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Beihai Park
Qianmen
Beijing
Beijing
China
Type: Park
Addmission Fee: ¥10, ¥20
Hours: Daily 6 am-10 pm
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Beijing
Beijing
China
Type: Park
Addmission Fee: ¥10, ¥20
Hours: Daily 6 am-10 pm
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Set on the site of the Mongol Yuan dynasty’s Dadu Palaces, Beihai (North Sea) is a continuation of the Zhongnanhai (Middle and South Sea) lakes, which were excavated at Kublai Khan’s orders and run up to Qianhai and Houhai. Beihai is a lovely park, dominated by water, and it houses a grand dagoba (Lamaist Stupa), which was built for a visit by the Dalai Lama and sits on Qiong Island in the south of the lake.
Entering the park through its southern gate, you’ll immediately come to the Round City, the only remaining part of Mongol Dadu. Here, there is a courtyard where you’ll see a jade bowl that reputedly belonged to Kublai Khan himself. From here a bridge leads to Qiong Island and the Yong’an (Eternal Peace) Temple.
At the top of the island hill you’ll see the gleaming white dagoba, while the north of the island holds the renowned imperial restaurant, Fangshan (see p. 213). You can take boats from here across to the northern side of the lake, where you’ll find another of the park’s key attractions, the 88-foot-long Nine Dragon Screen, made up of some 400 tiles and designed to confound
evil spirits.
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