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Standing in front of a huge screen, tourists can see a cartoon of Chinese mythical giant bird Kunpeng, which pops up and shows them around major old city buildings located along Beijing's Central Axis, starting in the south and ending in the north of this axis.
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In Beijing, there is a north-south axis known as the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, running through the city. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the 7.8-kilometer central axis serves the function of a "book spine", forming a unique Beijing city pattern of bilateral symmetry and solemnity. It stretches…
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First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north.