There are two famous theories about the reasons for Qin Shihuang's military parade. One is the pursuit of immortality. Qin Shihuang was puzzled by the alchemist's immortal theory. He believes that there are three sacred mountains overseas, Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou, and immortals live in the palace.
In order to seek immortality, he sent Xu Fu with thousands of boys and girls to seek immortality in the vast sea. Later, chui fook they disappeared.
The second is to understand the official management of the old places of the six countries in order to consolidate the rule. Qin Shihuang destroyed the six countries, and the nobles who lost their land and status in the six countries hated Qin deeply. Sean, a descendant of the Korean royal family, once ventured to assassinate Qin Shihuang. In order to strengthen the control of the homeland of the six countries, Qin Shihuang learned about the local rebels and the repression and appeasement of the rebels by local officials.
Qin Shihuang's five tours have spread all over the country except southwest and southern Fujian. Except that the first cruise was to the west, the other four cruises were to the east. According to historical records, the route of Qin Shihuang's eastward tour started from Xianyang and reached Jieshi along Taihang Mountain and the eastern foot of Yanshan Mountain. Chaoyang Road in Chaoyang District is the only way.
Chaoyang Road is not only the only way for Qin Shihuang to see the sea, but also the place where Italian missionary Matteo Ricci entered Beijing, and the city of Double Olympics was built here. It connects the past and the present, runs through the North-South culture and promotes the communication between China and the West.
Why is this road so attractive? The book "The Cultural Secrets of Beijing Chaoyang" tells the story of Chaoyang's long history, cultural relics, superior geographical conditions, profound humanistic background and present appearance. Like a pearl, it shines with dazzling light and attracts the attention of the whole world.
This book was written by people engaged in cultural work in Chaoyang District, Beijing, and was prefaced by Shu Xiaofeng, a member of the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference and former director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics. Have you ever thought about the past life in Chaoyang and that touching story? Let's take a look at the book "Looking at the DPRK and Chasing Dreams".
0 1, an ancient throat, witnessed the Millennium.
Chaoyang Road built by Qin Shihuang is now Shi Jing and Jingyu Road. Qin Shihuang explored the East and left a lot of materials and stone tablets in relevant places. For example, Taishan stone carving emphasizes the rule of law, Langya stone carving emphasizes agriculture and weights and measures, and Huiji stone carving emphasizes changing customs. The main purpose of Qin Shihuang's east tour is to declare and promote the county system to the whole country.
After this ancient road was passed by Qin Shihuang, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao went north to Wuhuan, and Emperor Taizong also went to North Korea. The history of Chaoyang Road is also recorded with stone tablets. The stone tablet is located directly opposite the north gate of Beijing Foreign Studies University on Chaoyang Road, and there is a stone tablet of Qianlong Imperial Chaoyangmen. Chaoyangmen stele continues to the east, and there is another stele near Bali Bridge in the subway, which was built by Yongzheng Imperial Government to reach Tongzhou from Chaoyangmen.
Two stone tablets on Chaoyang Road record the significance and process of rebuilding Chaoyang Road. Chaoyang Road West starts from Chaoyangmen to Baliqiao and connects with Baliqiao Shiban Road. Chaoyangmen is 40 miles from Tongzhou, which is known as the crossroads of land and water, that is, the main throat. This road is not only the main route of material transportation, but also an important diplomatic channel. After disembarking in Tongzhou, the South Korean envoy went to Dongyue Temple in Chaoyang by land, put on formal clothes, and then went to Beijing to meet the sage.
On the 10th anniversary of the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci, a missionary, entered Beijing from Chaoyang Road and preached in Beijing. He translated the first editions of The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean, spread western scientific and technological knowledge such as astronomy, calendar and mathematics to China, and recorded the situation of the Grand Canal in China at the earliest. Matteo Ricci became the first foreigner to obtain permanent residency in Beijing.
From Tongzhou to Chaoyangmen, there are both land and water. There are three major water systems in Chaoyang District: Xiao Taihou River, Bahe River and Tonghui River. These three rivers undertake the task of water transportation in Beijing, and are the land and water arteries connecting the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Beijing.
There is a legend about the Xiao Taihou River. He was the empress dowager, politician, strategist and reformer of Liao State. Participating in military affairs during the regency, Liao reached the peak of national strength. According to legend, when Xiao Taihou led a great army to conquer the Northern Song Dynasty, all the soldiers were very thirsty when they passed outside Beijing. When Xiao Taihou raised his whip, a clear river appeared in front of them, and the soldiers drank happily. This river is called Xiao Taihou River.
Legends are mythical. According to relevant historical records, the Xiao Taihou River was named after Xiao Taihou presided over the excavation. Built in 988, it was originally used to transport rations, and later became an important waterway for royal grain transportation, more than 300 years earlier than Huitong River in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the notes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, ships kept shuttling on the river, and pedestrians on both sides of the strait came and went, as if it were a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Today, the green willows in Xiao Taihou are rippling in the blue waves, which is a beautiful scenery.
