前门是正阳门的俗称,在明清时代有着崇高的地位。正阳门箭楼只有在皇帝祭天或出巡时才会开启,故有“正阳门走龙车”之说。正阳门包括箭楼和城楼,原由瓮城城墙连为一体,后因修路分割成了两个部分。现在前门多指一个区域,范围是正阳门和其前面的珠市口、大栅栏等地。九门之首正阳门明清北京城的城门很多,民间曾有“内九外七皇城四”之说。正阳门,是内城的正南门,名字取“圣主当阳,日至中天,万国瞻仰”之意。这座城门可谓是九门之 The front door is the common name of Zhengyangmen and has a high status in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Zhengyangmen watchtower only when the emperor worship or tour will open, it is “Zhengyangmen go dragon car ” said. Zhengyangmen include the watchtower and watchtower, originally connected by the city wall of Urn, after the road was divided into two parts. Now the front door and more refers to an area, the scope is Zhengyangmen in front of the beads and mouth, Dashilan and other places. The first nine gates Zhengyangmen Ming and Qing dynasties Beijing city gate many, civil had “inside and outside the seven imperial city four ” said. Zhengyangmen, is the inner city is the south gate, the name to take “holy Lord when Yang, day to transit, all over the country ” meaning. This city gate can be described as nine