In the past, the way to open the door was to take the emergency door as the head and circle the city counterclockwise in sequence. Because this gate is the seat of Chongqing government, it has not been moved since it was located at the end of Song Dynasty.
Taipingmen In the last century, when people were building houses in Taipingmen, they found wall bricks fired by Chun in the Southern Song Dynasty, with the words "Chunyi Jiaocheng Brick" and "Chunyi Temple Jiaocheng Brick" on them. It can be seen that this gate was built in the Song Dynasty at the latest. Generally in the southeast, southwest of Wengcheng Gate, the words "Wei Yong Shudong" are engraved on it. The former site of this gate is today's Taipingmen Wharf. The stone staircase with a length of # # $ ranks first in the city's ranking because it is the seat of the magistrate's office in Chongqing. Taipingmen has always been an important gateway to old Chongqing, crossing the Yangtze River to Longmenhao, passing through Beifeng and Mudong in Baxian County, then entering Nanchuan County, and then leading to Guizhou and Xiangxi. This line is called the "Southeast Road" of Chongqing. Starting from this, it can be connected with Heyang Post in the north of Chongqing, Yudong Post in the west and Mudong Post in the east. "Taipingmen" is not only the seat of yamen (Chongqing government and Baxian government), but also many foreign merchant ships docked here after Chongqing opened its port. white elephant street in the gate is also a foreign firm standing side by side with various industrial and commercial institutions. Because rich bureaucrats gather here, the catering industry here is also very developed. Folk songs sing, "Taiping!