The culture created by the earth people has a long history and is brilliant. The cultures of all countries, ethnic groups and regions have their own characteristics and are colorful, and the cultural contents created by all countries, ethnic groups and regions are extremely rich and profound. Here are just some excellent, wonderful and interesting cultural products and works to show and appreciate.
The world's largest palace-the Forbidden City in China.
The Forbidden City, now called the Forbidden City, used to mean the Imperial Palace. It is located in the center of Beijing. Founded in 1406 and completed in 1420, it was built by Ming Chengzu. It is the imperial palace in Ming and Qing Dynasties and the largest palace complex in the world. It is rectangular, covers an area of about 720,000 square meters, and has more than 9,000 houses with a total length of more than 3,400 meters. The wall is 10 meters high and 6 meters wide. The wall is 66 meters long and 8 meters wide. The bottom is 6 meters, and there is a moat with a width of 52 meters and a length of 3800 meters around the city. It is the largest, most magnificent and best-preserved ancient palace and ancient architectural complex in the world today.
The Forbidden City complex has high historical and artistic value, which shows China's outstanding achievements in architectural art more than 500 years ago.
The longest building in the world-the Great Wall of Wan Li, China
The Great Wall of Wan Li is distributed in the vast land in northern and central China. The Great Wall of Ming Dynasty starts from Hushan, Liaoning Province in the east, reaches Jiayuguan, Gansu Province in the west, and passes through Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai provinces 156 counties from east to west, with a total length of 12700. Wan Li Great Wall is a military defense project with the longest construction time and the largest engineering quantity in China and even in the world. The Great Wall of Wan Li embodies the blood, sweat and wisdom of our ancestors and is the symbol and pride of the Chinese nation. The majestic Great Wall of Wan Li is one of the wonders of the world created by the ancient people of China, and it is also a monument in the history of human civilization.
The Great Wall is a complete defense engineering system composed of various fortifications such as city wall, watchtower, Guancheng, Dunbao, Yingcheng, Wei Shuo and Zhencheng beacon tower. Command and control by military command systems at all levels can better prevent intruders and play an important role in protecting the economic and cultural development of the Central Plains.
The Great Wall has great tourism value and historical and cultural significance. Climb the Great Wall and have a good look at it. The Great Wall at the foot of the Great Wall stands on the mountain, winding like a soaring dragon, magnificent; The natural scenery is also unique, and it is beautiful all the time. Now, after careful development and restoration, Shanhaiguan, Juyongguan, Badaling, Simatai, Mutianyu and Jiayuguan have become famous tourist attractions at home and abroad.
Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world.
Burj Dubai, located in the Arabian Peninsula, is the central city of Dubai, the second largest city in the United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2004, completed in 2009 and opened on 20 10. The design of Burj Dubai is to adopt the geometric figure with rich Islamic architectural style-six petals Desert Flower around the lower base. These design schemes present a challenging single structure, and the tower body is connected into a whole by a tubular tower body, which has a strange shape. Burj Dubai is 828 meters high, * * * has 160 floors, and has 56 elevators at a speed of 18 meters per second, making it the fastest and longest elevator in the world. Burj Dubai is not only the tallest building in the world, but also the tallest building in the world, surpassing the original tallest building in the world-the 553-meter-high Toronto TV station in Canada. The completion of the Burj Dubai will make the Middle East become the tallest independent building in the world again.
Ancient Architecture Miracle —— Egyptian pyramid of khufu
In pyramid of khufu, the bottom of the tower was originally 230 meters long, but now it has been shortened to 227 meters due to the limestone falling off the outer layer of the tower. Original tower height146.5m. After years of weathering and corrosion, it has now dropped to 137 meters. The whole pyramid is built on a huge convex rock, covering an area of about 52,900 square meters and a volume of about 260 cubic meters. Amazingly, its four faces face east, south, west and north respectively.
Pyramid of khufu consists of about 230 stones, each weighing 2. The average is 5 tons, and the largest stone even exceeds 15 tons. People can't help asking: How did the Egyptians collect and carry so many stones in the Middle East era when the production tools were still very backward more than 4,000 years ago? So how did each heavy boulder build such a magnificent pyramid? The answer remains a mystery.
The largest cultural and sports building
The largest stadium is Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Maracana Football Stadium/KLOC-0 was completed in August 1948 and/KLOC-0 was completed in June 1950. The official name of this football field is Little Mario Stadium, in memory of the journalist Little Mario who has made great contributions to the construction of the stadium. The oval Maracana football field is 940 meters in circumference and 32 meters in height. /kloc-0.55 million seats, 300 boxes, plus the station, can accommodate more than 200,000 spectators.
The largest outdoor stadium is the Sydney Olympic Stadium in Australia: the main stadium of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the largest outdoor stadium in the history of the Olympic Games. It can accommodate 65,438+065,438+000,000 spectators, and the stadium span is enough for four Boeing 747s to park side by side.
The five major opera houses in the world are: Sydney Opera House, metropolitan opera, vienna state opera, Scala Opera House and Royal Opera House.
(1) Sydney Opera House in Australia is called "the most inspiring building in the world". It looks like a fleet going out to sea and a big white shell standing on the beach, which blends in with the surrounding sea scenery and is poetic, and has become the symbol of Sydney.
(2) The metropolitan opera is a superb art palace, which occupies an important position in the world of opera. It is a modern theater with modern appearance, advanced technology and gorgeous architectural design. The audience hall was decorated with wood and received wonderful musical effects.
(3) vienna state opera is recognized as a world-class opera house. This opera house, which combines Greek and Roman architectural styles, is known as the "soul of Vienna". From the day when 1869 Opera House was built, it was the symbol of the music temple. Mozart's "Magic Flute" premiered, which opened a brilliant curtain. The most famous writers, conductors, actors, singers and dancers are all honored to perform here.
