The Application for the Membership of the World Cultural Heritage and the Cultural Relic Protection of Beijing City's Axis

The Linear Legacy is a new field that recently focused by the World Cultural Heritage.This so-called 'linear' is the form presented by a certain cultural legacy or view,which becomes the combination of the nature and human-architected based legacy.There is one thing to clarify is that Beijing is the city that owns the entire three characteristics,especially the most spectacular Beijing City's Axis.The Beijing City's Axis starts from Yong Ding Gate and reaches the Bell Tower to the north of the city,with a length of 7.86 kilometers which is the longest legacy line of all.As well,along its way,it holds the most historic legacy in the aspect of cultural relics and views.The design and establishment began since the time of building Yuan Dadu City,covering the time of Yuan,Ming,Qing Dynasty,and from Min Guo to the foundation of the People's Republic of China,which has a history of thousands of years and has assembled the most treasonable wisdom of the development of Beijing.It is the most brilliant song in its progress,which is the wits line that formed with the center spirit of Beijing's culture,politics,morality and architecture.As a life line that leads us from today to the ancient times,protecting the Beijing City's Axis is protecting Beijing.