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Beihai Park is one of China's oldest and largest gardens. It is a old inner city palace garden covering an area of 68 hectares. Construction began during the 10th century. Presently, the Jade Islet consists of small towers and pavilions, and is topped by a White Pagoda built in the 17th century surrounded by the North Sea.
The park is made up of three lakes, many with weeping willow trees gracefully lining the banks.Interesting paths and bridges allow the visitor to forget being in the center of a bustling metropolis. Leave a Comment Directions: in the neighboring area of Forbidden City
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North Shore Beihai Park is arguably the more beautiful and interesting of the two sides. Here you'll find the beautiful, decorative Nine-Dragon Wall, Five Dragon Pavilion, and many more temples, lake views, etc. From here you can get a very nice view of Jingshan across the lake. It's a good idea to spend two or more hours exploring this area. You can also see where the Huohai empties into Beihai. Leave a Comment Directions: From the south shore, take a Y5 ferry, or enter the park through the north entrance.
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Beihai Park is a very nice city park on the Beihai (North Sea) in Beijing. For 20 Y, you can stroll around the park and up to through a series of Buddhist temples. You can also take a ferry across the lake to the north shore, where there are even more attractions including the Five Dragon Pavilion and Nine Dragon Wall. You can also meet many interesting people in the park. Knowing Mandarin helps. Leave a Comment Directions: Northwest of the Forbidden City, west of Jingshan Park. Very prominent.
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This is a big park just northwest of the Forbidden City.
It surrounds a large lake and you can, like most lakes in Beijing, rent a boat to go out for a paddle. But the lake is crowded and there are better places for boating in the city spend your time exploring the rest of the park instead.
The main attraction must be the White Dagoba, but it was under repair at the time of our visit. Still, the park has plenty of other big attractions.
My favourite was walking up to the Yongan Temple and these pavilions there for a great view of Beijing.
Just below them are another set of pavilions where you can find some shade, and I spent 30 excellent minutes there doing nothing at all. Leave a Comment Directions: Northwest of the Forbidden City and directly south of Qianhai Lake
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Yes, we were one of the people who also did it. Beihai park in the early morning. After dragging ourselves out of bed at 5:30am, and arriving there around 6:30, I?fd have to say, it was worth it!
Beijing is nicest in the mornings. you can mistake the pollution for an early morning mist. It's cool in summer. There is a relaxed feel about the place.
We saw old women doing the most flexible stretches! Old men practicing with their swords! Middle-aged women dancing with ribbons as exercise. And other women doing a fan dance in a big group.
We were the first people out on the lake in the paddle boat. It was a great feeling to have the whole great lake to paddle on by ourselves! Very peaceful. And all before breakfast!
The lake is man-made, amazing eh?! Leave a Comment
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After the let down of the Forbidden City, my friend and I decided to check out Beihai Park. in comparison, I enjoyed it a lot more. It's a nice place to relax and see some buddhist temples and the view from the hill that the pagoda is on is pretty nice (from what you can see through the smog anyways)
It was a cool place to explore and there were far less people than at the forbidden city but there weren't very many activities. You were able to rent pedal-boats on the lake, but if that doesn't interest you, there's not much else to do but walk around and look at the buildings and nature. I enjoyed it, but you wouldn't want to spend the day there. Leave a Comment Address: About 15-20 min walk from the Forbidden City
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Beihai Park, located in the northwest part of the Forbidden city, has a history of more than 1400 years. Even though Beihai(lake) itself is a symbol of this park, but I do think you should not miss a garden area in the north part of Beihai Lake. It's typical Chinese garden. Closing your eyes, think of the scene that Xi Taihou had lunch here, that King Qianlong got lectured by Lama's high priest. You can feel old and glorious Chinese history here. Leave a Comment Directions: Located in the northwest part of the Forbidden city.
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Bang in the middle of the city(about half a km from Forbidden City) there is this park. I don't really remember the entry fees.. but it was less than $2 if I remember correctly.
This used to be the royal palace of some dynasties in the past. It has a park, a lake(where u can do boating) which creates a small island, all kinda architecture, temples etc.
Theres plenty to do inside including lazing off. Leave a Comment
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Bei Hai park is a traditional Chinese park, which means that you will do a considerable amount of climbing up and down steps to enjoy it fully.
Bei Hai park is located on a lovely lake, and consists of temples, pavilions, a vertiginous stupa and many other structures.
A large part of the delight is the sight and the sound of the crowd: spoiled only children with anxious mothers, singing seniors, card players...
Bei Hai park is almost "next door" to the Forbidden City. I visited both consecutively, and that was exhilarating but a bit hard on the legs...
If you like Bai Hai park, you'll love the Summer Palace, a similar but larger complex on a lake. Leave a Comment
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Tacked on to the southern end of Beihai Park is a curious little place, missed by many as they rush in to the park and across the bridge to the island.
To the left of the entrance is the Round City, once an island, now solidly ashore, hugging the hard shoulder of the roadway outside. The cars, buses and trolley-buses and trucks rumble past one of Beijing's oldest sites, but inside the 5 metre high walls is a small compound apart from the rush of modern-day Beijing.
In true Beijing style, the history of the place is rich and complicated. While building the Daning Palace, between 1163 and 1179, the Jin emperor Shi Zong enlarged and excavated the lake to create the Qiongdao Island (on which the White Dagoba sits). Actually, strctly speaking he just enlarged an existing island - Yaoxudao.
It seems that the emperor hung up a picture of the Gengyue Garden, the imperial garden of the Song dynasty in Kaifeng, saying "This is what I want the place to look like!".
The Guanghan Palace (Palace of the Moon) was a key building in the Daning Palace.
When Kublai Khan captured the city of Zhingdu (as Beijing was then known, legend has it that Kublai Khan shot an arrow to the east of the hall and where it landed was chosen as the site for his new palace.
Later Kublai Khan a big hall here - Yitiandian - The Hall for Celestial Ceremonies and put up the huge retaining wall.
In those days, the Round City was an island. Kublai Khan's palace was across a bridge to the east and the palaces of the Crown Princes and the Empress Dowager across a drawbridge to the West. Tuancheng was linked to Qiongdao by a huge stone bridge.
In 1417, Ming emperor Cheng Zu repaired the delapidated Yitiandian and renamed it Chengguangdian - The Hall for Inviting the Light.
It was at that time that the lake immediately to the east was filled in again, so the Round City was no longer an island. Leave a Comment Address: Jingshan QianjieDirections: At south end of Beihai Park, just west of the north end of the Forbidden City.
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