What are the characteristics of Chinese archway culture?

There were many commemorative archways in ancient China. The following people can be commemorated (meritorious figures, those who passed the imperial examination, moral officials, loyal, filial and righteous people, and chaste women and martyrs).

Archway, similar to archway, is one of the traditional Chinese buildings.

First seen in the Zhou Dynasty, it was originally used as a memorial to express filial piety. Later, it was built in gardens, temples, palaces, mausoleums and streets. Beijing is the city with the most archways in China.

A gate-shaped structure with pillars, generally taller.

In the old days, archways were mainly made of wood, stone, wood, stone, brick, wood and glazed, and were mostly located at the entrance of important roads.

The archway is a unique landscape of Chinese architectural culture and a characteristic building born from Chinese culture, such as the cultural welcome gate.

It is also a unique carrier of architectural art and culture in China.

There are 65 archways from the Ming and Qing Dynasties existing in Beijing, including 6 glazed brick archways, 42 wooden archways and 17 stone archways.

There are only 6 archways on the existing streets, namely the 4 archways on Guozijian Street, the glazed brick archway in front of Dongyue Temple on Shenlu Street outside Chaoyangmen, and the archway in front of the East Palace Gate of the Summer Palace.

In some large celebrations, temporary archways made of bamboo, wood and other colorful materials are also used.

There were many archways on the streets of old Beijing. The most famous and typical ones are the Dongdan Archway, Xidan Archway, Dongsi Archway, Xisi Archway, East and West Chang'an Street Archways, Qianmen Five Archway, etc.

Most of these archways were demolished in the 1950s because they hindered traffic.