The top ten buildings at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China (1959) were: the Great Hall of the People, the Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution (the two museums are in the same building, which is now the National Museum of China), the Revolutionary Military Museum of the People's Republic of China, the Palace of National Culture, the Nationalities Hotel, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the Overseas Chinese Mansion (which had been dismantled, but has now been rebuilt), the Beijing Train Station, the National Agricultural Exhibition Center, and the Beijing Workers' Stadium.
1, the Great Hall of the People
October 1958 construction, completed in September 1959, the 10th anniversary of the founding of the capital, one of the top ten buildings. Located in Beijing, China, west of Tiananmen Square, south of West Chang'an Street. The Great Hall of the People sitting west to east, 336 meters long north-south, 206 meters wide east-west, 46.5 meters high, covers an area of 150,000 square meters, building area of 171,800 square meters.
2, the Museum of Chinese History and the Chinese Revolutionary Museum
National museums, the main task is to collect the country's important historical artifacts, showing China's long and splendid history and civilization, while conducting archaeology and research on Chinese historical artifacts, and the use of cultural relics to carry out social education work.
3, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution
Located in Beijing, west of Tiananmen Square on the extension of Chang'an Street, was built in 1959, is to the 10th anniversary of the National Day of the capital of one of the top ten buildings. March 12, 1959, by the approval of the *** Central Military Commission, the name of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum.
4, National Culture Palace
Located on the west side of Chang'an Street in Beijing, built in September 1959, is the Chinese people *** and the country's 10th anniversary of the founding of the capital of Beijing, one of the famous ten buildings. Its establishment reflects the ethnic policy of the Party and the State, and is a symbol of equality, unity, progress and prosperity of China's 56 fraternal nationalities.
5, Nationality Hotel
One of the top ten buildings in the capital city after the tenth anniversary of the founding of the country. Four-star international high-grade business hotel. Located on the north side of Fuxingmennei Street in Xicheng District, Beijing. Building area of nearly 50,000 square meters. With Chinese restaurant, Chaozhou restaurant, seafood hot pot restaurant, coffee shop, western restaurant and Turkish barbecue restaurant.
6, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse
Located on the east side of Yuyuantan in Haidian District, Beijing, China, it is an ancient royal garden and modern state guesthouse complex. Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is an important place for Chinese leaders to conduct foreign affairs activities, and it is also a super-star hotel for the country to receive heads of state and important guests.
7, Overseas Chinese Mansion
Built under the initiative of Chen Jiageng, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader, it is located in Wang Wangfujing Street, Beijing. It was demolished and has been rebuilt.
8, Beijing Railway Station
Beijing Railway Bureau, one of the first national railroad hubs. Located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, within the Second Ring Road, west of Jianguomen and Dongbianmen, Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen, the former inner city of Beijing north of the city wall, south of East Chang'an Street. It is under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Railway Bureau, and is a special class station directly under it.
9, the National Agricultural Exhibition Center
The tenth anniversary of the founding of the capital, one of the top ten buildings, its location, scale, layout and style were personally examined by Premier Zhou Enlai. 1959 after the official completion of the first large-scale national exhibition after the founding of the country - the tenth anniversary of the founding of the National Agricultural Achievements Exhibition, the exhibition of the capital nearly 40 years of history.
10, Beijing Workers Stadium
Located in Chaoyang District, Beijing Workers Stadium North Road, adjacent to the Workers Stadium and the old and new embassy areas, is the home of the Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan. August 31, 1959, Workers Stadium by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to invest in the construction of the largest comprehensive stadium in Beijing, covering an area of 35 hectares, a building area of more than 80,000 square meters. It is one of the largest comprehensive stadiums in Beijing. It includes 3 groups of building complexes: Beijing Workers' Stadium, Workers' Gymnasium and Swimming Pool.
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