With the development of the times, urban construction is advancing by leaps and bounds, and ancient buildings are dying out step by step. Due to various reasons, the wear and tear of Beijing archway is also very serious.
Some archways have been eroded by wind and rain for a long time, and the government can't repair them in time due to lack of financial resources or various reasons, so it can only be demolished. For example, the central square of Xuanzang Auditorium and the second square of Puqingmen in the northwest corner of Beihai Park were all demolished because of this.
The main building is abandoned and the archway does not exist.
Some buildings have been destroyed or abandoned for a long time, and their archway as a foil building has lost its original meaning, so it has also been destroyed. Most of these archways are temples. For example, the "Three Holy Places" square in front of Yuanmingyuan, the "Guangchang Mountain" square in Yuan Jun Temple in Bi Xia, the "Guandi Holy Land" square in Xue Jiawan and Xianyou Palace Square no longer exist.
Man-made destruction
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, two invasions by foreign powers in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) and the 26th year of Guangxu (1900) completely destroyed the "Sexual Sea" and "Futian" in the Wulong Pavilion in Beihai, the Sumeru Jing Ling Square in the Summer Palace and other squares in Xiangshan Jingyuan. The damage caused by man-made reasons has caused extremely serious losses to the arched buildings and ancient buildings in Beijing.
Hinder traffic development
After the founding of New China, cities will develop, roads will be widened, and archways that block traffic will be torn down. Such as Dongxi, Xisi, Dongdan, Xidan, Qianmen, and Dagao Xuandian, were demolished almost at the same time.
Lose the meaning of existence
Due to historical and social reasons, some archways have lost their meaning, so they have been demolished. There are not many such archways, but they have certain social influence. For example, the "Cleander Memorial Square", after Germany became a defeated country, naturally can no longer exist; Yuan Shikai's workshops of "Dance Harmony" and "Walking in the Middle" were originally erected for him to ascend to the throne, so naturally they can no longer exist.
Listen to fallacies
There are only a few such archways, but it's a pity to tear them down after listening to someone's words. For example, the "First Jungle" Square in front of Long Fu Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. Later, Zhu Jian, the governor of Shanxi Province, listened to his words, and the archway was demolished for fear of damaging Feng Shui. After the founding of New China, two archways on Chang 'an Avenue moved to Taoranting Park, which was a good thing, but they were demolished because of the fallacy of the Gang of Four.
Soldiers burning flames
The experience of this kind of archway is different, and some are rebuilt after the disaster, such as Dongdan and Qianmen. Some of them survived, such as "Wen Fu" and "Zhenwu" at the corner of Dongjiaomin Lane.