Xuanwu Gate, Ming Dynasty city gate in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, China

Xuanwu Gate is a three-arch vaulted gate in the Ming city wall of Nanjing, now serving as the entrance to Xuanwu Lake Park. It was first cut as a single-arch vaulted opening in 1910 and rebuilt with three arches in 1934. The gate lintel inscription was written by Cai Yuanpei.

Xuanwu Gate was opened in 1910, when Viceroy Duan Fang planned the Nanyang Industrial Exposition and had a new gate cut through the Ming city wall to give visitors access to Xuanwu Lake. His successor Zhang Renjun completed the work and named it Fengrun Gate after his native Fengrun in Hebei. It was a single arched passage until 1934, when it was rebuilt with three arches; in July 1928 it had been renamed Xuanwu Gate.

The gate's name changed with politics: opened in 1910 as Fengrun Gate after Governor Zhang Renjun's native Fengrun, Hebei, it was renamed Xuanwu Gate in July 1928. Cai Yuanpei wrote the gate plaque the following year. Today it serves as the entrance to Xuanwu Lake Park.

The gate stands at the end of Xuanwu Gate Road on the southern shore of Xuanwu Lake and now serves as the main entrance to Xuanwu Lake Park. Visitors pass through the three arched openings to reach the lakeside paths; the central arch is the widest. The gate faces the lake directly, so it is easiest to enter here and walk north along the shore.

The gate opened in 1910 as a single-arch passage cut through the Ming city wall so visitors could reach Xuanwu Lake, then converted to three arches in 1934. Its name recalls Zhang Renjun, the governor-general from Fengrun in Hebei who oversaw the work; in 1928 it was renamed Xuanwu Gate.