Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park
Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is a good place to enjoy plum blossoms in urban areas. Plum blossom is elegant and light, which complements the dignified and quaint atmosphere of the city wall. In mid-March, the vegetation here is getting greener, a large number of plum blossoms are competing to open, and the spring is getting stronger. The buds of flowers are swaying, like a touch of blush, and the fragrance floats.
Visitors can enjoy the "beautiful scenery" at close range along the two plum viewing paths in the park. Here, the children suddenly laughed while running, and the bell rang like a bell, bringing bursts of plum fragrance; Suddenly, a couple walked hand in hand and took photos with each other in front of the plum blossom; Suddenly, an old man stood beside the plum blossom and felt it blooming in the warm spring breeze.
Recently, the urban area of Beijing is welcoming the snowfall and cooling weather, and citizens can enjoy the beautiful scenery of "Mei Xu Xun's snow is white, but there is a plum fragrance missing from the snow" without hiking. In Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park, the blooming plum blossoms are more noble and upright against the background of white snow, forming a unique scenery of Ogilvy & Mather and Chun Xue competing for spring.
Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park was built in 2002, and the introduction and cultivation of plum blossoms began in 2003. In 2005, the project was listed as a key scientific research project in Dongcheng District, and the plum blossom landscape was initially formed in 2007. At present, more than 50 varieties of nearly 1,000 plum blossoms have been planted.
Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park is located in the city center, starting from the southeast corner of the city in the east and reaching Chongwenmen in the west, with a total area of about 15.5 hectares, of which the city wall ruins and the southeast corner of the city cover 3.3 hectares, with a green area of 12.2 hectares. Historically, the Ming City Wall is 40 kilometers long and was built in Yongle 17 (A.D. 14 19) of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 580 years. The existing wall site from Chongwenmen to the southeast corner of the city is 1.5 km long, which is an integral part of the original inner wall of Beijing, the only remaining section and a symbol of Beijing. The southeast corner of the city is the largest corner of the city wall in China. Founded in the first year of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1436), it is a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park highlights the beauty of broken city walls with simple design techniques. The landscapes such as "Old Trees Expose the Wall", "Walking through the Ruins", "Gu Lou New Rhyme" and "Paving Vegetables" formed in turn from west to east in the park have a long history and rich connotations, showing the profound cultural accumulation of Chongwen and adding infinite reverie. The protection of the city wall ruins is mainly based on the status quo protection and reinforcement, supplemented by a small amount of vacancy, and the status quo of the city wall is preserved to the maximum extent. Standing under the city wall, a sense of history and vicissitudes arises spontaneously. Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park has preserved more than 200 ancient trees, and planted trees with Sophora japonica as the main part, Ginkgo biloba and Pinus tabulaeformis as embellishments, as well as tree species with elegant colors such as Prunus armeniaca, Prunus armeniaca and Begonia, which can well set off the atmosphere of Ming City Wall. On the micro-topography, a large lawn of 12.2 hectares was planted to play in it, which was empty and comfortable.
Address: No.9 Chongwenmen East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Transportation: Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Chongwenmen Station.
Qianmen Sanlihe
Speaking of the front door, almost everyone knows it, everyone knows it. This historic place has now become the most lively and fashionable neighborhood in Beijing. However, near this "ancient capital landscape area", there is also a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. During the day, it is a beautiful and exquisite city garden, and at night it becomes a food street.
This is the "Zhengyang Water View" in Beijing's new Sixteen Scenery, the oldest water system park in old Beijing, and the "Little Jiangnan" in Beijing. Many people have been to Qianmen countless times, but they have never ignored the quaint Qianmen Sanlihe Park nearby. There are young artists' favorite bridges, long-standing delicacies that can only be found by experienced foodies, and the popular Museum of Internet Celebrity magazine. No matter what kind of person you are, you can find your favorite little world here.
Li Sanhe was first formed in 1437 and disappeared in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than half a year's transformation, Li Sanhe has long been "completely new", reappearing its charm, history and beautiful scenery.
Everything here retains the original appearance of old Beijing. Antique buildings are lined up along the banks of the river, with ancient houses, stone streets and ancient wooden street lamps, but they have the charm of Jiangnan water town. Pavilions, pavilions, flowing water and twists and turns form the most unique landscape in Beijing.
When you enter here, you will first be attracted by its landscape, with small bridges and flowing water, blue bricks and green tiles, quiet and quaint, just like breaking into a paradise. The 100-meter water system flows slowly along the winding river, and along the water flow, it can be said that it has changed a landscape.
Small bridges and flowing water, people in the courtyard, bloom on the shore, and fish swimming in the water ... Naturally, many citizens come every day to visit the hutong to see the water features and take photos as a souvenir. Sanlihe is a small park that is fresh and refined during the day, but when night falls, lights are lit on both sides of the park, and Sanlihe becomes colorful under the night.
Address: No.9 Chongwenmen East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Transportation: Take Metro Line 2 and get off at Qianmen Station.
ditan park
Ditan is located in Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, also known as Fangzetan, which is the second largest altar among the five great altars in the ancient capital Beijing. Founded in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1530), it is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties sacrificed to the "God of the Emperor", and it is also the largest existing altar in China. There are famous tourist attractions in ditan park, such as Fangzetan, Forbidden City, Pailou and Zhaigong.
Besides the famous scenic spots, the ancient trees in ditan park are also a beautiful scenery. There are 0/76 ancient trees in ditan park, most of which are distributed around Fangzetan. Most of the ancient trees are over 300 years old, and the ancient trees in the park grow well and have different shapes. It not only reflects the ancient and vigorous weather-beaten history, but also shows tenacious vitality. Nowadays, the ancient tree community has become a unique landscape of the park, especially the one-armed general cypress and the general cypress in our park, which have attracted many Chinese and foreign tourists.
Spring has come and flowers are in full bloom, which is a good time to step into spring. In ditan park, peach blossoms, pear blossoms, cloves, forsythia and so on in Health Garden, Breast-rich Pine are in full bloom, willow trees are lush, and the breath of spring is coming, attracting many tourists to check in.
Address: Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tips: While enjoying the beautiful scenery in spring, start from yourself, visit the garden in a civilized way, do not trample on the lawn, dig wild vegetables privately, do not damage flowers and trees, do not climb rocks, and do not take care of cultural relics. During the epidemic period, when visiting the park, wear masks scientifically, and don't get together or gather together to maintain a civilized, orderly, safe and healthy park environment order.