What comes to your mind when you think of Beijing? The Forbidden City? Tian’anmen Square? The Temple of Heaven?

说到北京，你的脑海中会浮现什么？故宫？天安门广场？还是天坛？

These famous landmarks (地标) are all located along the central axis (中轴线). As the best-preserved (保存最完好的) core area of the old city of Beijing, the central axis is now under consideration for UNESCO’s World Heritage status.

这些著名的地标性建筑都位于北京中轴线上！作为北京旧城中保存最完好的核心区，北京中轴线申遗一直备受关注。

The central axis refers to (指) the “line” that separates the eastern and western parts of Beijing. At 7.8 kilometers long, it runs from Yongding Gate in the south to the Bell Tower and Drum Tower in the north. Its building started in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and continued during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
北京的中轴线南起永定门，北至钟鼓楼，全长7.8公里。串起北京城的众多地标建筑和人文景观。

National Aquatics Center  国家游泳中心

National Stadium  国家体育场

Bell Tower 钟楼

Drum Tower 鼓楼

Jingshan Park 景山公园

Forbidden City 故宫

Altar of the Land and Grain 社稷坛

Tian’anmen Square complex 天安门广场建筑群

Imperial Ancestral Temple 太庙

Zhengyang Gate, known as Qianmen 正阳门(前门)

Temple of Agriculture 先农坛

Yongding Gate 永定门

Temple of Heaven 天坛

Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大兴国际机场