GBP Chapter 394: Beijing’s Central Axis to be listed as a World Heritage Site?
Chapter 394: Beijing’s Central Axis to be listed as a World Heritage Site?
"Oh my God, oh." There were a few leftover tissues on Li Ranran's desk, and she wiped her tears again.
"There's really nothing interesting to watch later." He casually scrolled through the titles at the back.
Burning the Camps, Seven Captures of Meng Huo, Autumn Wind at Wuzhangyuan, Sima Zhao Killing the King, War in the Wu Palace, Nine Expeditions to the Central Plains, Smuggling to Yinping, Three Families Returning to Jin...
"Please bear with it for a while. You've already seen this far. It would be bad if you don't finish it."
Li Ranran still remembers the first time she watched Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when she saw Prime Minister Zhuge's death. She also vaguely remembered the scene where the Prime Minister's feather fan fell off his wheelchair.
The second time I saw the fighting in the Wu Palace, I lamented that except for Shu Han, the other two kingdoms were not peaceful internally and were full of powerful ministers.
I finally finished watching it for the third time. I endured the words of Jiang Wei, "I hope Your Majesty can endure the humiliation for a few days. I want to restore the country from danger to safety, and the sun and moon to brightness again." I also read Liu Chan say at the banquet, "I am happy here and don't miss Shu." and "I laughed at Sima Zhao to death."
Sima Yan, with his hair disheveled, accepted the imperial seal handed over by the last emperor of Cao Wei. On the high platform, there was a gloomy atmosphere...
"It would be great if the ending could be changed. The three families returning to Jin is not a good ending at all!"
"Oh, it would be great if Prime Minister Zhuge could restore the Han Dynasty. I really want to see the third revival of the Yan and Han dynasties!"
"But, I want to see Cao Wei again. The Sima family originally stole the fruits of Cao Wei. If it weren't for the Sima family incident, Cao Wei would definitely be the final winner."
"Well... As for the Sun family, I'd better pass on Sun Quan. It would be better if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were still around. I want to see Ce and Yu join forces to fight bloody battles in the Three Kingdoms."
After watching Romance of the Three Kingdoms so many times, she is no longer the person who used to think that everything in the world is black and white. She likes all the Three Kingdoms, whether it is the Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, or the Eastern Wu.
System 999 felt someone's strong desire: Well... this is what you said... your wish will come true this time.
Li Ranran saw a message popping up on her phone saying that the application for World Heritage status was successful. Out of curiosity, she scrolled down to read the title, and then searched for related reporting videos on Station 13.
【Why was Beijing's Central Axis successfully listed as a World Heritage Site? 】
[The Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, the Drum Tower, the Bell Tower and many other well-known ancient buildings are arranged vertically here, forming a 7.8-kilometer-long super axis, and the ancient capital of Beijing is symmetrically spread out here.
Heavyweight buildings such as Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People, and the Monument to the People's Heroes also emerged one after another.
This is the central axis of Beijing.
It is one of the world cultural heritage sites that my country has successfully applied for.
We may not be very familiar with this line when we first hear about it, but every building on this central axis is familiar to almost every Chinese.
Question: Why is this line so important? Can it be applied for as a World Cultural Heritage?
Before answering the question, let us first understand the past and present of the Forbidden City.
Back in 1420 AD, 18 years after Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne, he made a far-reaching decision:
Move the capital to Beijing.
Many people say that Zhu Di’s decision was wrong, because from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty’s territory at the time, Beijing was too north and too remote to be the political center of a country.
However, Beijing's geographical location allows it to control the grasslands to the north and the south to the south. It is surrounded by mountains in the north and controls the plains in the south.
Before Zhu Di, Liao, Jin, and Yuan all had their capitals in Beijing. Simply determining the location of the capital was not enough.
