1157,<> traditional geographical names in the functional core area of the capital were included in the protection list

Beijing, June 6 (Zhongxin Net) -- This reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission on the 2nd that Beijing Municipality recently approved the inclusion of 2 flaky place names, including 513 streets and alleys and Tiananmen Square in Guoxing Hutong, into the list of traditional geographical names in the core functional area of the capital. At present, 46,1157 traditional place names have been included in the protection list in the functional core area of the capital, including 1111,46 street and alley names and 2016 flaky place names, basically realizing the requirements for the protection of more than 2035,1000 hutong names proposed in the Beijing Urban Master Plan (<>-<>).

Continuing the historical context of the capital

In 2022, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources organized the screening and release of the list of the first batch of streets and alleys in the traditional geographical name protection list of the core functional areas of the capital. The first batch of lists included 598 traditional place names of the same kind as streets, alleys and alleys with stable historical heritage and deep cultural heritage.

This year, the Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission, together with the Dongcheng and Xicheng district governments of Beijing Municipality, further evaluated the traditional place names in the functional core area of the capital, and screened out 513 flaky place names, including 46 streets and alleys and Tiananmen Square in Guoxing Hutong, and included them in the list of traditional geographical names protection in the functional core area of the capital.

The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission introduced that the 513 streets and alleys listed in the protection list this time are widely distributed in space and have clear levels. Among the 32 sub-district offices in the functional core area of the capital, traditional place names such as Shichahai Street, Dashilar Street, Jingshan Street, Donghuamen Street and West Chang'an Street Street are densely distributed. Along the central axis and Chang'an Avenue, many traditional place names have been added to the protection list. 50 places along the central axis include Di'anmen East Street, Di'anmen West Avenue and Zhongkuhu; There are 21 places along Chang'an Avenue, including Zhongsheng Hutong, Chengfang Street, and Beijing Railway Station Street. They are not only an important embodiment of Beijing's rigorous and square urban layout, but also set off the solemn atmosphere of the Huanghuang capital city and the orderly maintenance of the city.

Second, the types of place names are rich and diverse, which fully reflect the cultural characteristics of Beijing's big capital city and the sea and rivers. For example, there is a bell and drum alley named after the capital government office, named after the bell and drum division in the Ming Dynasty, and the bell and drum tower, an important node of the central axis, is guarded by the bell and drum division; Old Money Bureau Hutong, named after the institution that minted coins in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Place names that reflect the characteristics of the checkerboard road network structure of the old city, including the headlines of the artillery bureau to the four, the headlines of the Beichizi to the three, etc.; Sanmiao Street, Huguo Temple East-West Alley, and Baita Temple East-West Road, etc., reflect the characteristics of Beijing's multicultural integration; Doujiao Hutong, Cone Hutong, and Shochu Hutong record the lives of ordinary people; Sidao Bay, Maojia Bay, Qianmen Xihou River, Chongwenmen West River, etc. reflect the environmental characteristics of Beijing's "eight waters around Beijing" in the historical period.

Third, for some place names that have been adjusted in the sixties of the twentieth century, in order to inherit history and culture more completely, in the spirit of "inclusiveness", the original names are bracketed after the existing traditional place names, such as the Salary Saving Hutong is simplified from the Salary Saving Division Hutong. As one of the four departments and eight bureaus of the inner court in the Ming Dynasty, the department was responsible for the procurement, transfer and reserve of firewood and charcoal needed by the inner court, which profoundly affected the society and people's lives at that time. In 1965, it was referred to as Salaries Alley. From the perspective of history and culture, the list of traditional place names juxtaposes the old and new names, in the form of "Cherishing Hutong (Cherishing Hutong)", and other situations such as Fuxiang Hutong (Fuxiangsi Hutong) and Zhengjue Hutong (Zhengjuesi Hutong) are similar.

New "Flaky Place Name" for protection type

The person in charge said that the sheet place names such as Tiananmen Square, East 46th and West <>th are important parts of Beijing's traditional place names, which not only have a strong spatial pointing function, but also carry important historical and cultural significance. In order to actively and steadily promote the protection of sheet geographical names, on the basis of existing work, the compilation team preliminarily screened out <> sheet geographical names for inclusion in the protection list, taking into account factors such as the era of the production of sheet geographical names, the size of the scope of influence, and the degree of historical and cultural richness.

From the perspective of the era, the formation time of 46 sheet geographical names included in the protection list spanned the period from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties to hundreds of years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, including 1 in the Yuan Dynasty (white paper mill), 25 in the Ming Dynasty, 11 in the Qing Dynasty, 5 in the Republic of China, and 4 newly formed after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The influence of the 46 flaky place names basically covers the entire functional core area of the capital.

From the core location of the sheet name (the origin of the geographical name), most of the sheet geographical names included in the protection list are located on or symmetrically distributed along the central axis. Located on the central axis, including Yongdingmen, Qianmen, Tiananmen, Dianmen, Drum Tower, etc.; Symmetrically distributed along the central axis, such as Zuoanmen to Right Anmen, Guanganmen to Guangqumen, Jianguomen to Fuxingmen, Dongdan to Xidan, Dongsi to Xisi, Dongzhimen to Xizhimen, etc.

The person in charge said that incorporating traditional geographical names into the protection system of famous historical and cultural cities is an important exploration in the protection of famous historical and cultural cities in Beijing, and it is of innovative significance at home and abroad. At present, 1157,1111 traditional place names have been included in the protection list in the functional core area of the capital, including 46,2016 street and alley names and 2035 flaky place names, basically realizing the requirements for the protection of more than 1000,<> hutong names proposed in the Beijing Urban Master Plan (<>-<>).

The successive publication of the list of traditional geographical names shows that the protection of Beijing's famous historical and cultural cities is deepening. In order to continue to improve the protection of traditional geographical names and realize the dynamic assessment of traditional geographical names and the orderly adjustment of the directory, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations on the Protection of Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in Beijing, in the future, any unit or individual may declare and recommend the objects of protection to the district government where they are located, and approve and publish them in accordance with the prescribed procedures. (End)