Category: Travel
Created by: stanley soerianto
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Northwest of the Tiananmen, Zhong Shan Park (also known as Sun Yat Sen Park) offers respite from the crowds thronging the nearby sights. The park was once part of the grounds of a temple and the ...
The Yuan Ming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness, also known as yuanmingyuan remains park) now sits isolated from the main Summer Palace, but was a grand collection of palaces by the Qing Qianlong ...
Two miles west of the Summer Palace, Xiang Shan Park (also known as Fragrant Hills Park) is at its scenic best in the fall when the maples turn flaming red. Its main attractions are the fine views ...
Set in a huge, serene, mushroom-shaped park southeast of the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven is surrounded by splendid examples of Ming Dynasty architecture, including curved cobalt blue roofs ...
One of Beijing's oldest parks, Ri Tan (the Temple of Sun) was laid out around a sacrificial altar back in the 16th century. The round altar remains, ringed by a circular wall, but this is very much a ...
Jing Shan Park (Coal Hill or Prospect Hill) lies immediately north of the Forbidden City. The hill was created from the earth that was excavated while building the moat around the palace complex ...
Located in Xuanwu District southwest of Beijing, Grand View Garden is a replica of Daguanyuan described in the well-known Chinese novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" (one of the four classic ...