简介:<正>OldBeijingconsistedofwalledcitieswithinwalledcities.Thecloseronegottothecentrethemore’forbidden’toordinarypeoplethecitybecame.Itwasbuiltaroundan8kilometrelongaxisstretchingfromGulouinthenorthtoYongdingmeninthesouth.MuchofBeijingatthattimewasnota’people’scity’,insteaditsfunctionwastoserveandprotecttheemperorsandtheimperialcourt.Thatsituationstartedtochangeaf-