1, the East Palace Gate is the gate that most tour groups choose. In addition, it is close to 16 line and Xiyuan subway station on Line 4, so this gate has the largest queue. The advantage is that there is a museum not far from the entrance, which is the nearest gate to the scenic spots such as Yulantang, Leshou Hall, Promenade and Foxiang Pavilion where Emperor Guangxu was under house arrest. .
The newly-built Gongmen is a gate with many local annual tickets, which is also our choice this time. The number of security guards is small. When we arrived, it was past two. Still a sea of people, take a taxi through the East Palace Gate. There's no need to queue here. We'll just fly in.
3. Beigongmen is close to Beigongmen Station on Line 4. Many free travellers take the subway to enter through this gate, because Suzhou Street and four continents arrive as soon as they come in. However, some children and old people have bad feet, so this door is highly recommended. We went out from this door at that time, and we went down the stairs easily, but a couple just climbed up, and both of them looked panting and felt it was very difficult to climb the stairs.
4. After talking about the popular three doors, let's talk about the other three: the West Gate of the Summer Palace and the South Ruyi Gate, which are not recommended. Unless you stay in Beijing for a long time and often go to the Summer Palace to avoid crowds and enjoy the scenery of Xidi or Kunming Lake, then you can consider entering Ximen or Nanruyimen, otherwise they are too far away from the main attractions. If you want to go in, you can take a boat or consider it.
5. North Ruyimen, if you want to avoid climbing four continents, or you can consider this gate, it may also be feasible to travel to the Qingyan ship in a pictorial world and then along Kunming Lake to the East Palace Gate.