Chang'an Avenue
Chang'an Avenue (simplified Chinese: 长安街; traditional Chinese: 長安街; pinyin: Cháng'ān Jiē), literally "Eternal Peace Street", is a major thoroughfare in Beijing, China.
Chang'an (simplified Chinese: 长安; traditional Chinese: 長安; pinyin: Cháng'ān) is also the old name for Xi'an which was the capital of China during the Western Han dynasty, the Tang dynasty and other periods. The Avenue has also been referred to as the Shili Changjie (simplified Chinese: 十里长街; traditional Chinese: 十里長街; pinyin: Shílǐ Chǎngjiē), meaning the Ten Li Long Street, China's No. 1 Avenue and No. 1 Avenue of the Divine Land.[1][2] "Chang'an Avenue" is often used as a synecdoche for the government in Beijing, akin to using "the Beltway" to refer to the American federal government.[3]
Chang'an Avenue starts from Dongdan in the east and ends at Xidan in the west. Tiananmen and Tiananmen Square are located at the north and south of the center of the Avenue, respectively. The Avenue consists of two parts, West Chang'an Avenue and East Chang'an Avenue. The extension line extends east–west with Tiananmen Square as the center, extends westward to Shougang area, Yongding River and Western Hills, and extends eastward to Beijing City Sub-center, Grand Canal and Chaobai River.[4] The core area of Chang'an Avenue and its extension is between Guomao Bridge of East Third Ring Road and Xinxing Bridge of West Third Ring Road (including Tiananmen area).[4]
History
The East and West Chang'an Streets were built as part of the
In 2009 the road was widened to 10 lanes, as part of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.[5]
Significance
Chang'an Avenue is the road directly before
Located along Chang'an Avenue and near
Because of its sensitive location, special regulations apply to Chang'an Avenue. For example, trucks and freight vehicles are banned day and night,[7] and no commercial advertising is allowed on the street.[8]
Sections
Note: This article considers Chang'an Avenue as the major through road from the W. 5th Ring Road through to the E. 5th Ring Road, which defines larger urban Beijing.
- Fuxing Road
- Fuxingmen Outer Street
- Fuxingmen Inner Street
- West Chang'an Avenue
- East Chang'an Avenue
- Jianguomen Inner Street
- Jianguomen Outer Street
- Jianguo Road
- Jingtong Expressway
- Tongyan Expressway
See also
References
- ^ 王天淇 (7 November 2020). "长安街沿线环境景观新规施行 建筑应保持原有色调风格". 北京日报. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ 张芽芽 (4 August 2008). ""神州第一街"：长安街" (in Simplified Chinese). 新华网. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
- ^ 胡佳恒、郑东阳 (2009–1), 中国第一政治地标"大修" (in Simplified Chinese), 凤凰周刊
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b 北京市人民政府办公厅 (5 September 2020). (in Chinese). 北京市 – via Wikisource.
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Xinhua. 25 August 2009.
- ^ Welch, Patricia Bjaaland (2008). Chinese art: a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Tuttle Publishing. p. 270.
- ^ The Current Major Traffic Management Measures of Urban Roads Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Beijing Traffic Management Bureau. 15 May 2009.
- ^ Beijing Bans Commercial Ads on Tian'anmen Square, Chang'an Avenue. Xinhua. March 27, 2006
External links
Media related to Chang'an Avenue at Wikimedia Commons
