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National Stadium (“Bird’s Nest”) is the 2008 Beijing Olympic main stadium. By the 2001 Pritzker Prize winner Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese architect Li Xinggang collaboration such as the giant stadium design, as the life-form “nests”, which is more like a cradle in the hands of a human hope for the future. Designers on the National Stadium did not do any extra processing, but frankly exposed the structure, which naturally formed the appearance of the building.

National Stadium on December 24, 2003 under construction, July 30, 2004 adjustment due to suspension design, the same year on December 27 to resume construction, is expected to be completed in March 2008. The total project cost 2.267 billion yuan.

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Dongyue Temple was first built in the Yuan Yuan the right years ago had 600 years of history, Motosue destroyed in the war, after the expansion by many as being the largest faction in north China Taoist, a concept known as the first in North China.

Magnificent temple has magnificent temples, an area of 96 acres, 600 rooms of various buildings. Miao Menwai have an arch built in the Ming generation of green glass, front engraved with “rank worship Daizong” back to “Emperor Yong Yan Zuo,” allegedly written by the Ming Jian Xiang Yan Song. Enter the temple, east and west sides is the Drum Tower, Bell Tower, the north side are two steles, one for the Qianlong Yu Shu east, the west side is absent monument. Temple has the “capital of small stone tablet,” said, indeed deserved reputation, the temple more than 140 original monument pass, the war several times, is the only remaining two 30-pass. “Daizong palace” as the temple has the main building, Zhu green glazed tile walls, magnificent, hall honors Dongyuetaidi and Empress. A total of more than 3,000 statues of the temple all respect, the figures of various shapes, vivid, and therefore, “temple has statues best in the world,” said.

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Zhongshan Park, formerly known as Sajik altar, located in the northwestern side of Tiananmen Square, the northeast of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Tiananmen Square (now the Cultural Palace of working people) as opposed to the Ming emperor worship God Earth God and the Valley Division. To commemorate Sun Yat-sen, in 1928 renamed Zhongshan Park.

Sajik altar is a square of three-storey units, with marble brick structure, a symbol of “Tianyuandifang”, which paved the altar there in the yellow, East Green, Southern red, white west, north black colored soil, around the short wall also covered by the direction of four-color glazed tile. Altar surrounded by triple walls, white marble walls surrounded by the provision of a door, were “Lingxing Gate.” The middle of a name “altar wall” between the altar wall and the wall, the north gate of prayer and JI, the West bank and God God kitchen, slaughter house in the kiosks. Overall Renovation of prayer at Zhongshan Hall points, altar Southern, Western Forum, the East altar outside the altar North and other construction. Forum of the district south corridor, to defend peace Square, Bai Shulin, South altar door lions, waterside pavilions, four should Xuan, Tang Hua dock, Lanting Pavilion, and eight columns Raymond Pavilion.

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Monument to the People’s Heroes in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, in Tiananmen Square, about 463 m south, 440 meters north-south Zhengyangmen NATO axis. It is stately and majestic, with our unique national style. In Tiananmen Square, with, Zhengyangmen form a harmonious, consistent, complete buildings. Monument total of 37.94 meters, Beizuo divided into two levels, surrounded by white marble railing, four were level, the lower House as Begonia shape, 50.44 m from east to west, north to south and 61.54 m, the upper House was a square pedestal is the size of the two-Xu Mizuo, Part four lower Xu Mizuo waist studded eight huge white marble relief, namely “Humenxiaoyan”, “Jintian uprising”, “Wuchang Uprising,” “Fourth Movement”, “Divergence”, “Nanchang Uprising,” “anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare, “” Victory Crossing the Yangtze River “is the theme of” victory crossing the Yangtze River “in relief on both sides, and another two in order to” support the front line “,” Welcome to People’s Liberation Army “as the title of the decorative relief. Relief of 2 meters, total length of 40.68 meters, more than 170 carved figures, lively and general demonstration of the great Chinese people’s revolution over the past century historical facts.

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Andingmen Beijing Confucius Temple is located within the Imperial Academy Street, is the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties worship place of Confucius, the Confucius Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty in Dade Door (1302), has been 600 years of history, covering 20,000 square meters , a compound of 198 yuan, Ming and Qing Shi on the Stone of three generations, there are 14 hospital Ming and Qing dynasties Beiting.
There are also 13 by the stone, is the Kangxi reign, JIANG Heng handwritten tribute Jintan, Jiangsu, lasted 12 years, 63 million words, 189 monument, together with “university” Monument to a total of 190, the original stand in the Imperial Academy 6, 1956, were transported to this, the original prepared to go back into the Imperial Academy, later changed due to Imperial Capital Library, the monument stand here.

Liao furnace, also known as “burn house” or “burning furnace.” Is when the burning wish, as the version of Confucius, Sibo, tribute and other places.
Ancient sage of the gods that lies in God, the sacrificial materials can be burned up to heaven, as saints are shared, so each ceremony for Confucius line Libi, by the ritual sacrifice sent officials to burn incineration furnace, the emperor or deacon officials still have to see, in case someone steals a tribute, this so-called “free burn” “hope Liao.” Therefore, those who set up the Confucius Temple will burn furnace.