北京 , běi jīng , Beijing
北京是中国的首都。 , běi jīng shì zhōng guó de shǒu dū , Beijing is the capital of China.
距今60万年-2万年的时间内，北京地区处于旧石器时代，在周口店发现了旧石器时代早期北京直立人、中期新洞人和晚期山顶洞人的典型遗址。北京地区在不晚于1万年前已经开始进入新石器时代。当时该地区人类定居生活固定化，逐渐从山洞中迁徙出来，到平原地区定居。
北京市，通称北京（汉语拼音：Běijīng；邮政式拼音：Peking），简称“京”，是中华人民共和国的首都及直辖市，中国大陆的政治、文化、科技和国际交往中心，是世界人口第三多的城市和人口最多的首都，具有重要的国际影响力。北京位于华北平原的西北边缘，背靠燕山，有永定河流经老城西南，毗邻天津市、河北省，为京津冀城市群的重要组成部分。
北京是中国古都，是拥有三千余年建城历史、八百六十余年建都史的历史文化名城，有辽、金、元、明、清五个朝代在此定都。北京荟萃了自元明清以来的近世中华文化，拥有众多历史名胜古迹和人文景观，拥有7项世界遗产，是世界上拥有文化遗产项目数最多的城市。北京古迹众多，著名的有紫禁城、天坛、颐和园、圆明园、北海公园等；胡同和四合院作为北京老城的典型民居形式，已经是北京历史重要的文化符号。北京是中国重要的旅游城镇，《米其林旅游指南》评为“三星级旅游推荐”（最高级别）。
In the period between 600,000 and 20,000 years ago, the Beijing area was in the Paleolithic period. Typical sites of the Peking Homo erectus in the early Paleolithic period, the Xindongmen in the middle and the late Shanding cavemen were discovered in Zhoukoudian. The Beijing area entered the Neolithic Age no later than 10,000 years ago. At that time, the human settlement life in this area was fixed and gradually migrated out of the caves to settle in the plains.
Beijing, commonly known as Beijing (Chinese pinyin: Běijīng; postal pinyin: Peking), abbreviated as “京”, is the capital and municipality of the People’s Republic of China, and the political, cultural, technological and international exchange center of mainland China, and the third most populous in the world Many cities and the most populous capital have important international influence. Beijing is located on the northwestern edge of the North China Plain, backed by Yanshan Mountain, with Yongding River flowing southwest of the old city, adjacent to Tianjin City and Hebei Province, and is an important part of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration.
Beijing is the ancient capital of China. It is a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 3,000 years and a history of more than 860 years. Five dynasties of Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing have established their capitals here. Beijing has gathered the modern Chinese culture since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, has many historical sites and cultural landscapes, and has 7 world heritage sites. It is the city with the largest number of cultural heritage projects in the world. There are many historic sites in Beijing, such as the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, Beihai Park, etc.; Hutongs and Siheyuan, as typical residential forms in Beijing’s old city, are already important cultural symbols in the history of Beijing. Beijing is an important tourist town in China, and the “Michelin Travel Guide” rated it as a “three-star travel recommendation” (the highest level).