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7. ANCIENT OBSERVATORY(Gu Guan Xiang Tai)
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This ancient observatory seats on a high platform which was used to be
the battlements of a watchtower on the Beijing city walls. An
astronomical observatory was set up around this site in 1279 during the
Yuan Dynasty, and astronomical instruments designed and made by the
famous astronomer, hydraulics engineer and mathematician Guo Shou
Jing and by other astronomers were installed on the top of the
observatory. The observatory and instruments were the most advanced
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Last modified:
July. 6,
2002
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