"Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming China's 59th World Heritage Site. It was announced at the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India, on July 27.
With its roots dating back to the paradigm of ideal capital planning in traditional Chinese culture, the Beijing Central Axis shows an ensemble of building complexes and archaeological sites that governs the overall layout of Beijing's old city.
Stretching 7.8 kilometers north-south through the heart of Beijing, the inscribed property comprises 15 components, with the Bell and Drum Towers at its northern end and Yongdingmen Gate at the southern end.
The complex encompasses imperial palaces and gardens, imperial sacrificial buildings, ancient city management facilities, national ceremonial and public buildings, and central axis roads remains.
According to Lyu Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center at Tsinghua University, this paradigm of city planning traces back to Kaogongji (Book of Diverse Crafts), written before 221 BCE, which outlines the rituals and order in the planning of a capital city.
The book's accounts include "court in the front, market in the back", corresponding to the Forbidden City and the markets at the Bell and Drum Towers area, as well as "an ancestral temple on the left, an altar of land and grain on the right", denoting the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Altar of Land and Grain, located symmetrically on the east and west sides of the Central Axis.
Construction of the Beijing Central Axis began in the 13th century and took shape in the 16th century. It has undergone constant refinement over the past seven centuries and continues to influence Beijing's urban development to this day.
"The Beijing Central Axis is a carrier of traditional Chinese concepts and beliefs, constructing a symbol for national order and witnessing the formation of the Chinese cultural tradition of inclusion and diversity," Lyu says.
The Beijing Central Axis provides an exceptional material testimony to the philosophy of "neutrality and harmony" prized in the Chinese tradition. It is an outstanding example representing the mature stage of the urban central axis of Chinese capitals, and also the best-preserved capital central axis in China, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration of the PRC.
“北京中轴线：展示中国首都理想秩序的建筑群”已被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录，成为中国第59个世界遗产。7月27日，在印度新德里举行的世界遗产委员会第46届会议上宣布了这一消息。
北京中轴线的根源可以追溯到中国传统文化中理想的首都规划范式，它展示了一系列建筑群和考古遗址，这些建筑群和遗址控制着北京旧城的整体布局。
这座遗产南北延伸7.8公里，穿过北京市中心，由15个部分组成，北端是钟鼓楼，南端是永定门。
该建筑群包括皇宫和花园、皇家祭祀建筑、古城管理设施、国家礼仪和公共建筑，以及中轴线遗迹。
清华大学国家遗产中心主任吕周表示，这种城市规划范式可以追溯到公元前221年之前的《考工记》，该书概述了首都规划中的仪式和秩序。
这本书的记载包括“前院后市”，对应紫禁城和钟鼓楼地区的市场，以及“左侧的祠堂，右侧的土地和粮食祭坛”，表示位于中轴线东西两侧对称的太庙和社稷坛。
北京中轴线的建设始于13世纪，16世纪初具规模。在过去的七个世纪里，它经历了不断的完善，并一直影响着北京的城市发展。
柳说：“北京中轴线是中国传统观念和信仰的载体，是国家秩序的象征，见证了包容和多样性的中国文化传统的形成。”。
北京中轴线为中国传统中珍视的“中”“和”哲学提供了卓越的物质证明。据中国国家文物局介绍，这是一个代表中国首都城市中轴线成熟阶段的杰出例子，也是中国保存最完好的首都中轴线。
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"Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming China's 59th World Heritage Site. It 1._______(announce) at the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India, on July 27.With its roots dating back to the paradigm of ideal capital planning in traditional Chinese culture, the Beijing Central Axis shows 2.______ ensemble of building complexes and archaeological sites 3.__________ governs the overall layout of Beijing's old city.4.________(stretch) 7.8 kilometers north-south through the heart of Beijing, the inscribed property comprises 15 components, 5.________ the Bell and Drum Towers at its northern end and Yongdingmen Gate at the southern end.The complex encompasses imperial palaces and gardens, imperial sacrificial buildings, ancient city management facilities, national ceremonial and public buildings, and central axis roads 6._________(remain).
According to Lyu Zhou, director of the National Heritage Center at Tsinghua University, this paradigm of city planning traces back to Kaogongji (Book of Diverse Crafts), 7._________(write) before 221 BCE, which outlines the rituals and order in the planning of a capital city.The book's accounts include "court in the front, market in the back", corresponding to the Forbidden City and the markets at the Bell and Drum Towers area, as well as "an ancestral temple on the left, an altar of land and grain on the right", denoting the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Altar of Land and Grain, located 8._________(symmetrical) on the east and west sides of the Central Axis.Construction of the Beijing Central Axis began in the 13th century and took shape in the 16th century. It 9._______(undergo) constant refinement over the past seven centuries and continues to influence Beijing's urban development to this day."The Beijing Central Axis is a carrier of traditional Chinese concepts and beliefs, constructing a symbol for national order and witnessing the formation of the Chinese cultural tradition of inclusion and diversity," Lyu says.The Beijing Central Axis 10._________(provide) an exceptional material testimony to the philosophy of "neutrality and harmony" prized in the Chinese tradition. It is an outstanding example representing the mature stage of the urban central axis of Chinese capitals, and also the best-preserved capital central axis in China, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration of the PRC.
【参考答案】1.was announced 2.an 3.that 4.Stretching 5.with 6.remains 7.written 8.symmetrically 9.has undergone 10.provides
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