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Beijing
is the capital of China and a fascinating mixture of the old and new.
北京，中国的首都，是一座迷人的，古老而现代的城市。
Beijing one of
the few inland capitals of the world not built on a major river, it
owes its long pre-eminence to its strategic geographical position.
作为世界上仅有的几个不坐落在主要河流上的内陆首都城市之一，北京以其卓越的战略地理位置而闻名。
Beijing
first achieved prominence during the Warring States Period(476—221
BC),when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Yan and was called
Ji (meaning “reeds”, because of the marshy nature of the terrain).
公元前476年至公元前221年，战国时期北京成为燕国的首都被称做“蓟”（意思是“芦苇”，由于是一片沼泽地）
The
Mongolian emperor, Kublai Khan, renamed it Dadu (great capital)when
he made it the base for his Yuan Dynasty(1271—1368 AD),but the first
emperor of the succeeding Ming Dynasty moved his court to Nanjing
(Nanking),where it remained until the third emperor returned the royal
seat to Beijing.
蒙古国王忽必烈把北京确立为元朝的首都并重新命名为大都。但到了明朝时期，第一任皇帝把皇宫迁至南京，直至第三任皇帝又重新把它迁回北京。
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