Chaoyang's position as the main artery of the throat has never changed since ancient times. There is a railway from Chaoyang Station to the northeast today, and the world flights leave from here. The Chaoyang river has become a part of Beijing people's life, leaving a strong historical and cultural landscape for Beijing.
Drift roast duck, the quintessence of Chinese culture, and the north and south cultures shine brilliantly.
Translucent rolled skin, wrapped in duck skin, shredded onion and sauce baked in Jiao Hong, is elegant in color, tender in meat and full of fragrance. This Beijing roast duck is a well-known Beijing specialty, but it is not from Beijing, but from the south.
You may not believe this fact, but it's true. Shaoxing duck and Gaoyou duck are both from Jiangnan. On the boat to the north of the Grand Canal, ducklings are usually taken with them, and they grow up slowly along the way. After arriving in Tongzhou, the businessman found that everyone likes to eat ducks and thought it was a good business opportunity.
Later, businessmen thought that ducklings grew slowly, so they hatched ducklings with duck eggs in Beijing. Beijing roast duck became a delicacy of the Beijing government in the Ming Dynasty, and later entered the folk. Quanjude and Cheap Square, two famous roast duck restaurants, opened in the Ming Dynasty and have been thriving ever since.
Except Beijing roast duck, braised prawns and kung pao chicken are from Shandong, and scented tea is from Anhui and Fujian. Among Beijing teahouses in Qing Dynasty, teahouses in Anhui and Fujian occupied most of the tea market.
Necessities such as Daoxiang Village in Suzhou, Liubiju in Shanxi and silk were all transported from the south to Beijing through the Grand Canal. In the Ming dynasty, the beams and columns, heavy bricks and stones, wood and even craftsmen of the palace were transported to Beijing through the Grand Canal.
After Qianlong went south, these troupes decided to go north along the canal and perform once every town they passed. Various local operas learn from each other and blend with each other. Finally, Peking Opera was born in Beijing. Based on Xipi and Huanger, it combines Hui Diao, Han Opera, Qin Opera and Bangzi, and becomes a brand-new kind of drama, which extracts the essence of local culture and art and is called the national quintessence of Beijing Opera.
The development of waterway transportation has promoted the prosperity of docks. There is a dock near Tonghui River called Qingfeng Gate, also called Erzha, surrounded by hotels, which is very popular. Cao Xueqin often punches in the Wangdonglou near the second gate, where the trees are lush and overlooking the long river, the boats are swaying and poetic. Now the second gate has become Qingfeng Park.
One road and several rivers run through the north and south, which not only realizes the transfer of materials, promotes the development of economy and the rise of cities, but also realizes the integration of north and south cultures, with a hundred flowers blooming and competing for beauty.
03 Shuang 'ao Chaoyang holds the world.
The flame of the 2022 Olympic Games once again burns brightly over the Bird's Nest in Chaoyang, Beijing. Beijing has become the only dual Olympic city in the world that has hosted the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and Chaoyang is also full of new vitality.
Bird's Nest Stadium has the largest span steel structure building and the largest transparent ceiling in the world, and it is the largest environmental protection and safety stadium.
In 2007, the Bird's Nest was rated as one of the top ten architectural wonders in the world by Time magazine, and it also hides a secret similar to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang. In order to supervise the work of potters, the Qin dynasty asked craftsmen to print their names on the Qin terracotta warriors and horses. If you have any questions, you can directly find the Potters.
The name of the welder is also engraved on each steel beam of the Bird's Nest. Welding masters think it is meaningful to carve their names on the welded pillars, and they are very proud of their contribution to the Olympic construction.
What surprised the world even more was that the water cube in Chaoyang turned into ice cubes. The water cube is the largest membrane structure project in the world, and the water-to-ice project is very challenging. The staff pumped the water out of the swimming pool and built a steel frame and supporting structure on the swimming pool, that is, covered the swimming pool with a cover, and then poured ice on the cover. After drying, the steel frame can be disassembled to restore the function of the water cube. The Water Cube became the first swimming pool in Olympic history to hold an ice competition on water.
Chaoyang Road was the starting point of the modern Silk Road in ancient times, the economic lifeline of Beijing in ancient times and an important diplomatic channel today. Today's sunrise, with the hosting of the Olympic Games, has attracted more world attention.
99% of foreign embassies are in Chaoyang District, and the third embassy district was launched in 1980s. This embassy district is located in Maidian. Before the founding of New China, Maidian was farmland, with many brick kiln factories and Liulichang. With the completion of the embassy district here, Maipu has entered a period of rapid development. At present, except the Russian embassy, all embassies are in Chaoyang District.
With the establishment of the embassy district, many foreign-related hotels and restaurants have gathered here, and more than 90% news agencies and powerful enterprises from all over the world have settled in Beijing. Chaoyang has built Beijing CBD, a famous business center in Beijing, where 90% of financial institutions and 70% of multinational corporations are headquartered. It can be said that Chaoyang has installed the whole world.
2 1 century, Chaoyang pressed the shortcut key in economic development, which opened the international trade channel of modern Beijing and opened the road of economic take-off.
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Connect the past and the present in series, feel the endless vitality and fireworks of Chaoyang together, and experience its infinite excitement and beauty!