Jingshan Park, opposite the northern gate of the Palace Museum was once an imperial garden during the Ming and Qing Dynasties( 1368-1911) and has not opened to public until 1928. The artificial hill with 5 peaks was built with earth from digging the moat of the Imperial Palace. 5 pavilions with 5 bronze Buddhas were built on each peak in 1751 under emperor Qianlong, however 4 of the Buddhas were ...
Beijing Zoo was called Wan Sheng Garden during the Qing Dynasty (literally it means the Garden of 10, 000 animals). After the Qing Dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China in 1912, this royal garden became an experimental station for farming and animal husbandry. It was not until 6 years after the founding of the P. R. China in 1955 that this garden was officially opened to visitors as the ci...
The Summer Palace is located within the Haidian District, northwest of Beijing. It is the best preserved imperial garden in the world and the largest of its kind that still in existence in China today. It is mainly composed of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. The huge garden boasts about 3,000 garden architecture and is broken into three zones: office zone, living quarters and sightseeing ...
The Ming Tombs located in Changping District, about 50 kilometers from the northwest of Beijing, is enclosed by mountains on three sides. The imperial cemetery covers an area of 120 square kilometers with 13 Ming emperors, 23 empresses and a number of concubines, princes, and princesses buried there, and thus it is also called 13 Mausoleums. These tombs are the best preserved Chinese imperial tomb...
A picturesque mountain village, 3 hours' drive from Beijing through winding mountain valleys. The ancient walled courtyard houses and alleys clamber up the hillside, and have remained largely unchanged for centuries. Many of the families (all descended from the original founder) open their homes to provide meals for visitors. Ticket Price: 20 yuan Opening Time: all day...
Mutianyu Great Wall is located in Huairou County 70 kilometers northeast of Beijing. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs This 2,250 meters long portion of the Great Wall ...
This section of Great Wall is the best preserved and earliest to be open for sightseeing. The Great Wall is undoubtedly among the most imposing and amazing architectures in this planet. The Great Wall was initially built in the Spring and Autumn Period, and for the 2, 000 years that followed, the construction, connection and restoration of the wall had never ceased. The Great wall we still see to...
One of the most famous and beautiful park in Beijing, Beihai Park is also one of ' the earliest imperial garden" in the world. The park served as a imperial garden during the Liao Dynasty over 800 years ago. .After rounds of rebuilding and restoration, especially after the large scale refurbishment during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the park took its present look. Until ...
