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Beijing Guozijian. Coordinates: 39°56′44″N 116°24′25″E. The glazed paifang at the entrance of the Beijing Guozijian. The Biyong Palace inside the Guozijian. The Emperor's reading room with an imperial throne. A room houses traditional Chinese instruments. The Beijing Guozijian ( traditional Chinese: 北京國子監; simplified Chinese ...
Altar to Chu Văn An, rector of the imperial academy. In Vietnam, a year after the first Confucian examinations established by Lý Nhân Tông (李仁宗), the Guozijian ( Vietnamese: Quốc tử giám, chữ Hán: 國子監) was built in 1076 on the site of the Temple of Literature. [6] It was Vietnam's first university, it lasted from 1076 to ...
The Sui dynasty instituted major reforms, giving the imperial academy a greater administrative role and renaming it the Guozijian (國子監). As the Guozijian, the institution was maintained by successive dynasties until it was finally abolished in 1905 near the end of the Qing dynasty .
The Hanlin Academy in 1744, after a renovation under the Qianlong Emperor The Beijing Hanlin Academy and its library were severely damaged in a fire during the Siege of the International Legations in Peking (now known as Beijing ) in 1900 by the Kansu Braves while fighting against the Eight-Nation Alliance , close to the British Legation as an ...
The Forbidden City ( Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924. The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum.
The Temple of Confucius in Beijing was built in 1302 during the reign of Temür (Emperor Chengzong) of the Yuan dynasty. The compound was enlarged twice, once during the Ming dynasty and again during the Qing dynasty; it now occupies roughly 20,000 square meters (220,000 sq ft). Until the Xinhai Revolution, imperial officials of the Yuan, Ming ...
The city of Beijing has a long and rich history that dates back over 3,000 years. [ 11][ 12] Prior to the unification of China by the First Emperor in 221 BC, Beijing had been for centuries the capital of the ancient states of Ji and Yan. It was a provincial center in the earliest unified empires of China, Qin and Han.
For many people in Beijing, a snowfall means it’s time to bundle up and head out to take photos of a city dotted with traditional architecture from the Ming and Qing dynasties that ruled the ...