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Yongding tower

Time: 2022-01-30 00:17:30 Author: ChinaWiki.net

Yongding tower

Yongding tower is located on the Bank of Yongding River in the west of Beijing, with a height of 69.7 meters and a concrete frame supplemented by a wooden structure. Officially started in August 2011, it is an octagonal nine story structure, which is the landmark theme building of Beijing Garden Expo. It is located on Yingshan mountain, with a construction area of about 8000 square meters. Its appearance is a nine story octagonal wooden tower in the style of Liao and Jin Dynasties. After completion, visitors can climb to the top of the tower to have a panoramic view of the Expo. At the end of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo, it will be the Yongdinghe historical and cultural museum. At about 14:45 p.m. on April 8, 2013, Yongding tower (9 floors under construction and above ground) caught fire. By 19:15 p.m., the fire had been put out. There were no casualties at the scene.

Basic introduction

Yongding tower is the landmark building of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo. It is located on the Yingshan mountain. The height of the tower is 69.7 meters, and the building is very beautiful

A fire broke out in Yongding tower, a landmark building under construction in Beijing Garden Expo

Covering an area of about 8000 square meters, it looks like a nine story octagonal wooden tower in the style of Liao and Jin Dynasties. After completion, visitors can climb to the top of the tower to have a panoramic view of the Expo. At the end of the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo, it will be the Yongdinghe historical and cultural museum.

Address: No.15 shooting range road, Fengtai District, Beijing

Postal Code: 100072

 

Moral introduction

This group of figures in Yongding tower is composed of "four, eight and nine", which is consistent with the implied meaning of figures in Chinese traditional culture. "Nine" is the largest number in ancient Chinese culture, which represents the endless and ultimate; in addition, the homophony of "Nine" is the same as "jiu"; it implies the long-term stability of the great motherland in all directions.

 

In ancient China, there was a tradition of building towers by the river. Yongding River is the mother river of Beijing. After flowing out from the western mountainous area, it meets the obstruction of Yingshan mountain and flows along the eastern foot of Yingshan mountain to the southeast plain. Building Yongding pagoda on Yingshan mountain means Yongding Anlan.

 

Architectural features

The building area of Yongding tower group is about 17000 square meters. The tower body is a reinforced concrete structure with a height of 69.7 meters. The height from underground palace to Tasha is 98 meters, and the base diameter is 42 meters.

As a sightseeing tower, Yongding tower is a loft style building, each floor has a 360 degree viewing balcony, and each floor can accommodate 100 people to visit at the same time. In order to facilitate tourists up and down, the tower also installed three elevators. Standing on the tower, you can have a close view of the whole Expo Garden and a long view of the whole city of Beijing.

Around the Yongding tower, there are two buildings, Yongding Pavilion and Wenyuan Pavilion. The Yongding tower and Lianshi lake and Yuanbo lake, which are close to the East, form a landscape picture of lake light tower shadow and lake mountain structure.

 

Fire incident

At about 14:45 on April 8, 2013, a fire broke out at the construction site of Garden Expo Park in Fengtai District, Beijing. The landmark building Yongding tower (9 floors under construction and above ground) was on fire. By 19:00, the fire spread to the sixth floor of the tower. Due to the inconvenient traffic, insufficient spray height of fire water gun and strong wind, it is difficult to put out the fire. As of 19:15, the fire had been put out, official sources said. There were no casualties at the scene.

The fire broke out at Yongding tower (under construction) at the construction site of Yuanbo garden. The tower has nine floors on the ground. At about 17:20, the fire reached the lower eaves of the sixth floor of Yongding tower, 30 or 40 meters from the ground. Through the thick smoke, it can be seen that the doors and windows from the second floor to the fourth floor of the tower have been burned.

 

After the fire, the tower was basically in good condition, only the southeast side was seriously damaged. From the base to the fifth floor of the tower, it was completely burnt black. Under the base of the tower, some building wood is turned into charcoal.

Address: No.15 shooting range road, Beijing Yuanbo Park

Longitude: 116.17031

Latitude: 39.87593

Tel: 010-63915561

Yongding tower


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