Intangible culture with Related Tags
Beijing embroidery (Beijing mending embroidery)
Beijing palace embroidery originated from the Liao and Jin Dynasties, was founded in the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the Liao and Jin Dynasties, it gradually moved from the folk to the palace. The "Embroidered Image of Green Tara", a national first-class cultural relic treasured in the Beijing Lama Temple, was made and offered by Empress Dowager Chongqing, the mother of Emperor Qianlong, and led the palace maids. It has a history of more than 200 years.
Preserved fruit making techniques (Beijing traditional preserved fruit making techniques)
The art of making preserved fruits in Beijing originated from the imperial kitchen. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, in order to ensure that the emperor could eat fresh fruits all year round, the chefs in the imperial kitchen classified the fruits produced in each season and soaked them in honey, and gradually added cooking and other production processes. After improvement and upgrading, the production techniques were gradually fixed and passed down. During the Qing Dynasty, the art of making preserved fruits in Beijing was introduced from the palace to the people. The people used peaches, pears, apricots, and dates that are unique to the north as the main ingredients to make preserved fruits, including peach preserves, apricot preserves, pear preserves, apple preserves, and golden candied dates. After removing the pits, pine nuts and walnuts were added. At this time, the production of preserved fruits in Beijing reached its peak.
Heritage with Related Tags
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
Palaces and temples form the core of this group of secular and religious buildings, reflecting the architectural and artistic achievements of China during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Located in the scenic valleys and slopes of Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province, the site was built during the Ming Dynasty (14th to 17th centuries) as an organized complex of buildings, including Taoist buildings dating back to the 7th century. It represents the highest level of Chinese art and architecture for nearly 1,000 years.
Bell and Drum Tower
As a landmark building at the north end of Beijing's central axis, the Bell and Drum Tower is located in the commercial district of Beijing's old city. Together with the court area formed by Tiananmen, Duanmen, and the Forbidden City, it forms the capital planning paradigm of "facing the market behind" as recorded in "Kaogongji". The building is magnificent and is an important landscape viewpoint of Beijing's central axis, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding flat and open residential buildings with blue bricks and gray tiles. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Bell and Drum Tower assumed the function of city timekeeping and time reporting. It was an important urban management facility and witnessed the traditional lifestyle of ancient China using bells and drums to tell time.
Luanzhou Ancient City
Luanzhou Ancient City is located in Luan County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, close to the new county seat. The entire planned area is about 1,250 meters long from east to west and about 900 meters wide from north to south, with a total planned land area of 2,000 acres. Luanzhou Ancient City is the first project in the strategic layout of Weiguang Huitong Group in the north. With the display of Luanhe culture as the core, it is committed to reproducing the modern history of the integration of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups. Luanzhou Ancient City is committed to reproducing a modern history of the integration of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups, and outlines a picture of social life in the northern ancient city during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization conflicted, integrated and developed. With the architectural style of the Shengqing period as the main tone, it comprehensively covers all kinds of needs for food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment, and truly becomes the leading ancient city tourist area in northern China. In 2011, it won the honor of "China's Most Internationally Influential Tourism Area" at the Asia-Pacific Tourism Federation in Hong Kong; in the same year, it was selected as one of the "Top Ten Scenic Street Districts" in Hebei Province; it was selected as one of Tangshan's seven major key tourism projects and was rated as "Tangshan's Most Potential Scenic Spot".
