Jīntiān de Běijīng jiù jiàn zài Zhōngdū jiùzhǐ shàng.
Today's Beijing is built on the old site of Zhongdu.
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history
金朝 (Jin Dynasty) moved its capital here from Huining in 1153 and renamed it Zhongdu ('Middle Capital'). When the Mongols took it in 1215 they leveled most of it; Kublai Khan later built 大都 (Dadu) northeast of the ruins, which became Beijing.
memory
中 (middle) + 都 (capital) = 'Middle Capital', one of several historical '都' names for Beijing alongside 大都, 北京, 京师.
