Our reporter Li Qiyao

　　Beijing's central axis application has entered the sprint stage.

This 7.8-kilometer-long "backbone" of Beijing, which starts from the Bell and Drum Tower in the north and ends at Yongding Gate in the south, bears endless cultures and witnesses and participates in the growth of the "city of two Olympics".

Yesterday, 5 guests were guests in the live broadcast room of the 2022 Beijing News Center's "Double Olympics City·Watching" interactive exhibition event, focusing on the theme of "walking on the central axis" to chat about the development of the city.

　　More and more people are focusing on the central axis of Beijing.

Because it has a long history and is also full of vigorous vitality.

Shan Jixiang, president of the Chinese Society of Cultural Relics and director of the Academic Committee of the Palace Museum, said that there are already three world cultural heritage sites along the central axis of Beijing.

This line includes huge buildings and urban spaces.

After more than 700 years of development, these streets and squares have formed a unique and magnificent spatial order, showing the capital style of China's ancient and modern times.

"The central axis is not a simple material relic, but a continuous continuation of the traditional Chinese capital planning concept, which has been affecting today's cities. The central axis is a living heritage, extending north and south, leading Beijing to the future."

　　Lv Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University, talked about the "news" of the central axis. In recent years, Beijing has promoted the protective repair and decommissioning of key cultural relics and historical buildings on the central axis, and has improved the environment and style of the old city. At present, the clock tower has been completed. The renovation of a series of cultural relics and ancient buildings such as the Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower.

At the end of last year, the renovation of Di'anmenwai Street was completed, and the Zhenshui beast was discovered during the archaeological excavation of Zhengyang Bridge. "We also hope to find the remains of the Zhengyang Bridge through archaeological excavations." He explained that if the bridge can be excavated , which is of great significance to the display of the entire central axis of Beijing.

　　Talking about the ongoing application of the Beijing Central Axis to the World Heritage List, Lu Zhou believes that the core goal of applying for the World Heritage is not only to make the value of the Central Axis recognized by the world, but more importantly, to promote the overall protection of Beijing's old city through the application for World Heritage. Chinese stories, effectively improve the living environment of citizens, and innovate the future development of cities.

　　"If the central axis is regarded as an interlocking, end-to-end cultural dragon, the arrow tower from Yongdingmen to Zhengyangmen is like the leading part, among which the overpass and Dashilan reflect the theme of the people's culture on the central axis. The Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower happens to be in the 'place of the dragon's eye'." Guan Zhanxiu, director of the Beijing Central Axis Heritage Protection Center and the Beijing World Cultural Heritage Monitoring Center, revealed the future protection and utilization of the Central Axis, which will be opened as the Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower. Opportunity to build a mid-to-high-end cultural and tourism integration demonstration area with the characteristics of an ancient capital at the northern end of Qianmen Pedestrian Street, revitalize the heritage value of the central axis, revive the Qianmen business district, and drive the development of cultural tourism projects in the area, "We made some attempts and designed the central axis of punch cards. , look for the town water beast, re-walk the Zhengyang Bridge and other landscapes."

　　In the live broadcast room, some experts also talked about the "soft cultural relics" on the central axis - intangible cultural heritage.

Huo Yi, deputy director of the Yale Center of the Kagura Department of Tiantan Park, and Wang Zhijie, the interpreter, demonstrated the 3000-year-old Zhonghe Shaoyue on the spot.

"When I was working, what I heard the most from tourists was 'I have never heard such music before, you should perform more and tell everyone more about it'." Wang Zhijie said that Zhonghe Shaole once lived in temples because of its high status. Above, less known.

"What we do is to lift the veil of mystery, let Zhonghe Shaole enter ordinary people's homes, and let everyone have the opportunity to experience the beauty of harmony in the hearts of the ancients."