The Gate of Heavenly Peace, or Tian'anmen is a monumental gate in the city center of Beijing, China, the front gate of the Imperial City of Beijing, and widely used as a national symbol. First built during the Ming dynasty in 1420, Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City, within which the Forbidden City was located.

The gate was originally named "Chengtianmen" or "Gate of Accepting Heavenly Mandate" in the Ming Dynasty. It has subsequently been destroyed and rebuilt several times. The original building was first constructed in 1420, and was based on an eponymous gate of an imperial building in Nanking. The gate was completely burned down by lightning in July 1457. In 1465, the Chenghua Emperor ordered Zigui (自圭), the Minister of Works, to rebuild the gate. Thus, the design was changed from the original paifang form to the gatehouse that is seen today. It suffered another blow in the war at the end of the Ming dynasty, when in 1644 the gate was burnt down by rebels led by Li Zicheng. Following the establishment of the Qing dynasty, the gate was once again rebuilt, beginning in 1645, and was given its present name upon completion in 1651.






Gate of Uprightness, or Upright Gate, also known as the Duanmen, is a gate located in south of the Forbidden City. Proceeding north from the entrance to the Imperial City, it is the next gate after the Tian'anmen, or Gate of Heavenly Peace, and has a similar structure to that gate. The next gate further north is the Meridian Gate, which is the southern and main gate to the Forbidden City itself.
(from wiki)

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***The purpose of this work is to show the style of Chinese architecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, (and to restore the modern scene as a national symbol). In fact, I have hesitated for a long time whether to publish it on PMC (considering that China-US relations have become increasingly tense recently...). However, because the effect is good, I finally publish it, and I will close the comment area to prevent meaningless disputes.

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In the restoration of Ming and Qing style buildings, I have made obvious progress compared with the Hall of Supreme Harmony I built 4 years ago, → https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/hall-of-supreme-harmony-chinese-architecture-03-31/ whether in color painting, or the control of architectural proportion, the production of roof, the display of various details and so on.

And, I will publish some suuuuper beautiful Tang Dynasty style architectures recently! (I personally think that the Tang Dynasty style architecture is generally better than the Ming and Qing Dynasties official architecture, and Tang Dynasty style is more spectacular). These projects I built recently are the magnificent buildings of Chang'an and Luoyang that once existed in history.(Chang'an and Luoyang, if you don't know, you can understand as Rome and Constantinople of the East). So they are still some minecraft restoration projects.

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Built by VotMaf(me)

Renderers:
反恐, 黄桑, sdd沙雕雕, 若有来生