The Beijing Cultural Forum has three special observation routes [Guests walk along the central axis all the way to experience Beijing culture immersively]
Yesterday morning, the first Beijing Cultural Forum officially opened in Beijing.
With the permanent theme of "Inheritance, Innovation and Mutual Learning" and the annual theme of "Promoting Cultural Innovation and Empowering a Better Life", this forum strives to become a national brand forum in the cultural field.
As a major highlight, this Beijing Cultural Forum specially selected urban cultural landmarks with unique capital characteristics, such as the Central Axis, Shougang Park and the Grand Canal, and specially designed three on-site observation routes, allowing guests to immerse themselves in punch-in and "touch" Beijing culture .
In the observation activity yesterday afternoon, the guests walked along the central axis, felt the magnificent spatial order of the capital, and learned about Beijing's central axis application for heritage protection, the organic renewal of the old city, and the inheritance of red culture;
Or go to Shougang Park and Yanjing Eight Wonders Museum to experience the green butterfly transformation of industrial relics and the living inheritance of intangible cultural heritage; or come to Tongzhou Line to experience the three public cultural facilities along the Three Temples and One Pagoda, along the Grand Canal and the sub-center of the city.
Observation route one
Travel the central axis from south to north
Explore the magnificent spatial order of the capital
Route points: Yongdingmen - Qianmen Sanlihe Park - Pigment Hall - Red Tower of Peking University - Bell and Drum Tower
This observation route along the central axis is full of old Beijing style. It starts from the Yongdingmen Gate Tower at the southernmost end of the central axis and goes north, passing through Qianmen Sanlihe Park, Pigment Hall, Beida Red Building, and reaches the Bell and Drum Tower at the northernmost end of the central axis. The scenery along the way is infinite, you can fully enjoy the style and features of the ancient capital of Beijing, feel the magnificent spatial order of the central axis, you can also touch the latest achievements of the organic renewal of the old city in the old hutongs with "water passing through the streets", and feel the red culture in the Red Building of Peking University. inherited.
Standing on the majestic Yongding Gate and looking to the north, the central axis of 7.8 kilometers extends all the way to the north, clearly "regulating" the city of Beijing. It is endless, showing the soul and backbone of the old city of Beijing.
Go north along the central axis, pass the west gate of Temple of Heaven Park, Beijing Natural History Museum, Zhushikou, and arrive at the Sanli River in the Qianmen area.
This is a "water town in the south of the Yangtze River" hidden in a hutong - Sanlihe Park, which is what "Zhengyang Viewing Water", one of the new sixteen scenic spots in Beijing, refers to.
Today, this self-circulating landscape river with a total length of about 900 meters has become a small park near the door of residents' homes, and has become a famous online celebrity check-in place.
Sanlihe integrates the surrounding hutong blocks and courtyard buildings with the natural environment, fully showing the beautiful artistic conception of hutongs, courtyards and Sanlihe "water runs through the streets" and "courtyard homes", and gives Beijing's old hutongs new connotations and new life. machine.
The Pigment Hall on the Sanli River is even more unique. A tactful Peking Opera "Drunken Concubine" made guests take out their mobile phones to take pictures and videos.
In addition, there are shocking drums, breathtaking acrobatics, and melodious recorder performances... The entire Pigment Hall has been transformed into a performance stage, with an antique environment and beautiful performances.
In October 2021, the "Guild Hall Has Opera" project directed by the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee kicked off at the Pigment Hall. , and has undertaken many major cultural performances and brand activities, a series of "small but beautiful" and "small but refined" performances, making the culture of the clubhouse show the value of the new era.
Continue to go north, pass the Wangfujing commercial and cultural development belt, and arrive at the famous Red Building of Peking University.
This modern building with revolutionary traditions is located at No. 29, Wusi Street, on the east side of the central axis.
The Red Building of Peking University has the President's Office, the President's Office, and the Second Reading Room.
Going all the way north, you will reach the Bell and Drum Tower in Beijing, which is also the northernmost point of the central axis.
The two floors are placed vertically in front and back. They are the tallest group of ancient buildings on the central axis. They are also landmark buildings in the ancient capital of Beijing. The traditional way of telling the time and the bell and drum with fixed status are unique among the bell and drum towers in the country.
Text/Photo by reporter Jiang Ruojing/Wei Tong, reporter
Observation route two
The new look of the ancient road exhibition in the west of Beijing
Industrial heritage refurbished
Route points: Beijing Yanjing Eight Wonders Museum - Shougang Ski Jumping Platform - High-altitude Trail
The observation route in the Shijingshan section of the Yongding River Cultural Belt in Xishan can be described as a model of the fusion of tradition and modernity.
Here, the centuries-old intangible cultural heritage skills are "resurrected" in the hands of craftsmen, and the Shougang Grand Jumping platform, which witnessed the double gold medals of Chinese ice and snow athletes, continues to write a legend.
In recent years, Shijingshan District has firmly grasped the "two major opportunities" to serve the preparation of the Winter Olympics and to create a new landmark for the capital city's rejuvenation in the new era. A butterfly change from a traditional heavy industrial zone to a green high-end city.
As an important node of the Yongding River Cultural Belt in Xishan, on the north side of Modekou Street of the Millennium "Tuoling Ancient Road", the mysterious Cheng'en Temple, which was once mysterious because of "no temple gates, no incense, and no dojo", has also ushered in a new Role - Beijing Yanjing Eight Wonders Museum.
