The picture shows the hosts Tan Jianghai (first from left), Lv Zhou (second from left), and Shan Jixiang (first from right) chatting about the central axis of Beijing. Photo by Liu Wenxi, a reporter from China News Service
BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The central axis of Beijing contains rich cultural connotations and is a living heritage that continues to this day. Where is the central axis "alive"? How to promote the protection of the old city through the central axis heritage application and promote the development of cultural tourism in Beijing?
At the 2022 Beijing News Center's interactive display event "City of the Two Olympics and Kandian" on February 8, Shan Jixiang, President of the Chinese Cultural Relics Society and Director of the Academic Committee of the Palace Museum, Lu Zhou, Director and Professor of the National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University, Guan Zhanxiu, Director of the Beijing Central Axis Heritage Protection Center and Director of the Beijing World Cultural Heritage Monitoring Center, Huo SpaceD, Deputy Director of the Gagaku Center of the Kagura Department of the Temple of Heaven Park, and Wang Zhijie, docent of the Gagaku Center of the Kagura Department, talked about the theme of "Walking on the Central Axis", talking about the magic, ancient, The magnificent central axis of Beijing sees the development of the ancient city of Beijing.
The central axis application for heritage promotes the protection of the old city of Beijing
Architect Liang Sicheng calls Beijing's central axis the longest and greatest north-south axis in the world, and there is no second in the world. This 7.8-kilometer central axis clearly "regulates" the city of Beijing, and the culture carried by the former dynasty and the back market, the left ancestor and the right society, and the fourth ring of the altar platform is endless.
The picture shows the hosts Tan Jianghai (first from left), Lv Zhou (second from left), and Shan Jixiang (first from right) chatting about the central axis of Beijing. Photo by Liu Wenxi, a reporter from China News Service
Shan Jixiang said that the central axis is not a simple, material relic of the past, but a continuous continuation of the concept of traditional Chinese capital planning, which has been affected today. Therefore, the central axis of Beijing is also a living heritage. Now, the central axis of Beijing extends to the north and south, leading the city of Beijing into the future.
Lü Zhou said that the core goal of Beijing's central axis to declare a world heritage site is not only to make the value of Beijing's central axis recognized by the whole world, but more importantly, to promote the protection of the entire old city of Beijing through the application for heritage, to enhance the systematic expression of Beijing's historical and cultural values, to tell the story of Chinese civilization and cultural traditions, to highlight the style of Beijing's capital, to promote the improvement of urban management level, to improve the living environment of citizens, and to promote the sustainable development of the city.
Therefore, the protection, value display and environmental improvement of Beijing's central axis are a matter that requires the participation of the whole society. Lu Zhou said that he hopes that more people can participate in caring for the central axis and protecting the central axis.
Cultural tourism integrates and revitalizes the heritage value of the central axis
The central axis of Beijing is like a magnificent movement interpreted by architecture. The bell and drum tower at the north end, south through Wanning Bridge, Jingshan, forbidden city, Tiananmen Square, Zhengyang Gate, to Yongdingmen, about 7.8 kilometers long Beijing central axis, is China's most typical urban axis, but also the world's longest and most complete urban axis, carrying rich historical and cultural connotations, gathering the essence of Beijing urban architecture, containing the profound philosophical ideas of the Chinese nation.
Guan Zhanxiu, an expert on the heritage protection of Beijing's central axis, told the history of the urban order expressed in the central axis and the zhengyang gate, the land of the dragon's eye on the axis.
According to Guan Zhanxiu, according to the way of thinking of Eastern civilization, the central axis of Beijing should be a concept of a whole, just as Chinese medicine regards the human body as a system full of meridians, rather than a set of independent organs. If the central axis is regarded as a cultural dragon that is interlocked and echoes from end to end, the arrow tower from YongdingMen to Zhengyangmen is the dragon head part: among them, the overpass and Dashilar still retain many historical relics of commodity exchanges and mass culture in those years, reflecting the people's order on the central axis with the theme of people's culture. The Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower is exactly in the position of the dragon's eye, and has the magic pen of "finishing touch", which people call the "land of the dragon's eye" on the central axis.
He said that in the future, Beijing will take the opening of the Arrow Tower as an opportunity to build a high-end cultural tourism integration demonstration area with the characteristics of the ancient capital at the northern end of Qianmen Pedestrian Street, and make organic attempts to revitalize the heritage value of the central axis, revitalize the Qianmen business circle, and promote the development of cultural tourism projects in the region.
Intangible cultural heritage gives the central axis a living cultural connotation
While condensing the essence of Beijing's urban architecture and displaying the philosophical ideas of the Chinese nation, the central axis also reflects the interplay of the altar temple culture and the lile civilization. If the heritage points on the central axis are regarded as the hardware of the central axis, then the intangible cultural heritage on the central axis gives the living heritage and connotation of the central axis, and the Neutrality Shaole is the representative of the intangible cultural heritage on the central axis.
Zhonghe Shaole is the music used by the imperial courts to hold important events such as sacrifices and feasts, integrating ceremonies, music, songs and dances. It carries China's 3,000-year-old liturgical civilization, and its core connotation is the concept of benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and the unity of heaven and man. At the event site, Huo SpaceD and Wang Zhijie, staff of the Kagura Gagaku Center of the Temple of Heaven Park, explained in detail the history and inheritance protection of this ancient form of liturgical music.
Huo SpaceD said that the central axis is the soul and backbone of the old city of Beijing, conveying the spirit of respecting the middle, and the Neutral shaole is the embodiment of this spirit, through performance, showing the fusion of liturgy and music, the unity of heaven and man.
The picture shows the hosts Tan Jianghai (left) and Guan Zhanxiu (right) chatting about the central axis of Beijing. Photo by Liu Wenxi, a reporter from China News Service
Not only that, but Zhonghe Shao music also originates from the Chinese hehe culture: eight tones are possessed, and eight different materials present different characteristics, and then they are arranged together in an orderly manner to play, making people sound harmonious, neutral, and peaceful.
In addition to daily performances, in recent years, the center has also entered the school to popularize gagaku culture and participate in various cultural exchange activities at home and abroad, so as to promote and disseminate Zhonghe Shaole. "To inherit and spread zhonghe Shaole well is to protect, inherit and carry forward the traditional Chinese culture," he said.
"City of The Two Olympics , Watching the Classics" is an interactive display event at the Beijing Press Center in 2022. The event, which lasted from February 1 to February 20, held a live broadcast every day, inviting guests to tell the story of Beijing from their personal perspectives, and explain beijing's achievements and development achievements in economic, political, cultural, social and ecological civilization. (End)