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

說到北京，你的腦海中會(huì)浮現(xiàn)什么？故宮？天安門廣場(chǎng)？還是天壇？

These famous landmarks (地標(biāo)) are all located along the central axis (中軸線). 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.

這些著名的地標(biāo)性建筑都位于北京中軸線上！作為北京舊城中保存最完好的核心區(qū)，北京中軸線申遺一直備受關(guān)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.
北京的中軸線南起永定門，北至鐘鼓樓，全長(zhǎng)7.8公里。串起北京城的眾多地標(biāo)建筑和人文景觀。

National Aquatics Center  國(guó)家游泳中心

National Stadium  國(guó)家體育場(chǎng)

Bell Tower 鐘樓

Drum Tower 鼓樓

Jingshan Park 景山公園

Forbidden City 故宮

Altar of the Land and Grain 社稷壇

Tian’anmen Square complex 天安門廣場(chǎng)建筑群

Imperial Ancestral Temple 太廟

Zhengyang Gate, known as Qianmen 正陽(yáng)門(前門)

Temple of Agriculture 先農(nóng)壇

Yongding Gate 永定門

Temple of Heaven 天壇

Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)