A harmony of old and new

A harmony of old and new

漫步京城，感受新旧融合的魅力

Beijing is a city that straddles the divide between the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums, cramped hutong to imperial palaces, it is home to more than 3, 000 years of captivating history even down to its layout, with the city retaining its carefully structured system of ring roads, first conceived in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), that ripple out from the Forbidden City, which sits proudly in the heart of the vast urban sprawl.

北京这座城市跨越了古典与现代的鸿沟。从寺庙到博物馆、从狭窄的胡同到皇家宫殿，北京承载着3000多年的悠久历史，独具魅力，京城城市布局便是其历史底蕴的缩影。北京环路系统最初构想于明朝(1368-1644)，建构周密、保留至今，紫禁城威严耸立于这座不断扩展的城市中心，而环路系统便是以其为中心向外延展，

But for all its ancient wonders, Beijing is also a place that fully embraces the fast-paced development of modern life, with lofty 21st-century architectural wonders standing side by side with cultural relics of the past.

除了拥有一众名胜古迹之外，北京这座城市也兼容快速发展的现代生活，高耸入云的21世纪建筑奇观与历经沧桑的文化古迹并肩矗立，古典与现代浑然一体。

It's a distinct visual contrast that shouldn't work, yet somehow these two very different worlds manage to complement and even enhance the importance and charm of one another.

古典与现代的碰撞形成强烈的视觉冲击，本应水火不容的二者却在交织缠绕中相得益彰、融为一体，甚至凸显了彼此的重要地位与独特魅力。

Having visited several times over the last 10 years, I became captivated by this juxtaposition of old and new, and how a city could retain such a rich heritage while constantly evolving and embodying modern life. So, when I finally made the move here in early 2020, I jumped at the opportunity to explore as much as I could, and as a keen photographer, I have spent the last two years recording everything I discovered, the people and the places, through my lens.

过去十年我访京数次，京城新旧并存、二者交汇相融，在保留深厚历史文化底蕴的同时不断向前发展、迸发出时代的活力，这让我沉迷不已。因此，在2020年初搬到北京后，我便立刻抓住一切机会探索这座城市，同时作为一名摄影迷，过去两年我用镜头记录了我寻觅到的一切，包括我身边的人和我去过的地方.

I started with the obvious, the Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, the Summer Palace, the Lama Temple, all the locations one would expect to see on a " top 10 places to visit" list.

我的探索之旅始于京城最著名的景点，比如紫禁城、景山公园、颐和园、雍和宫，“北京十大必游景点”榜单上的地方我都去过.