爱我西城,保护环境(I Love Xicheng, Protect Our Environment)

 

　　        西城是北京城八区之一,北京的城八区一共包括原城内四个区，即东城区（ 今北京城区东北部，原北京内城东半部），西城区（今北京城区西北部，原北京内城西半部）崇文区（今北京城区东南部，原北京外城东半部）和宣武区（今北京城区西南部，原北京外城西半部），和原北京城外的朝阳区，丰 台区，海淀区，石景山区。这八个区构成了今日的北京城。

        在清朝时有”东富西贵南贱北贫”的说法,“东富”可 能是因为当年的东城有很多仓库,存放了大量的物资.。比如如今东城区最有名的景点之一景山公园，明朝的时候就是用来贮藏煤的煤山。“西贵”大概是因为西城原来有太多的王府。谈到“南贱”，是 因为当时驻在南城的人多是汉人，在当时的统治者眼中，汉人的地位是很低的。北贫是因为北城离繁华地带比较远，交通不方便，富人们都渐渐迁移出来，只留下少一部分人留在这里吃老本直到后来逐渐没落。

        如今过去的那种说法已经不在了，各个区都在努力寻求发展，海淀有硅谷中关村，朝 阳有CBD经济中心区，西城有西单商业街、金融街，东城有王府井，其它各区也都互不相让，各具特色。

Xicheng is one of Beijing's eight districts. Beijing's eight districts are comprised of four original inner city districts: Dongcheng (in the northeast – originally the eastern half of the inner city), Xicheng (in the west – originally the western half of the inner city), Chongwen (in the southeast – originally the eastern part of Beijing's outer section), and Xuanwu (in the southwest – originally the western part of Beijing's outer section). The remaining districts, all located in outer Beijing, are: Chaoyang, Fengtai, Haidian, and Shijingshan. These eight districts constitute modern day Beijing City.

In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), there was a saying: "dōng fù xī guì nán jiàn běi pín" (the East and West of Beijing are affluent and pricy; while the North and South are cheap, poor, and impoverished). "Dōng fù," the affluence of the Beijing’s eastern district, may be attributable to the many warehouses used for storing precious and scarce resources, situated in that region during that time. For example, today, one of the most famous spots in Dongcheng is Jingshan Park. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), that area was rich in coal depositories. "Xī guì" (rich west) is derived from the fact that Xicheng used to house many government officials. The reasoning behind "nán jiàn" (lowly or cheap South) is that, at that time, the southern areas of Beijing were populated by the Hàn, a people who were looked down upon by the ruler of the day. The northern part of Beijing was referred to as "běi pín" (impoverished North) mostly because the North, at that time, was so remote and so far from the populated areas of the city with stifled and inconvenient transportation and communication. People who came to live out were mostly wealthy men who were content to sit on their laurels and live out the rest of the days in an unproductive manner.

Nowadays, this saying no longer holds. Each district currently expends great efforts to seek out new development. In Haidian, there is the new Silicon Valley, Zhōngguāncūn; Chaoyang has the CBD (Chaoyang Business District) economic centre; Xicheng has the Xidan commercial and financial streets; Dongcheng has Wangfujing (an upscale shopping and tourist district); and each of the remaining districts, not to be left behind, are establishing their own special characteristics and landmarks.
 

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