Tanzhe Temple
Tanzhe Temple has a history of more than 1,700 years and is the oldest ancient temple in Beijing. The temple faces south and is backed by Baozhu Peak. It is surrounded by nine tall mountains in a horseshoe shape, as if it is supported by nine giant dragons. The tall mountains block the cold current from the northwest, so the climate here is warm and humid. The temple has towering ancient trees, pagodas, and majestic halls. The entire temple building is cleverly laid out according to the terrain, with green bamboo and famous flowers dotted in between, and the environment is extremely beautiful. Tanzhe Temple is large in scale, covering an area of 2.5 hectares inside the temple and 11.2 hectares outside the temple. Together with the surrounding forests and mountain fields under the jurisdiction of Tanzhe Temple, the total area is more than 121 hectares. The halls are built according to the height of the mountain, with staggered layout. The Forbidden City in Beijing has 9,999 and a half rooms. Tanzhe Temple had 999 and a half rooms in its heyday during the Qing Dynasty, which is like a miniature of the Forbidden City. It is said that when the Forbidden City was built in the early Ming Dynasty, it was modeled after Tanzhe Temple. Tanzhe Temple now has a total of 943 rooms, including 638 ancient halls. The buildings maintain the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the largest ancient temple building complex in the suburbs of Beijing. The entire building complex fully reflects the aesthetic principles of ancient Chinese architecture. With a central axis running through it, the left and right sides are basically symmetrical, making the entire building complex appear regular, strict, with clear priorities and clear levels. Its architectural forms include halls, halls, pavilions, halls, pavilions, pavilions, towers, altars, etc. There are many buildings and attractions outside the temple, such as the Upper and Lower Pagoda Courtyards, the East and West Guanyin Caves, the Anle Yanshou Hall, and the Dragon Pond, which are like stars holding the moon, scattered among them, forming a tourist attraction with a radius of several miles, numerous attractions, diverse styles, and different interests. Tanzhe Temple is not only rich in cultural landscapes, but also very beautiful in natural landscapes. There are beautiful scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and different moods in the morning, noon, evening and night. As early as the Qing Dynasty, the "Ten Scenes of Tanzhe" were already famous in Beijing. Today's Tanzhe Temple has majestic palaces and quiet courtyards. The palaces, halls, altars and rooms are unique. The buildings, pavilions, pavilions and vegetarian rooms have extraordinary scenery. Ancient trees and famous trees, flowers and bamboos are scattered throughout the temple. The rockery is stacked with green, and the winding water flows. The red walls and green tiles, the flying eaves and corners are hidden among the green pines and cypresses. The halls are neat, solemn and magnificent. The late President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Mr. Zhao Puchu, once wrote a couplet praising: "The air captures half of Taihang Mountain, and the land opens up Youzhou first." Tanzhe Temple not only attracts friends and tourists from all over the world with its numerous historical sites and beautiful scenery, but also has built modern tourism service facilities in recent years, and implemented a one-stop service of transportation, accommodation, catering, sightseeing, entertainment and shopping, making the scenic spot a famous tourist destination at home and abroad. In 1997, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal Government, a group of monks moved in and religious activities resumed in Tanzhe Temple.
Zhengyang Gate
Zhengyangmen is a group of city gate buildings with both defense and city management functions during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As the south gate of Beijing's inner city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhengyangmen is the largest and most advanced city gate building among the inner and outer city gates of Beijing. It witnessed China's traditional city management methods and is an important viewpoint for overlooking Tiananmen Square, the buildings and the southern section of Beijing's central axis. Zhengyangmen is located at the southern end of Tiananmen Square. It consists of two tall buildings, the city tower and the arrow tower, which are arranged in a north-south column. The city tower is located in the north and the arrow tower is located in the south. As the south gate of the inner city in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhengyangmen has a very high national etiquette symbolic significance. Its building scale and form level are higher than other city gates. It is a landmark building of the city wall structure of the old city of Beijing. From the city tower to the north, you can overlook Tiananmen Square. From the arrow tower to the south, you can overlook Qianmen Street and the Yongdingmen city tower in the distance. As the south gate of Beijing's inner city, Zhengyangmen integrates defense, city management and etiquette. The imperial road under Zhengyangmen was specially used for the emperor to worship in the southern suburbs and hunt in the Nanyuan. On weekdays, the gates of the arrow towers were closed, and residents entered and exited from the side doors under the gatehouses on the east and west sides. The curfew system was implemented in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the city gates opened and closed according to the time of the bell and drum tower to achieve urban management. In the early 20th century, the transformation of the Zhengyangmen area witnessed the process of publicization of Beijing's central axis. Today, Zhengyangmen is open to the public as a museum. Zhengyangmen was first built in the 17th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1419). At first, there was only a city gate. From the first year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty (1436) to the fourth year of Zhengtong (1439), the tower, the city wall, the arrow tower, and the east and west gatehouses were added, and the Zhengyang Bridge and the archway were built to the south of the arrow tower. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhengyangmen was repeatedly damaged to varying degrees and rebuilt. With the completion of Zhengyangmen West Station of the Beijing-Han Railway and Zhengyangmen East Station of the Beijing-Qin Railway, the Zhengyangmen area became the hub of Beijing's external transportation in modern times, and the traffic flow in the surrounding areas increased dramatically. From 1914 to 1915, the Kyoto Municipal Office renovated the Zhengyangmen area, which is an important witness to the publicization process of Beijing's central axis. In 1990 and 1991, the Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower and the City Tower were opened to the public as museums.
