This afternoon, the representatives of the first Beijing Cultural Forum and Chinese and foreign media reporters observed the scene in three ways to appreciate the new achievements in the construction of a national cultural center in Beijing's traditional culture and modernization. After observing the central axis, everyone gave a thumbs up, and many guests in Beijing praised it one after another: the central axis supported the most beautiful and unique scenery of the capital.
Located in the heart of the city, Beijing's central axis is a spatial complex of buildings, historic landmarks, historic streets, bridges and ruins. It was founded in the 13th century, formed in the 16th century, and has since been continuously improved and made public in the 20th century.
After more than 700 years of development, the central axis of Beijing has finally formed a historical urban complex composed of ancient home buildings, urban management facilities and center roads, modern public buildings and public spaces.
According to relevant people, Beijing's unique magnificent order is produced by the establishment of the central axis, and its undulating and left-right symmetrical body shape or spatial allocation are all based on this central axis.
As early as the ancient period, the mainland began to form a layout of the city with the "Zhong" character as the core, gradually evolved the construction specification of the central axis of the capital, played the commanding role of the "backbone" of the capital, embodied the "Zhongzun" capital order, and presented the unique aesthetic and political civilization of Chinese culture. The central axis of Beijing is the most complete existing traditional capital city axis in China, and its scale, pattern and cultural connotation can be called the ideal capital planning paradigm in China.
Stand in the Drum Tower and look at Jingshan Mountain.
Located at the northernmost end of Beijing's north-south axis, the Bell and Drum Towers are located in front and behind the two floors, which is the tallest group of ancient buildings on the central axis, and is also the "time telling center" of the Three Dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its largest volume, prominent geographical location, long history of timing, traditional timekeeping methods, and the fixed status of the bell and drum, in the national bell and drum tower unique. The guests climbed the Drum Tower and looked around, and the magnificent scenery could not help but be amazed.
The chime drum performance in the drum tower.
The audience is photographing a model of the bell tower.
The second stop of the observation activity is the Peking University Red House, a modern building with a revolutionary tradition, which was built in 1916 and completed in 1918, with red brick masonry and red tile roof. When everyone walked into Li Dazhao's office, the newspaper reading room of the library where Mao Zedong worked, and the exhibition room of the new youth magazine edited by Chen Duxiu and other editors, it was as if they had returned to the important place where Marxism and democratic science and progressive ideas were first disseminated, and they once again felt that their words and deeds had awakened China.
The guests came to visit the Red House of Peking University.
Mao Zedong's desk when he was a librarian at Peking University.
The third stop of the activity came to Qianmen Sanlihe Park. As early as the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty, the Sanli River system was formed here as a flood drainage canal in the South City. But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, as new flood channels were formed and populations increased, the channels were filled in and eventually disappeared. In August 2016, the Sanlihe Green landscape project was launched, which was restored according to the location and direction of the historical river. The original ecological trees are basically preserved, and plants such as lotus flowers are planted in the river, and goldfish are raised, which can not only create landscaping, but also purify the water quality. Nowadays, the infiltration and integration of hutongs, blocks, courtyards, buildings and natural environments is integrated here, which fully shows the beautiful artistic conception of hutongs, courtyards and sanlihe water, rivers, streets, alleys and courtyards, so that the old hutongs have given new connotations and new vitality.
Sanlihe Park restored the water system and restored it as the best area for citizens to relax.
The Paint Mansion near Sanlihe Park is performing the Peking opera "Noble Concubine Drunk".
Near Sanlihe Park, there is a place called the Pigment Guild Hall, which was the Pingyao Guild during the Ming Dynasty and later became the Paint Guild. Nowadays, centered on the stage of the guild hall, it has become a good place to watch the theater. The guests watched a group of programs here, the first is the mighty gong and drum "Bull Fighting Tiger", the drums are sonorous and powerful, and the sound is vibrating in all directions. This was followed by an acrobatic performance accompanied by the music of "Ten Faces Ambush", and two actors from the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe performed superb programs. Soon, the melody of the Chinese opera sounded behind the audience, and the Peking Opera "Noble Concubine Drunk" intoxicated many audiences. Finally, the flute solo "Spring River Flower Moon Night", accompanied by the beautiful woman's long-sleeved solo dance, the deep and clear melody drifts to the distance... The old guild hall has been revitalized and has become a vivid practice of transforming the historical and cultural districts in Dongcheng District.
In the paint mansion near Sanlihe Park, the gong, drum and pipa ensemble "Ten Faces Ambush" are performed.
The last stop of the event came to Yongdingmen, which is the southernmost point of the traditional central axis. The first thing you see is the remains of the Yongdingmen Royal Road, located in the north of the Yongdingmen City Tower, about 141 meters long, which is an important remnant of an ancient high-grade road facility in Beijing and an important part of the central axis of Beijing.
The guests came to visit the Yongding Gate at the southern end of the central axis.
At the scene, Lu Zhou, a professor at Tsinghua University and vice president of the Beijing Dongcheng Cultural Development Research Institute, told reporters that there are many cultural attractions near the central axis of Beijing, including the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and other world cultural heritage, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower and other national cultural protection units, bird's nests, water cubes, ice ribbons and other landmark buildings in Beijing, as well as well-known places such as the National Expo and Qianmen. They constitute an important part of Beijing's culture, and it is also important that they have human fireworks and are an integral part of Beijingers' lives.
The axis of the United States and The Charm of Beijing City!
Source: Yongdingmen Panorama. Photo by Fan Jianghong.
文内图来源：樊江洪 摄。 Source: Author: Fan Jianghong