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{{Short description|A stretch of road in Beijing, China}}
{{Short description|A stretch of road in Beijing, China}}
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[[File:CR400BF-5108 at Yongdingmen (20190829141909).jpg|thumb|210px|Beijing Central Axis]]
[[File:CR400BF-5108 at Yongdingmen (20190829141909).jpg|thumb|210px|Beijing Central Axis]]
'''Beijing Central Axis'''<ref name="news202407">{{Cite web|title=“北京中轴线——中国理想都城秩序的杰作”成功列入《世界遗产名录》|url=http://www.news.cn/20240727/e2cb4a2809a24b71a02fa5709cd6591c/c.html|date=2024-07-27|access-date=2024-07-27}}</ref> ({{zh|s=北京中轴线|t=北京中軸綫|p=Běijīng Zhōngzhóuxiàn}}), or '''Central Axis''', refers to a stretch of [[road]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Beijing Central Axis extends 7.8 kilometers from the [[Gulou and Zhonglou|Drum and Bell Towers]] in the north to the [[Yongdingmen]] Gate in the south.
'''Beijing Central Axis'''<ref name="news202407">{{Cite web|title=“北京中轴线——中国理想都城秩序的杰作”成功列入《世界遗产名录》|url=http://www.news.cn/20240727/e2cb4a2809a24b71a02fa5709cd6591c/c.html|date=2024-07-27|access-date=2024-07-27}}</ref> ({{zh|s=北京中轴线|t=北京中軸綫|p=Běijīng Zhōngzhóuxiàn}}), or '''Central Axis''', refers to a stretch of [[road]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]. Beijing Central Axis extends 7.8 kilometers from the [[Drum Tower and Bell Tower of Beijing|Drum and Bell Towers]] in the north to the [[Yongdingmen]] Gate in the south.


Beijing Central Axis boasts both ceremonial and iconic buildings dating back to the 13th Century. These structures, with distinctive features, serve as exemplars of ancient Chinese architecture. When so many heritages come together, the complex becomes a story of Chinese civilization and the process of unity in Chinese history, as well as a concise overview of Chinese aesthetics.
Beijing Central Axis boasts both ceremonial and iconic buildings dating back to the 13th Century. These structures, with distinctive features, serve as exemplars of ancient Chinese architecture. When so many heritages come together, the complex becomes a story of Chinese civilization and the process of unity in Chinese history, as well as a concise overview of Chinese aesthetics.


==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==
Beijing Central Axis is in turn from north to south, [[Gulou and Zhonglou|Drum and Bell Towers]], Wanning Bridge, [[Jingshan Park|Jingshan]] Hill, [[Forbidden City]], Altar of Land and Grain, [[Imperial Ancestral Temple]], [[Duanmen|Upright Gate]], [[Tian'anmen]] Gate,  Outer Jinshui Bridges, [[Tiananmen Square|Tian’anmen Square]] Complex, [[Zhengyangmen]], [[Temple of Heaven]], Altar of the God of Agriculture, Southern Section Road Archeological Sites, Yongdingmen Gate.<gallery>
Beijing Central Axis is in turn from north to south, [[Drum Tower and Bell Tower of Beijing|Drum and Bell Towers]], Wanning Bridge, [[Jingshan Park|Jingshan]] Hill, [[Forbidden City]], Altar of Land and Grain, [[Imperial Ancestral Temple]], [[Duanmen|Upright Gate]], [[Tian'anmen]] Gate,  Outer Jinshui Bridges, [[Tiananmen Square|Tian’anmen Square]] Complex, [[Zhengyangmen]], [[Temple of Heaven]], Altar of the God of Agriculture, Southern Section Road Archeological Sites, Yongdingmen Gate.<gallery>
Image:Beijingbelltower1.jpg|[[Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing)|Bell tower]] (钟楼)
Image:Beijingbelltower1.jpg|[[Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing)|Bell tower]] (钟楼)
File:Beijing drum tower.JPG|[[Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing)|Drum tower]] (鼓楼)
File:Beijing drum tower.JPG|[[Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing)|Drum tower]] (鼓楼)

Revision as of 21:06, 27 July 2024

Beijing Central Axis

Beijing Central Axis[1] (simplified Chinese: 北京中轴线; traditional Chinese: 北京中軸綫; pinyin: Běijīng Zhōngzhóuxiàn), or Central Axis, refers to a stretch of road in Beijing, China. Beijing Central Axis extends 7.8 kilometers from the Drum and Bell Towers in the north to the Yongdingmen Gate in the south.

Beijing Central Axis boasts both ceremonial and iconic buildings dating back to the 13th Century. These structures, with distinctive features, serve as exemplars of ancient Chinese architecture. When so many heritages come together, the complex becomes a story of Chinese civilization and the process of unity in Chinese history, as well as a concise overview of Chinese aesthetics.

Landmarks

Beijing Central Axis is in turn from north to south, Drum and Bell Towers, Wanning Bridge, Jingshan Hill, Forbidden City, Altar of Land and Grain, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Upright Gate, Tian'anmen Gate,  Outer Jinshui Bridges, Tian’anmen Square Complex, Zhengyangmen, Temple of Heaven, Altar of the God of Agriculture, Southern Section Road Archeological Sites, Yongdingmen Gate.

See also

References

  1. ^ ""北京中轴线——中国理想都城秩序的杰作"成功列入《世界遗产名录》". 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
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