Beijing Yuetan Park
The Moon Altar was a place for worshipping the moon in ancient China, also known as the "Evening Moon Altar". As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor had already worshipped the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. The only remaining Moon Altar is located in the west of Beijing. It was first built in the ninth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1530) and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. It was one of the nine altars and eight temples in Beijing and was abandoned in the early years of the Republic of China. The "Moon Altar" generally refers to this place. The Moon Altar in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was located to the west of Nanlishi Road and to the south of Yuetan North Street in Xicheng District, Beijing. It formed the Yuetan Park with the antique gardens to its south. The main buildings in the altar mentioned in the Ming and Qing documents, except for the altar platform and the inner altar wall, which were demolished, the rest of the ancient buildings such as the bell tower, Tianmen, Jufu Hall, and Shenku still exist. After liberation, the government strengthened the protection and construction of the Moon Altar and opened it as a park in 1955 for people to rest and entertain. After years of construction, the area of Yuetan Park has been greatly expanded. The entire park is divided into two parts, north and south. The north garden is characterized by ancient buildings with red bricks and green tiles and regular roads. This is the Moon Altar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The South Garden is a newly opened tourist area, with rocks, pools, and winding garden roads, forming a natural landscape garden pattern. Its design and construction are based on the theme of "moon", and the name of the garden is also taken as "Yaoyue Garden". There is a group of small courtyards in the middle of Yaoyue Garden, named "Tianxiang Courtyard" with the meaning of "osmanthus falls in the moon, and the fragrance of heaven floats outside the clouds". On the wide lawn on the south side of Tianxiang Courtyard, there are several jade rabbits and Tianxiang Courtyard. On May 25, 2006, Yuetan, as an ancient building from Ming to Qing Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Remains of the road in the southern section of the central axis
The central road in the southern section of Beijing's central axis is an important link that connects the carefully arranged urban buildings and public spaces. It was the only way for national ceremonial activities in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The remains of the southern section of the central axis road have been discovered. The site shows the location, direction, engineering structure and continuous inheritance of the southern section of the central road since the Ming Dynasty with material evidence, and witnesses the national ceremonial culture of Beijing's central axis that has continued to this day. The remains of the southern section of the central axis road are several central road remains distributed from Zhengyangmen to Yongdingmen. As of the end of 2022, it consists of three sites from south to north. Among them, the remains of the stone slab road on the north side of Yongdingmen are located about 100 meters north of Yongdingmen. The stone slab road is distributed on both sides of the center of the road, showing the paving method and shape of the imperial road in the Qing Dynasty; the remains of the central axis historical road inside Yongdingmen are located about 400 meters north of Yongdingmen, showing the use of the central road in different historical stages from Ming Dynasty to modern times; the remains of the drainage ditch on the south central axis road of Zhushikou are located about 5 meters south of the Zhushikou Church, showing the location and shape of the brick-built ditches on both sides of the central road in the Qing Dynasty. The remains of the stone slab road on the north side of Yongdingmen are two sections of granite strips paved with stone slabs. The stone slabs on the east and west sides are of the same shape. They are paved with granite strips or their broken blocks. They are material evidence of the stone road pavement in the Qing Dynasty. The remains of the central axis historical road inside Yongdingmen present the remains of seven roads (L1-L7) pressed in sequence. The hierarchical