The central axis, backbone of Beijing
Source: China Daily | Updated: 2021-08-14 10:10
Friends gather in Tian'anmen Square, dancing and singing to the old-time classic I Love Beijing Tian'anmen, Oct 12, 2020. [Photo by Zhang Jie/For China Daily]
The layout of Old Beijing resembles a quadrangle. Standing on the Wanchun Pavilion in Jingshan Park, the highest point of the old city, a central axis can be clearly seen dividing the city in two. The relationship or connection between the city and the central axis is like the middle vertical on the Chinese character zhong (center), from south to north, from the ground to heaven and through the upheavals of history.
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