Beijing on water

Like many of the world’s river cities, the Chinese capital has in recent years invested significant resources in making its waterways accessible to the public. Denmark can claim a small share of the credit for this development, as it was not least the City of Copenhagen that highlighted the potential of focusing on its harbour basins in 2018, when the Danish capital was the official Guest City at Beijing Design Week. Seven years later, Beijing’s waterways were the subject of the exhibition “Beijing on Water” at our cultural centre. Drawing on the beautiful photographs of art historian Osvald Sirén and the pedagogical illustrations of architect Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Beijing on Water showed how canals, rivers, and lakes formed the city’s lifeblood a hundred years ago.

Partners

Östasiatiska Museum, Beijing Postcards, Royal Swedish Embassy, K & B China.