The capital of a country is of vital importance! 】
＜Ahhhh, the application for World Heritage status was finally successful! ＞
＜This is so great, so amazing! I really want to know how they could be so accurate when they didn’t have the convenient surveying and mapping technology that we have now? ! I am really surprised and feel admiration! ＞
＜In fact, there are many cities with central axes in my country, such as: Xi'an, Luoyang, Chengdu, Kaifeng...Chengdu has a straight line of 45 kilometers, Luoyang seems to have four axes, and Kaifeng is the only city in the country whose central axis has not changed from ancient times to the present. [Eat melon]＞
＜This can be regarded as a documentary. The real shooting + special effects are so impressive. ＞
＜Our ancestors were really awesome [starry eyes]＞
＜The Bird's Nest, Daxing Airport and Olympic Park are also on this line.＞
＜Beijing Dragon Vein, from the perspective of Feng Shui, this is the only dragon vein that has not been destroyed.＞
＜I was stunned for a moment when I heard the word central axis, but I understood it when I heard the word symmetrical beauty [covering my face]. I have heard it since I was a child.＞
＜What?! You actually said Judy was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty?! How dare you! She was obviously the second emperor!＞
＜Beijing is the Forbidden City built on the basis of Yuan Dadu.＞
＜Beijing is actually the front line. Zhu Di moved the capital partly to stabilize the situation on the border. Defending Beijing also means that the Ming Dynasty will never give up the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.＞
＜Beijing is really too far north, which still affected the lifespan of the Ming Dynasty.＞
＜Moving the capital to Beijing was equivalent to the emperor personally guarding the northern border, and it gave rise to the north-south water transport and economic entanglement.＞
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: Apply for World Heritage?! Is it important?]
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang: Brother Zheng, this application for World Heritage status sounds grand.]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: Why Beijing? Isn't Chang'an good?]
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: Yes, why Beijing? Isn’t Chang’an good?]
[Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: Actually Kaifeng is also pretty good...]
[Kublai Khan: Dadu... um, behind Dadu seems to be Beijing... Yeah, you have good vision!]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin-Gioro Hongli: The central axis of Beijing, that’s natural! But it has gone through several dynasties and hundreds of years!]
[Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di: Humph, it was not built by me!]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aixinjueluo Hongli: So what? I will just live in the house of the previous dynasty.]
[Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty: @Ming Yongle Emperor Zhu Di Its name is Dadu!!!]
[Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di: Beijing! Beijing is a much better name than any other.]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Hongli: Hmm... I have to agree.]
[Zhu Yunwen in the 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty: Some people should not be too aggressive, always wanting to destroy the memory of that period of existence? ! Unfortunately, history will remember it firmly! ]
[Ming Hongwu 29th year Zhu Di: Nephew, what do you want to say [smile] Do you think life in Nanjing is too boring? Fourth uncle can send you to other places to play [smile]]
[In the 29th year of the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen: No… no need, it is safer to stay in Nanjing…]
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Although Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng still didn't understand what the application for World Heritage status was all about, but...if Beijing can do it, why can't Xianyang? !
Speaking of the capital, Xianyang is of course the best!
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really courageous!" Fusu saw the comments on the video screen about the emperor of the Ming Dynasty guarding the national border, and once again thought of his previous stereotype of the Ming Dynasty, "It was a tough dynasty, and the last emperor was very courageous."
"Yeah." Ying Zheng simply replied, "However, Beijing is still quite remote in terms of its geographical location."
Later it was Beijing, now the capital of Yan State, Jicheng, where it was extremely cold and life was hard...with many inconveniences.
"It turns out that after many years of development, there are different changes in various places."
……
Li Shimin could not help but wonder, and asked his close courtiers: "Where did Chang'an lose?"
“Both the Han and Tang dynasties established their capitals here!”
I secretly sighed that future generations have no vision.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other. His Majesty would sometimes behave in a childish way.
"Isn't Beijing the capital of the era in which the later generations live?"
After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin suddenly felt that this was possible, and it was understandable that they were partial to the capital where they were.
"I don't see what's so good about Beijing..." Even though the Beijing shown on the light screen video was magnificent, Li Shimin still insisted.
……
"Beijing..."
This was a very heavy topic for people in the Song Dynasty.
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were never recovered throughout the Song Dynasty. They had never seen the Beijing of this era, but they had seen the Beijing city thousands of years later.
Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were fixed, "I just want to see with my own eyes what Beijing looks like."