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The Geographical Association takes you to review "the past and present life of old Beijing"

Published: June 6, 2007 Edit:

w88 casino News Network (Reporter Wang Kebing)6month5日夜7Points40, The Geographical Association is in Ningyuan Building219The classroom held a lecture on the theme of "The Past and Present Life of Old Beijing". coincident6month9On the occasion of China’s National Cultural Heritage Day, the Geographical Association and the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP) brought precious stories of old Beijing to the students of the University of w88 and Economics.

The speaker of this lecture, Hu Xinyu, is the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP) Director, he has been committed to the protection of cultural heritage such as hutongs and courtyard houses in old Beijing for many years. As one of the ancient capitals of six dynasties, Beijing has three thousand years of historical heritage and eight hundred years of cultural infiltration from the ancient capital. In this 60-square-kilometer ancient city, there are more than 800 hutongs. Whether it is economic development or heritage protection, existence or destruction, Director Hu Xinyu's speech gave the answer. Director Hu Xinyu narrated Beijing's long history, combined with the unique structure of Beijing's imperial city and dozens of detailed and vivid pictures, and introduced Beijing's old city walls, old archways, old streets, old alleys and old houses to the students present. Concerns about the current status of cultural heritage protection in Beijing were everywhere revealed in his speech. At the end of his speech, he called on the students to join the cultural heritage activities of old Beijing and protect old Beijing together.

Later, friends from the United StatesBrandon Webb, asCHPThe international volunteer representative of the center shared his story with the hutongs of old Beijing with the students. Currently, he is conducting relevant investigations in the Xianyukou Hutong area of Qianmen. He introduced the past and current situation of Xianyukou Hutong, interspersed with anecdotes about his experiences during the investigation, which was humorous and vivid.

Finally, the representative of the Geographical Association expressed his gratitude to Director Hu Xinyu andWebbWe presented souvenirs to express our gratitude.

After the lecture, the reporter interviewed an audience member. She said that through today's lecture, she not only learned about Beijing's past, but more importantly, it inspired the students' sense of responsibility to protect cultural heritage and protect old Beijing, and she benefited a lot.