Beijing Beihai Park
Beijing Tourist Attraction – Beihai Park
Beijing Beihai Park in the city of Beijing is one of the oldest gardens and authentic perserved imperial China. He has a history of 1,000 years.
Beihai Park has existed during the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty. Most of the buildings were now at the Qianlong Emperor Regin of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) built.
Beihai was opened to the public in 1925 and in 1961 he was one of the first important cultural sites under protection by the State Council. The park occupies an area of 69 hectares with a lake of 39 hectares. In the garden, pavilions and towers in the middle of the beautiful landscape of lakes and hills, meadows and trees are surrounded. To perpetuate the tradition of garden design of the old China Beihai is a gem of garden design.
beihai park
With the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park in the east, Zhong Nan Hai (Central and South Sea) south, Beihai (North Sea) Park is one of the oldest, largest and best preserved ancient imperial gardens in China in downtown Beijing. This ancient garden, with more than 1000 years of history, is not only a classic combination of the size of North Garden and refined gardens in southern China, but also a perfect integration of magnificent palaces and solemn religious constructions.
History of Beijing Beihai Park
Beihai Park to be built by a traditional Chinese legend. The story is that once there were three magic mountains called “Penglai”, “Yingzhou” and “Fang Zhang” located east of Bohai Bay (eastern China). Gods in the mountain was a kind of herbal medicine that would help people achieve immortality.
Therefore, much of the feudal emperor of China is constantly in search of these mountains. For instance, Emperor Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of Qin dynasty – wanted (221 206 BC), to an eternal life to live and had sent people to watch the magnificent mountains, but they failed. Then, in his palace, he dug imitate a large swimming pool and stacked three hills in the earth to the circumstances described in the legend. Emperor Wudi, the fifth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC – 8 AD) has something similar.
It was believed that different combinations of water from the mountain in ancient Chinese architecture with completely different consequences. . From now would be almost every emperor during the following dynasties, a royal garden with swimming pool in building one to three hill “layout as a fairy tale land near his palace Beihai Park was probably built in the traditional style: the water Beihai (North Sea) with Zhong Nan Hai (Central and South) is the Taiye Pool, Jade flower (Qionghua) Islet Island City circular Iceland Xishantai represent the three magic mountains.
In fact, the Beihai Park was built during the Liao Dynasty (916 – 1125) and was repaired and rebuilt in later dynasties, including Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing (1115-1911). The large-scale conversion in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911) generally established at its current level and nature of Beihai Park. In 1925, the park was opened to the public and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world each year.
Tour in Beijing Beihai Park
Beihai Park covers an area of approximately 0.71 square kilometers (about 0.27 square miles), more than half of them taken at the lake. In the middle of the lake and the central axis of the entire park is the Jade Islet flowered, the imposing White Dagoba emblematic of Beihai Park is crowned. In addition to the Jade Islet flowers, the park has four scenic areas: the area of the East Coast, the North Shore, the botanical garden and the circular city near the north gate. There are many beautiful and famous places that you should not miss when touring the Beihai Park.
Beihai Park White Dagoba
The top of the island flourished Jade, White Dagoba was built in 1651 on the former site of the palace on the moon, where Kublai Khan received Marco Polo. At the suggestion of the famous Tibetan lama told the emperor build Shunzhi show, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Tibetan
Beihai White Dagoba
Dagoba such faith in Buddhism and his desire for the association between different ethnic groups in China. The White Dagoba was destroyed in an earthquake and rebuilt twice. Now, based on a foundation stone, it is 35.9 meters (about 118 feet) high and is flanked by two bronze umbrella like canopies, with 14 bronze bells hang around them. The interior retains Dagoba Buddhist scriptures, the bowl’s mantle and alms of the monk and two pieces of Sarira. As the White Dagoba is the highest point in the Beihai Park, he served as a lookout with magnificent views across the park
Front of the White Dagoba Temple is the White Dagoba. There are several other buildings and rooms to visit, if you could have enough time. These include Zhengjue Hall, the Bell and Drum Towers, the tables of stone “Chunyin Qiongdao” (as defined in the beautiful scenery of the Jade Islet flowers in spring, written by Emperor Qianlong Dynasty Qing), etc., all scattered on the slope of the Islet Qionghua.
