Beijingisanancientcitywithalonghistory.Backin3000yearsagoinZhoudynasty,Beijing,whichwascalledJiatthemoment,hadbeennamedcapitalofYan.Thereafter,Liao,Jin,Yuan,MingandQingdynastyallmadeBeijingtheircapital.Therefore,Beijingwasfamousfor"Capitalofathousandyears".
ThelonghistoryleavesBeijingpreciousculturaltreasure.WindingforseveralkilometersinBeijingarea,theGreatWallistheonlyman-madestructurethatcouldbeenseeninthespace.TheSummerPalaceisaclassiccompositionofancientroyalgardens,andtheForbiddenCityisthelargestroyalpalacesintheworld.Tiantaniswheretheemperorusedtofetetheirancestors,andalsothesoulofChineseancientconstructions.ThefoursitesabovehasbeenconfirmedworldculturalheritagebyUNESCO.However,thebestrepresentativesforBeijingarethevanishingHutongsandsquarecourtyards.Throughhundredsofyears,theyhavebecomesymbolofBeijing'slife.Tian'anmensquarebeingstillbrillianttodaywithcloverleafjunctionsandskyscraperseverywhere,theold-timeysceneandmodernculturearecombinedtopresentabrandnewvisageofBeijing.
AsBeijinghasbeenconfirmedhomecityofOlympics2008,thespiritof"greenOlympics,scientificOlympicsandhumanizedOlympic"willsurelybringmoreandmorechangestoBeijing,promotethedevelopmentofsportsandOlympicsinChinaaswellasintheworld,andstrengthenthefriendlycommunicationsbetweenChineseandforeignpeople.