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Beijing History
know the brief history of Beijing
- Beijing History introduction cover the period of 690000 years ago till the funding of New China in 1949.
It show you the main developing stage of Beijing, which is helpful to know the city in the past before travelers visiting it.
Introduction
About 690,000 years ago, Peking Man lived at Zhoukoudian, 48 kilometres southwest of Beijing.
In 1045 B. C, a small town appeared southwestern of present city of Beijing. It was named Ji.
During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty(c. 11th century-771 B.C.), the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.) and the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.), Beijing was the capital city of the State of Yan, which was ruled by dukes or princes under the emperor.
From the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.) to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127),Beijing was a major city and also a strategic point in northern China.
When the Qidan (Khitan) people founded the Liao Dynasty (907-1125),they established Beijing, which was then under their occupation and was called Jiuzhou, as the secondary capital under the name of Nanjing (southern capital).
Afterwards, the dynasties of Jin(1115-1234), Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) all chose Beijing as their capital city.
n the early twenties, Beijing became the cradle of China's new democratic revolution. The May Fourth Movement against imperialism and feudalism began here in 1919.
In 1928, the Nanjing-based nationalist government of the Republic of China designated Beijing as the Beiping Special Municipality. In 1930, the municipality was renamed as Beiping City.
On September 27, 1949, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided that the newborn People's Republic of China would base its capital in Beiping and renamed the city as Beijing.
On October Ist, 1949, Chairman Maozedong proclaimed to the whole world the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing.
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Beijing brief history is presented on this page covering Liao Jin Yuan Ming & Qing Dynasty as well as new China.