Baowei Andpingfang is a residential area in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. The name refers to a specific cluster of dwellings, categorized as a pifang, which translates to a flat or one-story housing structure. These areas are…
Zhongshan Park Altars
This walk takes you through the peaceful imperial park flanking the Forbidden City, home to the ancient Altar of Land and Grain. It is a quiet alternative to the grand palaces next door, filled with ancient trees, ritual pavilions, and early revolutionary history.
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1. Baowei Andpingfang
2. Sun Yat-sen's Statue
The bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing stands three point four meters tall, set upon a one point six meter base covered in black marble. You can find it positioned to the north of the Peace Safeguarding Arch within the grounds of…
3. Laijin Yuxuan Restaurant
Laijin Yuxuan Restaurant sits inside the grounds of Zhongshan Park, a historic space located just west of the Forbidden City. The restaurant is recognizable by its traditional architectural style and its status as a century-old…
4. Beijing Shejitan
The Beijing Shejitan is a three-tiered square platform built of white marble, situated within the grounds of Zhongshan Park. You can identify the structure by the five colors of earth spread over the surface of its upper platform,…
5. Huifangyuan
Huifang Garden is a secluded courtyard garden tucked into the northwest corner of the inner altar at Zhongshan Park. You can identify it by the quiet bamboo forest that shades the entrance, creating a natural barrier that separates this…
6. Lanting Tablet Pavilion
The Lanting Tablet Pavilion is an elegant, octagonal structure topped by a roof of distinctive blue glazed tiles. It stands as a historical echo of a famous gathering held in the fourth century, when the renowned calligrapher Wang Xizhi…
7. Xiliting
The Xili Pavilion, located within the grounds of Zhongshan Park, is a hexagonal structure topped with yellow glazed tiles and distinctive upturned eaves. Built in the eighteenth year of the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, it was…