Beihai Park - North Lake Park

The huge and magnificent Beihai Park, located in the center of Beijing, was the imperial garden during the reign of five dynasties: from 916 (Liao dynasty) to the beginning of the twentieth century (Qing dynasty). That is, the history of this park has more than a thousand years.

The area of the park is 68 hectares, and more than half of the territory is occupied by Lake Beihai, in the center of which is Jade Island. Water enters the lake from the Jade Jet Hill and from the Yunding River. The main structure on the island is the White Pagoda with a height of 35.9 meters, built of a white shell. There are numerous galleries and pavilions. In the park you can also see the Palace of Eternal Tranquility, the Palace of the Moon, the Round City, the Pavilion of Five Dragons, as well as the Temple of Open Happiness and the Little Western Paradise.

Beihai Park was first opened to the public in 1925, and in 1961 the Chinese government took the park under its protection.