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Beihai Park

( 2008-07-08 )

Beihai Park

The Beihai (North Sea) Park is situated in Beijing downtown, to the northwest of the Forbidden City. The park, about 500 meters to the northwest of the Forbidden City and the Jingshan Hill, is one of the earliest and best-preserved imperial gardens in China.

Actually, Beihai Park was initially built in the Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125) and was repaired and rebuilt in the following dynasties including Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing (1115 - 1911). The large-scale rebuilding in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911) generally established
the present scale and pattern of Beihai Park. In 1925, the park was first opened to the public, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world every year.

The park is vast in its water surface, which accounts for a half of the park's total area of 0.71 sq km (about 0.27 sq miles). In the Ming Dynasty, Beihai (North Sea), Zhonghai (Central Sea) and Nanhai (South Sea) were collectively named as Three Seas or the Taiye Lake, which was the forbidden
garden. At the beginning of the Republic of China, Zhonghai and Nanhai were merged into an integral whole called Zhongnanhai (Central and South Sea). Behai was separately built as a park.

In the middle of the lake and on the central axis of the whole park lies the Jade Flowery Islet, topped by the imposing White Dagoba which is the landmark of Beihai Park. Besides the Jade Flowery Islet, the park has four main scenic areas: the Eastern Shore Area, the Northern Shore Area, the
Botanical Garden and the Circular City near the north gate. There are many famous and beautiful places you should not miss when touring Beihai Park.

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