My trip to Fengtai District in Beijing
I started from home at 11:00am this morning for an inspection tour of Fengtai District Beijing. My first stop ws Beijing Dabaotai Xi Han Dynasty Tomb Museum, just a few steps south of World Park. To get there, you first drive along Jing-Kai Expressway, then you blend into the 4th Ring Road. Aftwards, you go out of the main raon road and turn into the side road and then turn left and drive on the Fengbao Road. The Museum is open daily and free of charge. Today is Sunday. But I didn't expect the crowd. The museum looks a little run down, old and shabby from the outside. The artifacts on the show are from the two tombs of Tomb of Liu Jian Liu Jian ( 73 B.C. to 45 B.C.), a king of Guangyang prefecture during West Han Dynasty and his wife' tomb about 2000 years ago. The two tombs were discovered in the place of the underground palace . Tomb No.01 is Liujian's; Tomb No.02 is his wife' tomb. There are manily two exhibition Halls in the Museum. One is above the ground; the other is underground. a replica of the original underground Tombs. It is not a big museum. This museum is City-level heritage under the protection of Beijing Government. Afterwards, I then drove to Beijing Liao Jin City Wall Museum. The Museum is located somewhere between South Second Ring and South Third Ring in the southewest of Beijing. The Musem gives me a little surprise. It is a national level museum under the control of the central government of China. The museum houses the an ancient watergate during Great Jin Empire which confronted Sothern Song Dynasty for about 100 years. So about 850 years ago Beijing was the middle capital ( Zhongdu ) of Jin Empire for about 100 years. The musem is built on the ruins of the watergate of the southern city wall of Zhongdu. Now the museum comprises two exhibitions halls., namely " the Watergate ruin of Zhangzhou of Great Jin and the history of Zhongdu of Great Jin Empire. The ancient ruins and unearthed cultural relics in it offfers us a space for the imagination of life Liao and Jin some eight hundred years ago. I was the only person visiting the musem at that time. The musem is also free to the public. Feb.04, 2007 |
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