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Dongzhimen (simplified Chinese: 东直门; traditional Chinese: 東直門; pinyin: Dōngzhímén; Manchu: Tob dergi duka; lit. "East Straight Gate") is the name of one of the gates in the old city walls of Beijing, it is now a transportation node in Beijing. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... The Manchu language is a Tungusic language spoken by Manchus in Manchuria; it is the language of the Manchu, though now most Manchus speak Mandarin Chinese and there are fewer than 70 native speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. ... The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. ... Peking redirects here. ...

The 2nd Ring Road currently links, albeit somewhat indirectly, with two roads which eventually become the Airport Expressway and China National Highway 101. A new flyover, and a new express road are being built that will connect directly with the Airport Expressway and is due within 2004. 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... Airport Expressway (heading towards the airport, July 2004 image) The old and the new: The Airport Expressway Toll Gate at Xiaotianzhu (August 2004 image) Old Airport Road (August 2004 image) The Airport Expressway (机场高速公路, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīchǎng Gāosù Gōnglù) is an expressway in Beijing, China, which links... Major Connections Note: Only connections to important city roads, expressways and other China National Highways (G level) are listed. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Beijing subway network has a node stop at Dongzhimen, where Lines 2 and 13 connect. Line 13 has its eastern terminus at Dongzhimen. The logo of Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a rapid transit system that serves downtown Beijing and its various outlying suburbs. ...

West of Dongzhimen is Guijie, or "Food vessel street" (Dongzhimen Inner Street), extremely well-known to locals as a food street. The character for Gui (簋) refers to a round-mouthed bamboo container for food. The name is frequently mistaken for a similar sounding word, meaning "ghost", so some refer to the street as "Ghost street".

connecting to the east of Dongzhimen is Dongzhimen Outer Street, which connects with the Northern Diplomatic Area and ultimately to the 3rd Ring Road as well as the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall. 3rd Ring Road (Southeastern segment, taken in July of 2004) The 3rd Ring Road pinyin: San Huan Lu) is a 48-kilometer city ring road that encircles the centre of the city of Beijing. ...

1.5 km from Dongzhimen lies the nearby Sanlitun(三里屯） bar street, well-known to the expat community located in the heart of Beijing's North Diplomatic Area. Sanlitun (三里屯) is a bar street in eastern urban Beijing, China. ...

Just outside the Dongzhimen station is a 'long distance' bus station area, which services a wide range of locations within and outside of Beijing. This includes special buses to the 'great wall' to long distance buses to the mountains and caves north of Beijing and smaller cities like 'Pingguo'.