Andingmen (Simplified Chinese: 安定门; Traditional Chinese: 安定門; pinyin: Āndìngmén; Manchu: Elhe toktoho duka) is the name of a gate in the former city wall of Beijing. It is currently a transportation node in northern urban Beijing and the old gate has been replaced by Andingmen Bridge, an overpass taking the form of a suspended roundabout. Andingmen means "Gate of Stability". Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... The Manchu language is a member of the Tungusic languages of Altaic family; it used to be the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 100 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. ... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... A roundabout, rotary (the term used almost universally in the US state of Massachusetts), or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams around a central island, after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ...

The current Andingmen Node is where the 2nd Ring Road converges with Andingmen Inner Street and Andingmen Outer Street and eventually Anding Road. Bus and trolleybus stops are nearby, along with Line 2 of the Beijing Subway stopping here. 2nd Ring Road (Eastern segment, taken in July of 2004) Yonghegong Lamasery from the 2nd Ring Road (Northern segment, taken in July of 2004) Central to Beijing, the 2nd Ring Road (pinyin: Er Huan Lu) lies just a few kilometres away from the city centre and is an extremely convenient... Line 2 forms part of the Beijing Subway in the form of a loop around the inner 2nd Ring Road in Beijing, China. ... The logo of Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway (Traditional Chinese: 北京地鐵; Simplified Chinese: 北京地铁; Pinyin: běi jīng dì tiě) is a rapid transit system that serves Beijing city and its various outlying suburbs. ...

Ju Er Hutong is a popular neighborhood for expats to live in. It's located in the hutongs southwest of Jiao Dao Kou, and just west of Hou Hai and Gulou (the Bell Tower). The Drum tower, viewed from the Bell tower Gulou, the Drum tower of Beijing, is situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City to the north of Di’ anmen Street. ...