The Rediscovery of Beihai Park

After I came back to Beijng from my Xian tour, I returned to the Beihai park to refind it beauty. The earliest Beihai is a common lake. From the Jin Dynasty, the government began to make lakes and mounds, and expand the Qionghua island. Later, many stone flowers are moved here to make a grand rockery, which lays a milestone of the Beihai construction. The emperor in Yuan Dynasty continued to expand the Qionghua island and wanted to make it as his resort place. The Ancient Beijing capital is built centered on this island. Thus there is a saying: Beijing comes after the Beihai lake. In the Ming Dynasty, the Beihai Park has become the backyard of Imperial Palace.

If you take a Beijing Xian package tour, you should never miss the three most famous scenics in the visiting of Beihai Park. The first one is the White Pagoda, regarded as the landmark of Beihai Park. It was used to be known as a Lama Pagoda in Tibet style. Until it was renovated, people found it was a Dagoba due to the discovery of two Buddhist relics.

The Nine Dragon Wall is second famous park corner, which was built in the year of 1756 in Qing dynasty. Its pictures are known as the most beautiful designs and its construction is regarded as the most sophisticated one. The last famous landscape scenery is the Round Garden Architecture. I would like rather to say it is a 5 meters high platform than to consider it as a city. The main building on the platform is the Chengguang Palace, in which there is a national treasure-White Jade Buddha.