15. Zhongshan Park

Zhongshan Park is in the center of Beijing, neighboring Tian’anmen in the east with total occupied area of 23.8 ha as a memorial classical park based on altars and temples.
The building complex was Xingguo Temple in Liao Dynasty, and renamed Wanshou Xingguo Temple. In the 18 years of Ming’s Yongle Period (1420). According to “ancestral temple at left and social temple at right” in “Rites of Zhou”, it was expanded into Shejitan for Emperors to fete the God of Land and the God of Paddy as a symbol of power of Emperors and harvest of the country. Over 1300 worship activities have been held here by Emperors or Emperor-appointed officials in Ming and Qing Dynasties from the 19^th year of Ming’s Yongle Period (1421) to the 3^rd year of Qing’s Xuantong Period (1911).
In 1914, with proposal and organization of Zhu Qiling, Minister of Internal Affairs, Shejitan was renamed “Central Park” open to the public as the first public park in Beijing city. in 1925, Sun Yat Sen passed away and his coffin was placed in the Bai Palace (present Zhongshan Hall) in the park for public memorial ceremony. To memorize this great democratic revolution pioneer, central park was renamed Zhongshan Park in 1928.
After founding of the new China, many leaders of the CPC and the state have visited large pleasances in the park including Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, etc. In the park, there are a number of famous sights including cypresses planted in Liao Dynasty, Shejitan, Zhongshan Hall, Peace Defense Tower, Lanting Stele Pavilion, Watchword Pavilion, Huifang Garden and Tanghuawu. Therefore, the park was appointed as National Key Cultural Relic Preservation Unit through approval of the State Council in 1988, Capital’s Civilized Model in 2000, The First List of Quality Parks in Beijing in 2002 and National AAAA Scenic Area in 2011.
 
 

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16. The Palace Museum

The Palace Museum is a special museum.
　　Established in 1925, the Palace Museum was built based on the imperial palace in Ming and Qing Dynasty ——The Forbidden City. Through 500 years of rise and fall, the palace finally was opened to the public.
　The unique collection of the Palace Museum is the wooden palace complex of the Forbidden City which is best preserved at the largest scale in the world. It is not only the pride of Chinese nation, but also the precious cultural heritage of all human beings. Today, the 780,000-m2 forbidden imperial palace has become not only a giant imperial treasure from Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also a living archive recording the history of both dynasties. Therefore, the lifeline of the Place Museum is growing and extended in Forbidden City contextually.
When walking along the central axis after entering the Palace Museum, you’ll feel the broad heart of the booming dynasties; you may capture the elegance of the court from refined displays of the east and west six palaces and graceful layout in inner court; you may cast back to the historical change of Chinese nation one century ago facing domestic conflicts and foreign oppression from rolled up yellow yarn curtain in the eastern warm pavilion in Yangxin Palace.
However, the real Palace Museum is far more than these.
　　The 80 years old Palace Museum not only preserves the imperial palaces and ancient treasures left from Ming and Qing Dynasties as always, but also greatly enriches its cultural relics and collections by means like allocation by central government, collection in society and acceptance of private donations so as to form a precious collections of over 1. 8 million items covering series ancient books and paintings, ancient wares, cultural relics of royal court, classics and archives. When walking in the cultural display room in the Palace Museum or enjoying frequently introduced special cultural relic show, you will further realize the great achievements of industrial arts of Chinese nation completely.
In the new century, the Palace Museum started the ancient building repair work at the largest scale in the history to present precious traditional architectural art while refreshing the ancient Forbidden City.
  Currently, the researchers of the Palace Museum are making in-depth detailed research on the ancient buildings, collected cultural relics, historic and cultural relics of royal court, archives from Ming and Qing Dynasties, classics of Qing court and the course of the Palace Museum in nearly 80 years. A complete “Study of the Imperial Palace” has been established to reveal the profound wisdom of Chinese nation and cultural spirit hidden in the Forbidden Palace.
In past near 10 years, the information –based Palace Museum, with the most advanced digitalized technology and devices, the Palace Museum has established a “Digital Imperial Palace” as glorious as the real Forbidden City in a virtual space. In this way to present the endless cultural resources in the Forbidden City to audiences far away is a remote dream no longer.

 The Palace Museum set an objective “Keeping the Forbidden City intact until it is handed over to the next 600 years” and applied “Peaceful Imperial Palace” project with the State Council to thoroughly eliminate the seven hidden risks of the imperial palace. The application has been approved. A north museum area has been set and Imperial Palace Institute and Imperial Palace Academy have been established to better protect and display the cultural relics here and further extensively communicate and research cultural background of the Imperial Palace. The Palace Museum is erecting the functions of the museum to the largest to struggle for its goal-the first-class museum in the world.
The Palace Museum, with an opener attitude, is inviting your to this once mysterious world and the holy palace of traditional Chinese culture.

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