The living environment of ancient and modern city of Beijing culture and psychological impact of Peking Man

Beijing from the establishment to the present day has been 850 years of history. As a non-professional students, particularly liberal arts students, in exploring the city’s residents when the environment is difficult to ignore the changes in Beijing’s ancient and modern. Next, I will be based on my one semester learning to master the material, select several aspects of the Qing Dynasty and today is in a state of preparing for the Olympic Games in Beijing comparison of urban living environment, and simply pointed out that this living cultural environment on the Beijinger the psychological impact.
First, the living environment of Beijing during the Qing Dynasty
1, the central axis of Beijing
To learn more about Beijing’s living environment, but also the overall layout of the city from Beijing to see from the beginning. Beijing is China’s Yuan, Ming and Qing three generations of the capital, from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty started building the development of a solid. Beijing has been the Qing Dynasty was the highest attainments of Chinese architecture city. At that time she was most able to represent the highest level of urban construction in China, but also the most concentrated manifestation of the Chinese building technology and architectural culture.
Beijing is China’s traditional culture representatives. Beijing has a length of 7.8 kilometers north-south axis, the symmetry of the things that the city is divided into two areas. This axis starting from from Yongdingmen via Zhengyang, Tiananmen Square, Hall of Supreme Harmony, Jingshan and finally to the Bell and Drum Tower. This line runs through the outer city of Beijing, Inner City, Imperial City. The idea of this symmetry, it was in ancient China moderation, harmony and a true portrayal of symmetrical thinking. Embodied in the axis of the inner implication, to a certain extent, on the Peking Man had an impact, so that the lives of Beijingers orderly, precise and introverted. Beijingers are such a physical frame of reference under the influence of the acceptance of the Doctrine of the Mean natural essence of the idea of this tradition. Modern literary works, many of the performance of the Peking Man Doctrine of the Mean indifferent, passive inaction to his principles, in fact, to a large extent, that is, by the impact of urban layout, ease to calm difficult people to work hard.
2, Beijing district
The old city of Beijing, there are strict partition. To this end, there is a formulation, called “The Imperial City in 9 7 4 outside.” Refers to the outside of the old Beijing City, there are seven gates, there are nine inner city, there are four Imperial City. These three parts were further divided into east, west, south, north, in the five administrative regions. Qing Dynasty hierarchy trees, and ethnic discrimination policy is also more serious, the Qing dynasty of the Han people are only allowed to live outside the city. The Eight Banners in the inner city is the soldiers and their families live, the Imperial City is the place of residence of the royal family members enjoy.
Place of residence of the strict class distinctions, but also the residents of Beijing had no small impact. For residents who live in the city, including their innate sense of superiority on the ground can be reflected in the residence. They will just carry the rise, it is possible to see the golden roof of the Imperial City. They inhabited the periphery of a conquered nation, and they are entitled to the privilege of birth. Great masters of modern literature, Yu Da-fu, Lao She, etc. have in his prose works, there is no reason mentioned Beijingers sense of superiority, in fact, that is, after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, “Eight Banners soldiers”-style psychological portrayal.
Precise layout of the city of Beijing has also increased the Beijinger the concept of a homebody. The whole city is the royal family, officials, a collection of the common people to the belief systems. City-district obviously, was almost unchanged, very few houses also changed, which makes the residents of their place of residence had a particularly strong feelings.
3, the main building of Beijing
Old Beijing’s inner city and outer city are plaster and gray tiles body mass smaller buildings. Courtyard houses faces south, from the Yuan Dynasty began to take shape in east-west alley Jie Wei, neat uniform. The plain outside the city and inner city housing than the Imperial Palace tall red walls gold watts even more dazzling. This in itself is ordinary Beijing residents, though not live, but as their living environment, an important component indispensable. How can the Chinese at that time, as well as every day that the city’s residents to see the shiny glare into the roof? Therefore, the natural population in Beijing produced a solemn sense of mission. There are exceptions to almost do not want the layout of the courtyard and the alley, but also allow Beijingers to live in the Son of Heaven himself felt the foot of the special status. Therefore, Beijingers have a geographical sense of superiority. But at the same all day, felt the majesty of Imperial gorgeous atmosphere, back again to see their house, such a contrast has also created a Beijinger comfortable with the idea destiny. It can be said that Beijing’s main building is an important element in the living environment of Beijing, the Peking Man’s psychological impact is twofold.
2, “New Beijing, Great Olympics” and the living environment of Beijing
1, from an overall point of view
Overall, Beijing’s housing situation has undergone great changes, but the change from the founding era began. Capital as a great power, modern international metropolis will naturally be overcrowded. Therefore, Beijing’s high-rise buildings and building density, have been the living environment of the Peking Man had a certain degree of adverse effects. Some cities, heavy industry factories moved out of, but as the economic effects of population growth and the capital increase, private cars increased, air quality has not improved. A variety of population explosion the scarcity of resources. But there are good aspects, Beijing transport facilities, transport a variety of ways. Higher level of urban development, living conditions were better. Living in cities are from all over the world people of all nations, foreign exchange facilities. These are the Olympic Games Beijing’s climate, the impact on the living environment. At the same time, such changes also changed the pace of life and the life of Peking Man concept, Beijingers psychology has had a diverse, urban community-based and other new features.
2, individual buildings and their reflection of the Olympic Games of Beijing residents new features of heart
To “Bird’s Nest” for example, people in this building is full of infinite love. It is actually quite simple, it is because the building is not only beautiful shape foreign flavor, but also to combine the Chinese traditional culture. This building is indeed endearing, but we are seeing from a lot of other things.
There were three entries for the 2008 Beijing Olympic main venue, the final decision is also a considerable part of Beijing people’s wishes. This reflects the new era of building Beijing residents aesthetic direction, people have a strong modern Western novel construction special love. However, changes in the traditional aesthetics at the same time, there are people also want to reflect the Chinese characteristics. But such traditional cultural characteristics have been a bubble, it can be said to be symbolic of. People like or Western-style shell, but it must be combined in such a case the above mark, to prove that the elements of the Chinese people inside. I personally think that such a tag added meaningless. Because the symbolic can not be deeply rooted among the things themselves, but also the hearts of our international friends will not leave behind a deep impression. Foreigners, especially Westerners pay more attention to external form, rather than a symbolic meaning. With the continuous development and progress of society, the gradual integration with the world Beijing, Beijing residents have been nothing wrong with the concept of change. But we still have to clear is the symbolic or the bubble does not make nostalgia like the old Beijing Peking Man regain the connotation.