Xiangshan Park
Xiangshan Park located at the foot of the Western Mountains
in northwest Beijing, China. It is renowned for the hills with the forests of
maple trees, smoke trees and persimmon trees, as well as landscaped areas with
traditional Chinese architectures.
The park was built in the JIN Dynasty (1115 to 1234 AC) and
was expanded during the YUAN Dynasty (1271-1368 AC) and MING Dynasty (1368-1644
AC). Emperor Qianlong of QING Dynasty ordered additional constructions of many
new halls, pavilions and gardens in 1745. Many of them were damaged by British
troops during the Opium War.
Now the park has become one of the most popular tourist
attractions in Beijing. The spectacular natural scenery with fiery red smoke
tree leaves covering the mountain side, attracts thousands of tourists in
autumn. You can ride the cable cars through the park to see the hills in autumn
colors, or if you are full of energy, climbing the hills in the mountain path will
be another choice.
Photos adapted from:
No comments:
Post a Comment