Beijing’s design reflects more than architecture—it embodies harmony. Bruce Connolly shares how the city’s central axis, flowing through the Forbidden City and Tian’anmen, inspired a deeper sense of calm and understanding.
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00:00I started looking at Beijing, I could see this Chinese character, it's one of the very few
00:06characters I can actually write, Zhong, middle. He's much more of what China is, the middle kingdom,
00:16the middle way, the central axis line of Beijing coming from Zhongguo right down to Yongdingmen,
00:24but the rectangle, I saw this as the Gugong, the line coming right through the middle,
00:32right through the Tiananmen Gate, right down through Monument to People's Heroes, right
00:39through Mao Zedong Mausoleum, right down the Tiananmen. Good grief, this city is built around this,
00:46it's built around the, you know, this rectangle. There, in the middle of this rectangle was where
00:58the emperor's throne was. In the Forbidden City, the word harmony comes up quite a few times.
01:05I realised, watching Chinese people, you rarely saw fights or arguments in the street.
01:14People would calm things down to bring harmony, to keep peace.
01:19If you go into the parks and watch the people doing the Tai Chi,
01:26it's all done in this harmony. I find myself becoming much quieter, more calm.