Dec
26
2020
Qianmen 前门
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- Bada Hutong, 2019
- In 2011
- Xiaomai 烧卖, in 1982
In 1950s: A beautiful drawing from the following post on News Sina caught my eyes. The caption reads: A bird’s-eye view of Qianmen (Front Door) in the 1950s, by Zhao Xishan. This article is about the memory of 孔庆普 Kong Qingpu, how old Beijing was demolished.
回忆:我是怎样拆掉北京城墙的
从1368年起,历经明、清两代,北京的城墙基本成型,至民国时期整体布局依然得以保存。新中国成立初期,政府也对旧城进行了考察、修复工作。但自1953年起,风向转变,首都交通改善工程大步向前迈,城墙、城门、牌楼成为