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Mountain axis   by Bel1979326

Mountain axis, then
On the north view, showing a straight street stands majestically from south to north direct bells and drums downstairs. This busy street is also the central axis of the road as part of the capital. In crossing this street the old original gates of a Ming Dynasty, Tiananmen Square was originally called the North is the north gate of Beijing Imperial City, the Qing Dynasty was renamed to Tiananmen Square, people commonly known as a “back door.” This is a brick of the palace-style architecture, Miankuo 7, 3 on the door of the middle set of scarlet, about the value of the house between the two pins. 11.8 m high gate into the deep 12.5 meters. Tiananmen Square to the length of the street 550 meters from the King Hill at the foot of North Street on both sides of the wall, has a symmetrical Yanchi Floor, Block 2, F, only two for the Imperial Household high-Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese flags on the 3 office of the (now twentieth century, was built 50 years rather multi-ethnic characteristics of the building of two large roof.)

Di’anmen: Imperial forbidden north gate
Tiananmen Square to the street in the Ming and Qing Imperial City on the occasion was forbidden, people can not easily access. Street, east side of the door yellow Street, is the Ming and Qing Imperial Palace concentration of logistics services, both sides of the Ming Dynasty Street, management, manufacturing supervisor robes clothing is still a crown; in charge of inside and outside the memorial, Du Li Imperial affairs, access the Division Ceremony supervision; Office of the palace built by curtains, draperies, etc. Division is based monitoring. There are curtain library Qing Dynasty, needle and Industry Bureau, Sili Jian and so on. Dynasty, when the door here has said Huangwa, commonly known as yellow door, Huang door, now 19, was a hospital eunuch Li Lien Ying Qing Explorer residential. Tiananmen Square to the west side of the street is now within the West Wing Lane, paint making, rice and other grain storage alley, in fact, the site of the Ming Dynasty Gong Jian. According to “History of the Ming grade Shangguan,” set: the Gongjian palm wood, stone, tile, soil, tower materials, powder, paint, etc. for the beginning of ceremony and rice salt and libraries, to create a library, Queen Square library, where the state to create a palace , and Cu-Sn dowry Used tomb cum icehouse everything go. Axis on both sides of the road in this still living there are numerous services for the emperor skilled and artisans.

Tiananmen Square to the bells and drums downstairs from the ground, is a north-south direction, up to 775 meters of the old streets, now known as Di’anmenwai Avenue. The northern section (drum to Mannings Bridge) Cross Street, called the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, under the street, said the Drum Tower, Drum Tower Avenue, said the Qing Dynasty. The southern section (Mannings Bridge to Tiananmen Square to) under the Ming Dynasty Wall Street, said Wong, Qing said in Tiananmen Square Avenue, is the capital of the famous civilian markets. The Street in the capital north to south axis across the street on both sides of cultural relics, ancient markets are bustling, proverbs, “the Drum Tower before Dongdan West Fourth,” the Drum Tower, to refer to here. There Mannings landmark bridge, the fire de Chun Kwan Temple, Xie Jie, and apricot-day old rice house, century-old shops.

Mannings Bridge: Flooded Beijing is said

Mannings Bridge, the north gate in the Imperial City to the north of Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square to the Qing Dynasty, also known as the back door, after the bridge is also known as Bridge, which was founded more than 800 years ago, when the bridge formerly known as Hai Bridge and the Mannings are into obscurity. Search history, we can see the Yuan, Ming and Qing three generations, the bridge on the river in Beijing and transportation of a very important bridge, when coming from the fleet of the Grand Canal in Tongzhou stream, west of the bridge is wide Shichahai waters east Grand Canal is the waterway, there was a bridge to sell fried sausage and Fanpu Mingzao the capital, the Empress Dowager had reportedly come to taste the smell, shops plaque muffled by Huang Ling child. Tiananmen Square to the street is row upon row of shops, southern merchants, Sichuan and Shaanxi Hawker gathered here. Drum Tower is now under the east side of the street still have Dan Yan Ming Dynasty-style re-building a shop building, its careful Carve, paint shop building new is a typical old Beijing.

According to legend, Bridge after bridge opening in the middle of the lower side engraved with “Beijing” three characters, the Beijing “Beijing” word just located in the central axis of Beijing city, the river rose, flooding if these three words in the water , Beijing has suffered flood risk. Therefore, “Flooding Beijing,” said. Folklore, the mystery right after the Bridge, in the history of Beijing after the Bridge is really the lifeblood. Professor Hou Renzhi on December 22, 2000 to participate in rehabilitation after the completion ceremony of Bridge, said: “This stone bridge was originally called Hai Bridge, 700 years ago, early in Beijing from the original lotus filled lake to move to the present time Shichahai , City of Hai Zi planning and construction of the bridge is a new starting point. Now, the central axis of the city is further north from here south extension. “He suggested that” Bridge will be used to refer back to post the name of the Yuan Dynasty when the Mannings Bridge I hope future generations to eternal peace. ”

Chun Kwan Temple De fire northwest of the Mannings bridge, built in the Tang Dynasty, the famous Taoist Taoism is one group, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were repaired. East gate, outside the vertical flagpole, bell tower there, each arch of a gate outside the original, the temple there before, during and after 3 and after the house floor and side halls, bring up the rear had a look Hai Ting, overlooking the beautiful Shichahai, 1984 as a city cultural heritage site.

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