After the concrete jungles of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, head to nearby Beihai Park for a breath of fresh air. Whether you're under a tree overlooking the lake or in an ancient ...

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beihai continued to be used as an imperial pleasure garden. Several large-scale construction projects were undertaken to improve the park' s facilities.

Workers at Beihai Park clear the dead fish that did not survive the winter from Beihai Lake Sunday. Park authorities blamed the fish deaths on misguided "mercy releasers." Photo: Li Hao/GT A ...

On July 3, the "13th Lotus Flower Show at Beihai Park" opened to residents with a theme of "Refreshing Breeze at Jade Pavilion." The characteristics of the flower show this year include large scale, ...

By Beihai We Are Bound kicked off in Beijing's Beihai Park on Friday. Sharing the same name with Beihai Park, Beihai is a peninsula city that has earned a reputation for coastal tourism and ...

A staff member shows postcards themed on the 24 solar terms. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/Asianewsphoto] Recently, Beihai Park in Beijing released a series of cultural creative products themed on the 24 ...

BALBOA PARK, SAN DIEGO: The park is home to beautiful architecture as well as the world famous San Diego Zoo. BEIHAI PARK, BEIJING: This Chinese park has been around in some form since the 11th ...

Parks are a long-standing feature of Beijing, a city of more than 22 million people, where the most famous green spaces include the former imperial gardens of Beihai Park and Jingshan Park.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Beihai continued to be used as an imperial pleasure garden. Several large-scale construction projects were undertaken to improve the park' s facilities.

Beihai Park is the oldest and the largest park in the centre of Beijing. This ancient imperial garden is situated just north-west of the Forbidden City. A large area of the garden is occupied by a ...

Having once served as as a private garden for the Imperial Court, Beihai opened to the public in 1952 … Read more ...