A foreigner’s probe into the cultural connotations and origins of the Central Axis of Beijing.WHEN pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer,and board membe...A foreigner’s probe into the cultural connotations and origins of the Central Axis of Beijing.WHEN pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer,and board member,visited Beijing in 1899.展开更多
When pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer and board member,visited Beijing in 1899,she wrote a 20-page rapturous article about the city’s architecture....When pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer and board member,visited Beijing in 1899,she wrote a 20-page rapturous article about the city’s architecture.What I found curious was its absence throughout of the term Central Axis.It was in 1996 that I first arrived in Beijing from Denmark and discovered a stark difference in what Scidmore and I found most striking about the Beijing cityscape.展开更多
Eliza Scidmore,une journaliste du National Geographie,avait visité Beijing en 1899.Elle n'avait pas tari d’éloges sur 20 pages pour présenter Beijing sous tous les angles.Ce que j'ai trou...Eliza Scidmore,une journaliste du National Geographie,avait visité Beijing en 1899.Elle n'avait pas tari d’éloges sur 20 pages pour présenter Beijing sous tous les angles.Ce que j'ai trouvé curieux,c'est que nulle part elle n’utilisait l’expression《axe central》.展开更多
文摘A foreigner’s probe into the cultural connotations and origins of the Central Axis of Beijing.WHEN pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer,and board member,visited Beijing in 1899.
文摘When pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore,National Geographic’s first official female writer,photographer and board member,visited Beijing in 1899,she wrote a 20-page rapturous article about the city’s architecture.What I found curious was its absence throughout of the term Central Axis.It was in 1996 that I first arrived in Beijing from Denmark and discovered a stark difference in what Scidmore and I found most striking about the Beijing cityscape.
文摘Eliza Scidmore,une journaliste du National Geographie,avait visité Beijing en 1899.Elle n'avait pas tari d’éloges sur 20 pages pour présenter Beijing sous tous les angles.Ce que j'ai trouvé curieux,c'est que nulle part elle n’utilisait l’expression《axe central》.