This is the first ingenuity museum in China built by nearly 100 artisans and intangible inheritors for ten years. A new development model that integrates.
The museum collects more than 400 pieces (sets) of Yanjing's eight unique handicraft works, including gold lacquer inlay, filigree inlay, cloisonne, ivory carving, jade carving, carved lacquer, Beijing embroidery, and palace carpet, as well as ancient wood carving, root carving, stone carving and other handicraft collections. , each piece is exquisite and unique.
History is inherited by craftsmen, and the future is written by technology.
Not far to the south along Jinding North Street is the new Shougang, which was born for the Summer Olympics and prospered for the Winter Olympics.
Today, the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform, where Chinese Olympic athletes won double gold medals, has been opened to tourists. From the platform, you can enjoy the entire Shougang Park landscape.
The mission of the Winter Olympics has been successfully completed, and the Shougang Grand Jumping Platform also has a new identity.
According to Liu Yuchuan, Assistant Director of the Grand Jumping Project Department of Beijing Shougang Construction Investment Co., Ltd., the Grand Jumping platform is operated in accordance with the principles of internationalization, specialization and marketization. In striving to make the big jumping platform a permanent venue for the World Cup China Station.
It is a "high-altitude walkway" transformed from the original overhead industrial pipe gallery. The walkway is about 14 meters above the ground. The current open length is 2.6 kilometers. It is the world's longest aerial corridor High Line Park. .
Walking on the high-altitude walkway, you can see the industrial relics such as the coke oven and blast furnace of the original Shougang at a glance.
Adjacent to the high-altitude walk is Shougang's "Liu Gonghui". The total construction scale of the project is 224,000 square meters. It consists of 11 single-family industrial buildings, 11 single-family flagship commercial buildings and a shopping plaza, and a total of 23 independent buildings. It is a landmark urban renewal project in western Beijing that brings together low-density modern creative office space, complex business, multi-functional activity center and green public space. one.
Text/Photo by our reporter Zhang Yuemeng / Our reporter Cui Jun
Observation route three
Enjoy the lighthouse and feel the canal context
You sub-center imagines the future of the city
Route points: "Three Temples and One Pagoda" in Tongzhou District—Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot—City Sub-Central Library
Yesterday afternoon, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily followed the guests to the "Tongzhou District Route", one of the three observation routes of the Beijing Cultural Forum, to experience the urban style of the city's sub-center where ancient and modern are blended.
The first stop of the tour, Tongzhou "Three Temples and One Pagoda", also known as the Three Religious Temples, is located at the northern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and on Dacheng Street on the south bank of the Tonghui River Estuary. The historical development of the integration of Taoism and three religions reflects the openness and tolerance of Canal culture.
In the courtyard, cultural relics such as town water beasts, iron lions, and giant imperial trees are exhibited.
In the backyard is the national key cultural relic protection unit "Grand Canal - Tongzhou Ran Deng Tower", whose full name is Ran Deng Buddha Relic Pagoda, which is a landmark ancient building along the Grand Canal.
"Three Temples and One Pagoda" is closely related to the Grand Canal.
In 2014, the Grand Canal was added to the World Heritage List.
In 2018, the Tongzhou District Government issued the "Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot to Create a National 5A-level Tourist Scenic Spot Work Plan".
In 2019, Tongzhou District comprehensively sorted out the tourism landscape resources such as the history, humanities, and natural ecology of the scenic spot, and delineated the main scenic spots of the Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot: the "Three Temples and One Pagoda" scenic spot, the Canal Park, and the Grand Canal Forest Park. In the core area, the Grand Canal is the area, which is connected in series to form a national 5A-level tourist attraction with scenery, characteristics and culture.
In front of you, there are blue waves and green trees on both sides.
Leaving the Lighthouse, the reporter came to the North Canal Pier 2 to change the waterway, and took a boat along the Grand Canal to the Caoyun Pier.
It is understood that in the future, Beijing (Tongzhou) Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot will be established as a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot, which will fully integrate cultural tourism resources along the canal, and realize the “Three Temples and One Pagoda”, the Canal Park and the Grand Canal Forest Park in series with water. The core scenic spot forms a canal tourism cultural belt with nodes, connections and characteristics.
The city's sub-center library under construction is located in the "Forest Book Garden" beside the Sixth Ring Park. Its design concept is derived from the traditional Chinese "red seal" and the leaves of the ginkgo tree. Intangible cultural heritage display area, open-shelf reading area, pop-up library, lecture hall and other functional areas, the future daily reception capacity is 5,000 to 8,000 person-times.
The city's sub-center theater is a "cultural granary" located on the Grand Canal, including an opera house, a concert hall, a dramatic theater, and an outdoor theater, with a total of about 5,500 seats.
The project integrates the functions of performing arts performances, artistic creation, cultural education, and on-site experience. It is designed and constructed to meet the standards of world-class first-class theaters, and will meet the requirements of various world-class performances.
The Grand Canal Museum is a "canal boat" embedded in the city's forest sea, with a daily reception of about 6,000 people.
The project is positioned as a smart comprehensive museum, integrating the functions of collection and storage, open exhibition, scientific research, social education, cultural preservation and restoration.
It is expected that the three major buildings will be basically completed by the end of 2022 and will be delivered to the owner to prepare for the exhibition, and the shared supporting facilities will be completed and prepared for opening.
Text / reporter Cui Yifei