In the Year of the Dragon, it is said that the place with the most dragons must come to the Forbidden City. The dragon is auspicious and peaceful, and the dragon shadow is found through the ancient and modern times. The formation of the dragon records the convergence process of the development of the ancient Chinese nation, shoulders the awe of the Chinese ancestors for the unknown nature and the expectation of auspiciousness, and finally shapes the dragon totem of the Chinese nation. As the residence of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City is the dragon with the most decoration and the most imposing pattern, which can be called the ancient palace complex with the most dragons, and it is also the culmination of China's ancient civilization of more than 5,000 years. Travel photography of the Chinese New Year
The predecessor of the Forbidden City was the Forbidden City, the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), and a total of 24 emperors lived here in the Ming and Qing dynasties. After Pu Yi's abdication in 1912, the Forbidden City's history as an imperial palace came to an end. In 1914, the Antiquities Exhibition Center was established in the Outer Dynasties area; On October 10, 1925, the Palace Museum in Beijing held a grand opening ceremony in Qianqingmen Square, and sent a telegram to the whole country, announcing the official establishment of the Palace Museum. On the first day of opening, the city was empty of thousands of people, and traffic was jammed. From the Imperial Forbidden City, which is difficult for the world to set foot in, to the Forbidden City, where Emperor Xun temporarily resides.
And then to the Palace Museum, which can be visited by ordinary people, is not just a change in name. It is not only a museum, but also symbolizes the complete end of the feudal imperial system, the complete destruction of the royal authority and dignity, and the concept of democracy and republic is further rooted in the hearts of the people. However, in Beijing, in addition to the Forbidden City, there are actually many scattered and distributed ancient buildings, large and small, full of historical vicissitudes and a sense of time. Among them, only 600 meters away from the Forbidden City, there is a mysterious all-green old building, which is open for free but few people go!
Curious friends may ask, why was this mysterious all-green old building only 600 meters away from the Forbidden City built? What are the hidden secrets? With these questions and curiosity, today we will talk about those things about the former site of the Beiping Library in Beijing. The former site of the Beiping Library is located at No. 7 Wenjin Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, and its predecessor was the Jingshi Library established under the auspices of the Qing School in 1909. The opening of the Jingshi Library is a symbol of the transformation of China's traditional library into a modern library. Unfortunately, due to the fact that "the address is too partial, it is not convenient to come and go."
And the houses are too few and not well furnished. At the same time, it is very humid and heavy, especially inappropriate for the collection of books", and there are few readers after the opening of the library. The task of finding a new site fell on the shoulders of Mr. Lu Xun, who was then the secretary of the Ministry of Education. In October 1913, the Ministry of Education ordered the museum to be closed and a suitable site was found. In June 1915, the former site of Guozijian Nanxue in Fangjia Hutong, Andingmen, was determined to be the new site. After nearly two years of preparation, in January 1917, under the joint witness of Cai Yuanpei, Lu Xun and other Ministry of Education and well-known scholars, the Beijing Normal Library was reopened at the former site of Guozijian Nanxue.
At this time, the collection of books in the Jingshi Library reached 1360,000 copies. In 1929, it merged with the Beihai Library in Beiping, and was still called the "National Beiping Library". In May of the same year, a new museum was built on Wenjin Street. On June 25, 1931, the new building was officially opened to the public. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the library was renamed "Beijing Library", and the National Library, which was later established on the basis of this library, is the largest library in the country. Since 1986, it has been the Rare Books Department of the National Library. The total construction area of the old site of Beiping Library is 11,800 square meters, and the main entrance is three glazed door seats, which are tall and magnificent.
The main building, also known as Wenjin Building, has two floors with a front porch, and a total of one floor in the annex building, which is connected with a flat-roofed corridor. The stacks are at the rear of the main building, and each floor has a basement level. The shape imitates the Qing official-style palace pavilion, the top of the green glazed palace, and the white marble Sumeru seat railing. On May 25, 2006, the former site of Beiping Library was announced by the People's Republic of China as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Since the site of the Beiping Library is not a popular tourist attraction in Beijing, although it is 600 meters away from the very popular and well-known Forbidden City, it is rarely visited for free! Especially for friends who work and live in Beijing and surrounding provinces and cities, if it is said that it is free and open, few people go! What do you want to say about this mysterious all-green old building only 600 meters away from the Forbidden City, you are also welcome to comment and leave a message.