Chairman Mao Memorial Hall 135, 135, 185, 192
Confucius statue 161
Corridor of a Thousand Steps (Imperial Way) 181–2
Gate of Heavenly Peace (documentary) 129
Great Hall of the People 123, 124–5, 134
Mao’s portrait 124–5, 185
‘mirror’ of Di’anmen 182–3
Monument to the People’s Heroes 103, 124, 124–5, 135, 185
pro-democracy occupation (1989) 129, 143–6, 144–5, 153, 185
Red Guard rally 127
refurbishment 132, 192
restricted access, modern-day 159
security and protests, modern-day 186
Ten Great Buildings 123–4, 124
Tiananmen Incident (1976) 136, 142, 185
urban planning changes 119
Zhou Enlai’s funeral 134–5
Tianning temple 36
Tianqiao (Heaven’s Bridge) 106–7, 112
Today literary journal 136, 211 ‘toilet revolution’ (1996) 151
Tongrentang pharmacies 80, 118
Tongzhi emperor 88, 89
tourism
798 Space gallery 207, 208–9, 213, 214, 255
air shelter tunnel network 146
Chinese Town 189–92
Forbidden City 166, 167
modern-day 165–6, 178
Shichahai (Ten Temple Lake) 200
transport system 156
railway stations 107, 123, 123, 151, 186, 192, 197, 199
rickshaw pullers 106, 107, 110
streetcars 106, 110
subway system 133–4, 156, 166–7, 194, 195–9, 198
Tsinghua University 122, 126, 131
UNESCO World Heritage Sites 155
universities 102–3, 105, 122, 126, 131, 141, 153, 236
see also education
Wallace, Brian 213–14
Wang Jiulang, Beijing Besieged by Waste 164, 164
Wang Jun (author) 150, 168
Wang Shifu (playwright) 54
Wang Shuo 142–3, 149, 151
The Operators 148–9
Wang Xizhe, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion 210
Wang Zhen 64, 65
Wangfujing 65, 234
Hotel de Pékin 97
Huang Xiang (poet) Mao critique 136
as Morrison Street 47, 111
night-time food markets 228
Palaeolithic Museum 26
Raffles Beijing Hotel 104
Wanli emperor 69–72, 73
tomb opening 122, 130
Wanning (Lasting Peace) Bridge restoration 155
Wanping 112–13
Museum of War Against Japanese Aggression 243
Warlord Era 102–3, 110
‘Water Cube’ Aquatics Centre 156, 217, 218–19
water supply 200–206
Wei Jingsheng 137, 143
White Dagoba temple
Hortensia Isle 76, 77
Liao dynasty 53
Workers’ Stadium 123, 130, 141, 247, 253
Wu Han, Deputy Mayor 122, 126, 130, 137
Wudaoying Hutong, bars 252
Xianfeng emperor 86, 87, 234–5
Xiao Chuo, Empress Dowager 33
Xiao Ju’er (Little Chrysanthemum) Hutong 172, 173, 176, 177, 178
Xiao Lu, Dialogue 213, 215
Xinjiekou South Street shopping 255
Xiushui Street, clothing stalls 138, 163, 254
Xizhimen (Water Gate) 132, 132, 195–6
Xu Da, General 56
Xuantong emperor see Puyi
Yang Quanren (chef) 227–8
Yanjing, Beijing as 36, 105
Yellow Emperor 29
Yelu Chucai 39, 43, 130
yin and yang, Forbidden City 60–61
Yongdingmen (Eternally Fixed Gate) 155, 183
Yongle (Zhu Di) emperor 56–7, 156
Beijing temple building 57–8
Forbidden City see Forbidden City
Mongolian language ban 63
Yongzheng emperor 80, 195
Lama Temple see Lama Temple
Yuan Dynasty Relics Park 40, 166–7, 202
Yuan Shikai 92, 99–100, 101–2, 185
Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) 22, 80, 81, 245
Artists’ Village 212
destruction 86–7, 87, 234–5
future plans 165, 165
Japanese invasion (1937) 113
Jesuit-designed architecture 83, 83
lake filling for crops 130
patriotic education campaign (1989) 146
poetry and art events 211
Shopping Street 81–4
stones used in construction projects 101, 105, 132
Zhengjue Temple as factory 130
see also Summer Palace
Yugong Yishan (venue) 247
Yung Ho Chang (architect) 222
Zha Jianying (author) 143, 153, 220
Zhang Yuan (film director)
Beijing Bastards 146–50
East Palace, West Palace 150
Zhao, King 30
Zhengtong emperor 64, 65
Zhengyangmen (Dragon’s Vein) 181–6
Arrow Tower 182, 192
Corridor of a Thousand Steps (Imperial Way) start 181–2
dragon symbolism 183–4
Drum Tower, view from 184
and feng shui 183
and Nezha (deity) 53–4, 53, 184–5, 202
Zhihua Temple 64
Zhongdu (Central Capital) 36–8
Zhongnanhai (Central South Lakes) 134, 202
Lake Palaces 68, 92, 100, 111, 121–2, 133
Zhongshan Park 52, 248
Zhou Enlai 131, 134–5
Zhoukoudian 26–8, 27–8, 155, 246
Zhu Di see Yongle
Zicong (monk) 39–42, 55, 183
see also Khanbalik