To protect the Silk Road，the Han Dynasty had to enclose the banks of the Ruo shui and the delta of...
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About one century after the fall of Alexander's empire which extended from Macedonia eastward as far as the Indus River,a...
In addition to this，the East and West Chang An Streets were broadened and prolonged and so became a major horizontal...
In 1911，the revolution led by Dr.Sun Yat-sen ousted the Manchurian imperial reign，thus ending more than two thousand years of feudalism...
We see clearly that several changes in the shape of the Old City of Beijing，from rectangular to the ingenious shape...
Beijing and Washington are two capital cities of two countries with totally different social systems. The design and planning of...
The original middle axis inside the Beijing old city was defined at the time when the Yuan Dadu, the capital...
The First Milestone is the core construction of the Beijing City in history，the Forbidden City.It has been 570 odd years...
If you do not understand the past of Beijing City, you are unable to know the present of it and...
This essay examines only two examples，from the geographical perspectives of city location and design，in an attempt to assess what attitude...
The Tian-an Men，which stands above the square，expresses the full talent and intelligence of China's working people in the art of...
No one can visit the Forbidden City without marveling at its unique application of color. Yellow and vermilion are the...
The Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, is where 24 emperors of the Ming(1368-1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties...
The wonder of the Great Wall lies in its magnificent and varied structure. As a defense work, the Great Wall...
The hardships involved in building the Great Wall are beyond imagination.Numerous people had to leave their homes and families to...
The geographic structure and climatic patterns of China has led to the development of two distinct cultures from ancient times....
No discussion about Chinese culture is complete without mention of the Great Wall. Through more than 2,000 years from the...
It was decided in the city planning of an earlier stage after liberation that the reconstruction and extension of Beijing...
This old city of Beijing which was developed on the basis of Dadu City of the Yuan ynasty，has been considered...
Ancient Chinese believed that people could communicate with Heaven, and the Temple of Heaven was built to enable this. The...