Referredtoas"Beijing,BeijingisthecapitalofChina,thecountry'spoliticalandculturalcenterandinternationalcommunicationhub,isalsoafamoushistoricalandculturalcity,filledwiththegasoftheemperor,andhonor.Asearlyas700000yearsago,intheBeijingchoukoutionareatheprimitivecommunity"Pekingperson".Beijing'sfirstrecordednameis"ji"(thistle).In1045BC,becomethethistle,thecapitalofyanducalstates.From221BC,qinshihuangunifiedChinato937AD,BeijinghasalwaysbeenatowninthenorthofChinaandthecapitalcityofthelocalauthority.InA.D.938,theruleofliaoninginthenorthofChinainBeijing(calledyanjing)forcapital;Later,jin,yuan,Mingandqingtoeverygenerationinthecapital,morethan650yearsbeforeandafter.
OnOctober1,1949ofthefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,BeijingasthecapitalofnewChina.Hereistheworld'slargest,aross,heavilyguardedpalacesoftheForbiddenCity,showsthetoleranceoftheSummerPalaceroyalgardens,templeofheavenworshiptemple,imperialgardensinthenorthsea,badalingandmutianyu,simataiGreatWallandtheworld'slargestcourtyardrespectfulwangfuandotherplacesofinterest.Allappearingmoremagnanimousesvigour.Asaculturalancientcapital,thousandsofyears,precipitatedtherichhistoryandculturehere,nottomentiontheroyalarchitecturalstyleiselegant,theobjectsinthealleyalone,abrickinthecourtyard,thesummerinamoment,hadtoldusthatit'slong.Thatthepastresidenceofcelebritiesallthesectionsofvigoroushistoricalstories,thatthesesites,allinrecountingadeep-rootedhistoricalevents.
Butallthisdidnotpreventitandthecohesionandblendingofthemodernization,broadchanganavenuetraffic,crisscrossroadoverpass,thewangfujingwalkingstreetflashingneon,sanlitunbarstreetdue,brightlights,swayingthecolourofprofusion,with"China'ssiliconvalley,"saidthenoisyzhongguancun,becamethecapitalistheprideofthepeople.DevelopmentofBeijingismovingtowardamorebrillianttomorrowraninto.