进入公元1999年,“跨世纪”大约会成为最热门的几个话题之一。其实,公元2000年对于我们来说,不只意味着一个新的世纪的到来,它还意味着一个新的千年的到来。人们把每百年称为一个世纪,还曾把每千年称为一个“千纪”。如此说来,我们在“跨世纪”的同时,也在“跨千纪”。为了迎接新世纪的到来,北京正在中央电视台、梅地亚中心和军事博物馆之间,以玉渊潭公园为背景,兴建大型标志性纪念建筑“中华世纪坛”,并将于建国50周年前夕竣工。这无疑将成为1999年一件很有意义的文化盛事。1998年 Into the year 1999, “Cross Century” dating has become one of the most popular topics. Actually, the year 2000 means to us not only the arrival of a new century, but also the arrival of a new millennium. People call each century a century, and once again called each millennium a “century.” In this way, we are also “crossing the Millennium” while “trans-century.” In order to welcome the advent of the new century, Beijing is building the “China Millennium Monument”, a large-scale landmark memorial building, between CCTV, the Center of Mediatheque and the Military Museum, with Yuyuantan Park as the background, and will be completed on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. This will undoubtedly become a meaningful cultural event of 1999. 1998