美国城市建筑学家刘易斯·芒福德有句名言:“城市是文化的容器”。北京,作为中国的首都,便是一个活的标本,一个令人读之不尽、百感交集的“文化的容器”。她不仅在体制文化的塑造下,而且在各种不同文化的冲突和张力中,形成今天的面貌和品性。 Lewis Maufde, the American urban architect, has a famous saying: “The city is a container of culture.” Beijing, as the capital of China, is a living specimen, an inextricably linked cultural container. She has shaped the face and character of today not only in the institutional culture but also in the conflicts and strains of different cultures.