Beijing Geography: Wang Xie Gate

Author: Xinjing News
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Features: In the vast flow of time, Xinjing News is fortunate to be a representative of advanced culture. On one side, it is a news flag bearer that upholds responsibility with boundless passion; on the other, it is a knowledgeable hero who is gentle and wise, governing the times with grace. It is also a cultural pioneer who lingers in history and dwells poetically. Xinjing News Series, a collection of the essence of Xinjing News's humanistic spirit. Cultivating the present, harvesting the future. This city presents such an enchanting scroll to you—its millennium-old history can still be felt, and its material remnants remain as useful as ever, though they may have gathered some dust, which is no hindrance to brushing it off. What a grand book this is! In my ten years of exploration, I have only grasped a glimpse of it, yet every step has clearly opened my soul. My heart began to sing in this way, immersed in the long river of history. Wang Jun / Author of "City Chronicle," Scholar of Beijing History In our dreams, Beijing is not only the painted figure in this book but also its reader, critic, and collector—most importantly, it is the great and mysterious author. Lü Yue / Executive Editor of Xinjing News's "Beijing Geography" Series A series of majestic and mysterious, legendary royal residences—Concubine He's Mansion, Gongsuo Mansion, Shizheng Mansion, Jangginqin Mansion, and Hejing Princess Mansion—congeal the essence of Qing Dynasty history, culture, architecture, and the art of life. The grand mansions of once-powerful politicians and wealthy figures are now mostly disintegrating, "struggling to survive." This issue selects the most representative royal residences and wealthy families in Beijing, uncovering their historical and cultural value through journalists' on-site investigations, expert interviews, and folk memories, while focusing on their current preservation status and future fate. Unique photographic perspectives present a dual vision of splendor and desolation.