REVISITING A KEY JUNCTION

Visiting an ongoing exhibition at the Capital Museum is like reading a book about eastern Beijing's Tongzhou. It tells of the area's early glory and how it was rejuvenated thanks to a canal. Wang Kaihao reports.

The title of an ongoing exhibition in Beijing has four Chinese characters - Ji Fu Tong Hui (a key junction on the outskirts of the capital city) - which are an apt description of Tongzhou, a district in the eastern part of the capital.

Visiting the exhibition - comprising 169 displays - at the Capital Museum in Beijing is like opening a book about Tongzhou. It tells of its early glory and how it was rejuvenated thanks to a canal.