(4) Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy has always been called "Mecca of Opera". The Grand Theatre was officially opened on August 3rd, 1778, named after the Grand Duchess of Milan, Queen Scala. The opera house is luxuriously decorated, with carved beams and painted buildings in the theater, resplendent and magnificent, and the sound effect is extremely outstanding. During World War II, the theater was bombed and the whole performance hall was completely destroyed. After the war, the Italian government allocated huge sums of money to rebuild it according to the highest standards at that time, making it one of the most perfect theaters in the world.
The Royal Opera House was built in London. It is not only luxuriantly decorated, but also has a perfect sound effect. Its predecessor, Covent Garden Theatre, is the most prestigious old opera house in London. Since the premiere of 1732 on February 7th, the theater has been destroyed by fire for three times. From 1858 to the present, apart from the interruption during the two world wars, opera works are staged in a specific "performance season" in London every year. 1892, Covent Garden Theatre won the honorary title of "Royal Opera House". After several renovations, the Royal Opera House has become a modern and fashionable living space.
World-famous library
(1) Library of Congress, built in 1800, with a history of more than 200 years, is located in Washington, D.C., with a total area of 342,000 square meters. It is one of the most important libraries in the world. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in America, an important symbol of American knowledge and democracy, and occupies an important position in American culture. According to the website of the Library of Congress, it has a total collection of 65.438+0.3 billion books, making it a giant in the history of libraries, including 29 million books, 65.438+0.2 million photos and 58 million manuscripts. The total length of library shelves is over 800 kilometers. It has preserved nearly 65,438+0.265,438+0 billion items of various collections, and more than two-thirds of the books are stored in the form of multimedia.
(2) The Alexandria Library in Egypt, built more than 2,200 years ago, took "collecting books from all over the world" as its mission, became a famous library in the early history of mankind, and spread civilization in the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. In 200 1 year, after years of efforts by UNESCO and the Egyptian government, the new library of Alexandria was rebuilt. The completed Alexandria Library is located in the old site of Ptolemy Library, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The main building is a cylinder with a semi-circular dome at the top and a pyramid-shaped conference hall. The ingenious combination of columns, pyramids and domes is natural. The peripheral granite cultural wall is engraved with the words, letters and symbols of the world's oldest 50 languages, including Chinese characters, which shows the conception and creativity of civilization and cultural atmosphere.
③ The Royal Swedish Library is the national library of Sweden, located in Stockholm, Sweden. Built in 1977, it has become a historical milestone in the center of Stockholm, with high architectural level and cultural value. During the period of 1997, the Royal Library completed the expansion and restoration of the old library, and excavated the basement under the building to store more and more books. These bookshelves reach 70 ~ 80 kilometers. At present, the Royal Library has more than 2 million books. The Royal Library is also one of the most important cultural and research institutions in Sweden. Its mission is to preserve Swedish cultural heritage, support and promote Swedish science and research, and promote domestic and international library cooperation.
(4) As a library with rich collections in the world, the British Library was opened to the public in 1998, with an area of 5 1000 square meters and a construction area of over1000 square meters, and can accommodate 1277 readers at the same time. The British Library has 6.5438+0.5 million books and periodicals, 33 million patents, 300,000 manuscripts, 6.5438+0.6 million audio and music, 4 million maps, 8 million stamps, 200,000 photos and 260,000 Indian affairs records. Among them, the Chinese collection in the Oriental Department of the British Library is a very distinctive part, including famous Buddha statues and murals in Dunhuang Grottoes, as well as classic and precious materials of Taoism and Manichaeism. This is a veritable treasure house of overseas sinology research materials.
(5) The French National Library, the oldest national library in Europe, formerly known as the Royal Library, was founded in14th century and opened to the public in 1720. It is the first library in the world to accept contributions from domestic publications. This library inherits the books of the French royal family. After more than 280 years, the library is rich, reaching 6.5438+0.2 million volumes and 350,000 kinds of periodicals, which are only for reading or copying. Self-built digital library is one of the largest free digital libraries in the world. It has collected the precious collections of the library from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century, including more than 86,000 kinds of books and periodicals and 300,000 still images. Digital library provides French cultural products to readers all over the world for free.
(6) The National Library of China is a national central library. It is not only the national collection center, interlibrary loan center and international book exchange center, but also the national research center of bibliography and library science. To perform the duties of collecting, processing, storing, researching, utilizing and disseminating knowledge and information. The National Library of China, formerly known as Shi Jing Library, was approved by the Qing Emperor Xuan Tong on September 9th, 909, and has a history of 100 years. Located in the south bank of Baishiqiao, Haidian District, Beijing, next to Zizhuyuan Park. In 2007, the National Library was completed with a building area of 250,000 square meters, with 19 floors above ground and 3 floors underground, with a building area of 60,000 square meters and a designed collection of 20 million books. The podium buildings are distributed on both sides of the main building and form two large patios with gardens in them, forming a unique landscape with gardens in the building. There are 46 characteristic reading rooms on the 5th floor above ground and 1 floor underground of the Group Building, including 23 open reading rooms, all of which are open reading spaces, with more than 2,700 readers' seats and an average daily reception of 6,000-8,000 readers. After the expansion of the digital library, the National Library has not only collected microforms and audio-visual products, but also collected nearly 100 kinds of CD-ROM databases and more than 8,000 kinds of electronic publications at home and abroad. At present, the National Library of China has become the largest chinese numerals resource pool and the most advanced network service base in China. As a national library, the National Library of China has the richest Chinese literature in the world. Judging from the number of books and librarians, the National Library of China (Beijing Library) is the largest library in Asia, one of the largest national libraries in the world and a world-famous national library.
Beijing Forbidden City
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