Beijing is the capital of the People’s Republic of China. It is the world’s most populous capital city, within an administrative area of 16,410.5 km2. It is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China.
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| Beijing in the early 1980s |
Beijing is a global city, and one of the world's leading centers for culture, diplomacy and politics, business and economics, education, language, and science and technology. A megacity, Beijing is the second-largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's cultural, educational, and political center.
Combining both modern and traditional architecture, Beijing is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a rich history dating back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for most of the past eight centuries, and was the largest city in the world by population for much of the second millennium AD.
The city is also renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates. It has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites—the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal—all of which are tourist locations.
These fascinating photos were captured by kattebelletje that show everyday life of Beijing in 1983 and 1984.
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| “Children go to the streets and require adults to lead” |
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| “Spitting is not hygienic” |
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| “Striving towards no more than 1.2 billion people in 2000” |
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| “Traffic safety concerns every household’s happiness" |
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| Applying cement |
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| Army truck. Walking from the Beijing Hotel to the Forbidden City, along the Avenue of Eternal Peace |
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| Beijing airport parking |
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| Beijing Hotel |
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| Beijing street scenes |
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| Beijing street scenes |
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| Beijing street scenes |
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| Beijing traffic |
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| Beijing traffic |
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| Beiwei street |
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| Boats at Beihai Park |
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| Chang'an Avenue |
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| Child with stone lion, Beihai Park |
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| Children, Beijing |
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| Chiseling out a stone pillar by hand |
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| Dusk in Beijing |
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| Famous Lantian department store for clothes, Wangfujing |
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| From Forbidden city to Beijing Hotel |
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| Fruit stall selling pears |
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| Fruit vendors near dam, probably the dam on the trip to the Ming tombs and Great Wall at Badaling |
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| Little girl and her mother |
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| Hard sleeper to Xi'an |
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| Hawkers on Chang'an Avenue |
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| Ice cream vendor |
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| In full swing, Beihai Park |
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| Institute for Iron and Steel |
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| Juinensche Courant |
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| Lantian, Wangfujing |
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| Market stall |
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| Near Beijing Hotel |
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| Old lady, Beihai Park |
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| Old man reading |
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| One of the first fast food joints in Beijing, with some brand like Donald Duck |
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| One of the first fast food joints in Beijing, with some brand like Donald Duck |
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| Outside Beijing Hotel |
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| Picking good fruit |
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| Plastering a wall |
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| Population control- restrain within 1.2 billion |
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| Posing for the picture |
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| Propaganda boards in Beijing |
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| Proud mother with twins |
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| Pushing the bicycle |
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| Qianmen |
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| Roundabout, Tiantan Park |
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| Selling stuff to tourists |
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| Sticking coins to the Echo Wall |
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| The girl touches her hair when looking at the haircut models |
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| The great children's seat on the bicycle |
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| The Sacred Way of Beijing Ming Tombs |
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| Tian'anmen and passers-by |
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| Tian'anmen |
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| Toy store in Beijing |
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| Twins in a stroller |
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| Typical cars on Chang'an Avenue |
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| Woman at the bicyle storage |
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| Young pioneers |
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