Yongding tower fire incident

20 13 On April 8th, a fire broke out in Yongding Tower under construction in the Garden Expo Park in Fengtai District, Beijing. After the fire broke out, the fire station mobilized fire fighting forces to rush to the scene for rescue. The fire was put out at 7: 00 pm15, causing no casualties.

After the fire broke out, the fire department dispatched 56 fire engines and more than 300 fire officers and soldiers rushed to the scene for rescue. Due to the windy weather and low temperature in Beijing on the 8 th, the Yongding Tower, which caught fire, is still under construction, which has caused great obstacles for the fire department to put out the fire. The fire caused great damage to Yongding Tower and surrounding buildings. Most of the east side of Yongding Tower has been burnt into charcoal, and the pavilion on the north side has been dumped.

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Yongding Tower is the landmark main building of the 9th China International Garden Expo. Located on Eagle Mountain, it is 69.7 meters high and has a building area of about 8,000 square meters. Its appearance is an octagonal nine-story wooden tower with Liao and Jin styles. Upon completion, visitors can climb to the top of the tower and have a panoramic view of the Expo. After the 9th China (Beijing) International Garden Expo, it will be the Yongding River Historical and Cultural Museum.

This set of numbers in Yongding Tower consists of "four, eight and nine", which is consistent with the meaning of numbers in China traditional culture. "Nine" is the largest positive number in China ancient culture, representing infinity and ultimate; In addition, the homonym of "nine" is the same as "dragon"; It symbolizes the long-term stability of the great motherland. ?

China has always had a tradition of building towers by the river. Yongding River is the mother river of Beijing. After flowing out of the western mountainous area, it encountered the barrier of Yingshan Mountain and turned to the southeast plain along the foot of Yingshan Mountain. Yongding Tower was built on Eagle Mountain, which means Yongding An Lan.