Home > Blossary: Parks in Beijing
There are many parks to visit in Beijing, ranging from traditional Chinese gardens to modern theme parks with state-of-the-art attractions and rides. Below are the city's most popular gardens and parks.

Category: Travel

10 Terms

Created by: stanley soerianto

Number of Blossarys: 107

My Terms
Collected Terms
English (EN)
Compare Language

Beihai Park is known as the world's earliest royal garden. An imperial playground dating back to the Tartar Jin dynasty (1115-1234), Bei Hai lies to the north of Zhong Hai and Nan Hai. The lake ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

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 ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

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 ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

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 ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

Chaoyang Park – the largest urban public park in Asia-is almost unique in allowing people to kick a ball about or picnic on the grass in the summer. Plenty of tree cover as well as some wonderful ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

The park was named after the Temple of Earth (Di Tan), which was a venue for imperial sacrifices. The altar's square shape represents the earth. These days, the only thing that gets killed here is ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

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 ...

Domain: Public areas; Category: Parks

Member comments


( You can type up to 200 characters )

Post  
My other Blossarys

Blossary containing nerve cell related deseases.

Category: Health

By: stanley soerianto

Fitness trackers will someday be obviated by ...

Category: Technology

By: stanley soerianto

Some of the most renowned actors of the United ...

Category: Entertainment

By: stanley soerianto

The aim of this list of programming languages is ...

Category: Languages

By: stanley soerianto