Zhongshan Park 中山公园Zhōngshān Gōngyuán

About Zhongshan Park

Just west of Tian'anmen, Zhongshan Park grew out of the Altar of Land and Grain (Shejitan), where Ming and Qing emperors made offerings to the gods of soil and harvest; its square marble altar is still spread with earth in five colours for the five directions. Opened to the public in 1914, the grounds were renamed in 1928 after Sun Yat-sen, whose coffin lay in the altar's hall in 1925, and also hold ancient cypresses, pavilions and a stone archway first raised for the German envoy Clemens von Ketteler, killed in 1900.

How to get to Zhongshan Park

Immediately south-west of the Forbidden City; take Metro Line 1 to Tian'anmen West and walk a few minutes east to the south gate on Chang'an Avenue.

Nearby

• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn
• National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
  Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square
• Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
  A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island
• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times

Also within 20 km: Imperial Ancestral Temple 太庙 (under 10 km), Imperial Historical Archives (Huangshicheng) 皇史宬 (under 10 km), Pudu Temple 普度寺 (under 10 km), Xijiaominxiang Historic Bank Buildings 西交民巷近代银行建筑群 (under 10 km), Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang) 东交民巷 (under 10 km), Dagaoxuan Hall 大高玄殿 (under 10 km).

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