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  2. Beijing city fortifications - Wikipedia

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    A map of Beijing from 1914. It was created by the German East-Asian Expeditionary Corps. Beijing, the political, cultural, military, and commercial centre of the empire, was the capital city of the last three dynasties of China; it was the last imperial capital built in China's history.

  3. File:Aerial View of Historic Center, Beijing.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Original file (690 × 931 pixels, file size: 165 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  4. History of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    The Jin expanded the city to the west, east, and south, doubling its size. On today's map of urban Beijing, Zhongdu would extend from Xuanwumen in the northeast to the Beijing West railway station to the west, and south to beyond the southern 2nd Ring Road. The walled city had 13 gates, four in the north and three openings in each of the other ...

  5. Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924.

  6. Hutong - Wikipedia

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    Preservation of Beijing's Hutongs: An Alternate Approach at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2011) " 'Real people' transition in China's old hutongs", USA Today, August 14, 2008; Hutong pictures in Liulichang, Qianmen and Panjiayuan "Chorography to record rise and fall of Beijing’s Hutongs"—China Daily article on hutong research

  7. Historical capitals of China - Wikipedia

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    Plot of major historical capitals of China prior to the 20th century Sorted in alphabetical order. Acheng District of the city of Harbin was the capital of the Jin dynasty from 1115 to 1153. It was called Shangjing (上京; Shàngjīng; 'Upper Capital') or Huining Prefecture at the time. It was destroyed in 1157 and reestablished as a secondary ...

  8. Cartography of China - Wikipedia

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    The map shows 500 settlements and a dozen rivers in China, and includes large parts of Korea and Vietnam. On the reverse side of Huayi tu is the gridded Yu Ji Tu (Map of the Tracks of Yu the Great). [7] This map is the earliest surviving example of lattice cartographic grid found in Chinese map, a system first introduced in China a millennium ...

  9. List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Beijing

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    Image Red Building of ... Beijing 6-311 Old Architecture of the Village of Cuandixia: 爨底下村古建筑群: Beijing 6-312 Anhui Huiguan 安徽会馆: Beijing 6 ...

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