 years of age or older: 5 yuan / person, servicemen free of charge

Tiananmen Towe Ticketing Location: Tiananmen Square,  (Tiananmen Gate north)

Tiananmen Tower Visit Note:

Smoking is prohibited, not allowed to bring bags, water, and inflammable and explosive dangerous goods.

Tiananmen Tower  Service :

1, the guide tour;

2, Tiananmen Gate yearbook;

Tiananmen Tower Transportation :

Bus: 1,4,10,22,37

Subway: Line 1, Tian’anmen East, Tiananmen Square West

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Yongle Emperor fifteen years, Zhudi-Di-Yongle Emperor reconstruction Beijing, the Kuai Xiang, together with a large number of craftsmen have been collected in Beijing. Because of his superior skills, play in creating a full architectural and design skills can be quite a supervisor (architect) Caixin and others reuse, Ming Yongle eighteen years (1420 years) completed the palace palace, Kuai Xiang will be promoted for the Ministry of Works Camp Bijo-cheng.

Construction of the palace in Beijing, has many famous craftsmen emerged. In addition to working on the design of Cai Xin, a former bricklayer Yang Qing (rose to the rank and Industry assistant minister), there is a well-known and contemporary sculpture Kuai Xiang Lu Xiang, etc. stonemason. This early stage of the palace, Cai, Yang duo played a great role, but they were well advanced in age, while the prime of Kuai Xiang positive, but also work in calculating and drawing, in the Cai Xin, Yang Qing’s death a large number of Royal Engineers Edge hosted by Kuai Xiang. Ming Chenghua years, the reconstruction of Edward door, Kuai Xiang is a designer, and to participate in the construction. Later, Kuai Xiang is also responsible for conducting many of the Edward door repair.

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Kuai Xiang not only for skilled carpenters, as well as high artistic talent and aesthetic sense. According to records, Kuai Xiang able to hold a pen with both hands at the same time drawing dragons, combined, exactly the same technique already reached a pinnacle. Construction palace pavilion, he was only slightly calculation, will be able to draw designs until after the construction, architectural and design drawings Folks sizes, and even the Emperor Ming Kenso also respect him. 1420, Edward the door construction is completed, subject to unanimous praise, calling him “Kuai Lu Ban.” Later, Kuai Xiang officer rose to the left and Industry assistant minister. During his tenure, has engaged in a number of construction projects, including the Ming Yingzong orthodox reconstruction of three-year period hall, Ming Kagemune Tianshun Yuling years to build. “Where the shop attic pavilion, as well as corridors Qu Yu, handy map of, without exception, those who called on the Italian.” “Fan Bai and create, Cheung without exception”, “Kenso Record” and reads.

Kuai Xiang’s character is also praised by the audience. His large office, and still people Gongqian integrity, frugal as ever, even to go out never Zuojiao. His later years, he took the initiative resign retreat, but whenever there is to create a project to ask him, he was enthusiastic about the guidance or in person at the scene. Kuai Xiang Ming Chenghua died seventeen years (1481) in March, died at 84. Quine had an assistant minister in the past Beijing alley, said he had stayed here. Kuai Xiang’s descendants inherited most of his skills, until the late Qing Dynasty, there was still “only out of Xiangshan South woodworking craftsman are” argument.