relationship of Lu pressure fully shows the construction and use history of the central road of Beijing's central axis. Its construction period can be roughly divided into: before the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) (L7), from the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) to the Republic of China (L6), the Republic of China (L5) and modern times (L1-L4). The drainage ditch ruins of the Zhushikou South Central Axis Road are brick-built, the bottom of the ditch is paved with blue bricks, covered with stone slabs, and the bottom of the ditch is full of ground nails, showing the engineering construction method of drainage facilities on one side of the central road in the Qing Dynasty. The central road of the southern section of the Beijing Central Axis was the only way for ancient emperors to worship from the palace to the southern suburbs. The remains of the southern section of the road that have been discovered show that the central road of the southern section of the Beijing Central Axis has been in use since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It has been maintained and repaired at different stages of history. It is a tangible carrier of the sacrificial routes and ritual activities of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), there was a central road between Zhengyangmen and the Temple of Heaven and Earth (Temple of Heaven) and the Temple of Mountains and Rivers (Temple of Agriculture), which was a dirt road. In the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign (1729), the section from Tianqiao to Yongdingmen was changed to stone. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign (1791), two zhang wide earth roads were opened on both sides of the imperial road, and the slab ditches on both sides of the stone road were gradually replaced with brick ditches. Six ditches were also opened on both sides of the stone road in front of the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Agriculture, which brought about a significant change in the landscape of the section from Tianqiao to Yongdingmen. In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing's reign (1813), the ditch was filled. In the early 20th century, the road was changed to asphalt concrete, and the original Qing Dynasty stone strips were buried underground until they were rediscovered in 2004. In 2022, archaeological excavations further discovered the remains of the historical central axis road inside Yongdingmen and the drainage ditch site of the central axis road south of Zhushikou.
Zunhua Huanghua Mountain Scenic Area
According to the Jizhou Chronicles during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Huanghua Mountain is 45 miles northeast of the prefecture. It is majestic and winding, with lush pine forests. There is a Jade Emperor Temple on top. The iron tiles are without beams, but now they are replaced with glazed tiles with beams and pillars. In fact, this mountain was famous as early as the Ming Dynasty. Ma Sigong of the Ming Dynasty praised the beauty of the mountain. The peaks are secluded and like stars, the sky and water are clear and fresh, the sky is blue, the world is gradually fading, and white clouds are suddenly rising. From the "Huanghua Mountain Xinglong Temple Stele Inscription" by Ma Sigong of the Ming Dynasty included in the Jizhou Chronicles during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and the "Record of the Reconstruction of Wanshou Xinglong Temple" by Xu Jiayan of the Qing Dynasty, people can clearly understand the development and construction history of Huanghua Mountain. At present, Huanghua Mountain has been officially opened to tourists as another new tourist scenic spot in Zunhua City.
Nanxincang Cultural and Leisure Street Scenic Area
Nanxincang Cultural and Leisure Street Scenic Area is located at No. 22, Dongsishitiao, Beijing. It is a granary for storing imperial grain and rice for salaries during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a royal official granary. Nanxincang was built on the basis of the ancient Beitaicang and has a history of more than 600 years. Nanxincang is the only royal granary in the country and the largest and most complete royal granary in Beijing. Nanxincang has preserved 9 ancient granaries and is a historical witness to the history of Kyoto, the history of water transport, and the history of storage. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.