Xiaonanmen 小南門

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Introduction

The Taipei City Wall was one of the last city walls to be built during the Qing period. Though only the gates survive, the original fortifications were extremely strong, with walls four meters thick five meters high and extending a total of four kilometers.

Most Chinese walls have four gates, but the Taipei wall had five. Some say that the fifth gate—Xiaonanmen (Little South Gate)—was built especially for the convenience of the family of local tycoon Lin Pen-yuan in Banqiao, though this has never been proved. Whatever the facts, Xiaonanmen is indeed a unique case. The gate was unfortunately destroyed by the Japanese along with the East Gate and South Gate, but after World War II it was rebuilt as a city wall tower in a northern Chinese palace style. Only the foundation endures from the original wall to continue watching over the city Taipei.

Information

Themes: Historic Sites
Subject: Family
Suggested Months for Visiting: All year
Address: Aiguo W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City Taiwan, R.O.C

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Sunday	open 24 hours
Monday	open 24 hours
Tuesday	open 24 hours
Wednesday	open 24 hours
Thursday	open 24 hours
Friday	open 24 hours
Saturday	open 24 hours

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G Songshan-Xindian Line Xiaonanmen

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R Tamsui-Xinyi Line NTU Hospital

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619jeffry

Essendon, Australia

Small South Gate still stands

2020-08

The Small South Gate, also known as the Xiao Nan Men, has managed to survive the years, including the Japanese colonial era (1895-1945). It is largely intact and it's worth a visit if you are in the area.
michaelt238874Y

Singapur, Singapur

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Con amigos

A landmark of the past

2017-07

I stayed at a hotel near Xiaonan men or 重熙门 as was the name inscribed on the beam of this old structure so I had a bird's eye view of this monument when I looked out of my hotel room. Some of the previous reviewers had commented on the history of Xiaonan men and interestingly it attracted more reviews from Japanese tourists perhaps because it was re-built by their countrymen. From an elevation it looked like a stately structure but left alone and is now a traffic island. On a typhoon night it was a solid building fighting against the storm and wind. There is a tree lined foot path on the east of Xiaonan men towards Taipei 101, which added a little dignity to its solidarity feel. I don't know much about the history here to add any further comment. If you happened to be in the area then stop by and have a look.
FyingKiwi

Christchurch, Nueva Zelanda

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En solitario

Unremarkable

2017-01

This is the only remnant left of Taipei’s city wall, built during the Qing period. This particular gate is also unique in that it was the fifth gate in a wall, at a time when city walls only had four. What is seen however, is in fact a reconstruction of the original gate, which was destroyed (along with two other gates), by the Japanese during the second world war.
beerhunter33

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En solitario

キレイな建物

2019-12

歩いていたら小南門が見えてきました。キレイな建物ですが、道路に囲まれてるため、遠くから眺めました。まあ特別見に来なくても良いかと。
KangKang

Tainan, Taiwán

清朝台北城的遺跡之一

2019-12

清朝台北城在日據時代大都已拆除，小南門(正式名稱為重熙門)是少數保留下來的遺跡之一。不過在國民政府來台後，將城門上半部改成中國北方宮殿式建築，僅下半部石造底座與圓拱門維持清朝時期樣式。即使外型有些變化，依舊是早年台北城所留下來的歷史見證。官方並無規劃讓遊客可以直接橫越馬路到城門底下或登上城門，僅能從週遭人行道或安全島欣賞小南門。