Beihai Park Kids Hoodies

One of the first places that I decided to visit during my 2-days stay in Beijing was Beihai Park. Beihai Park was first built in the 11th century as an imperial garden. Now it is a public park. It is located to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Today, it is one of the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples. Since 1925, Beihai Park has been open to the public as a park. The park has an area of more than 69 hectares (171 acres), with a lake that covers more than half of the entire park. At the center of the park is an island called Jade Flower Island with a giant white dagoba in the center. This image shows the main bridge that leads from the m...

This image shows the White Dagoba that is situated in the middle of Jade Flower Island. In my image titled "Beihai Park - 2" I have shown the steep steps that one needs to climb to get to the foot of the dagoba. This image obviously was taken from a totally different vantage point at the park. The White Dagoba is a 40-meter (130 ft) high stupa made of white stone and placed on the highest point on Jade Flower Island. It was built to honour the visit of the 5th Dalai Lama in 1651. Sun, moon and flame engravings decorate the surface of the tower. The dagoba was destroyed in 1679 by an earthquake, but it was rebuilt the following year, and restored again in 1976 after the earthquake which occurred near Beijing at Tangsha . Inside ...

After weaving my way through an elaborate maze of pavilions and gardens at Beihai Park, you get rewarded by climbing these steep steps all the way to the top where you get to the viewing platform at the foot of the White Dagoba on Jade Flower Island. Needless to say, after walking through this massive park, the last thing anyone would want to do is climb these steps all the way to the top!! But it's all worth it. More information about Beihai Park is in my first image by the same title. I hope you like this scene. All images are Copyright © Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright © Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downl...

Beihai park, a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.

Beihai Park is said to be built according to a traditional Chinese legend. The story is that once upon a time there were three magic mountains called 'Penglai', 'Yingzhou' and 'Fangzhang' located to the east of Bohai Bay (to the east of China). Gods in those mountains had a kind of herbal medicine which would help humans gain immortality.

Beihai park, a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.

Hundreds of trees adorn Beihai Park; this is just one of those intriguing looking branches. Not much else to say other than - I hope you like this image! A description of Beihai Park has been included in a few previous images (if you're interested). All images are Copyright © Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright © Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted under US, Canadian, European, and Australian Copyright l...

Beihai park, a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.

Beihai park, a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.

Beihai park, a public park and former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial City, Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.

The White Pagoda in Beihai Park, Beijing

The White Pagoda in Beihai Park, Beijing

My friends asked me why did I go back to Beihai Park during a 2-day stay in Beijing, a park that I have spent almost 8 hours at during a previous trip, when I could have gone to other just as impressive, if not even more impressive places. The answer is - I always wanted to get this shot right!!! And I think I got it this time. Beihai Park has a fairly large garden area that is dedicated to bamboo trees. An image of the entire garden would look just "blah" and would not show the intricate carvings on each tree stem in the garden; hence this photo (and the next). I can't tell you what this one reads, and I don't how long it would take to carve these Chinese characters, but they sure look artistically beautiful to me. Hope you li...

My friends asked me why did I go back to Beihai Park during a 2-day stay in Beijing, a park that I have spent almost 8 hours at during a previous trip, when I could have gone to other just as impressive, if not even more impressive places. The answer is – I always wanted to get this shot right!!! And I think I got it this time. Beihai Park has a fairly large garden area that is dedicated to bamboo trees. An image of the entire garden would look just “blah” and would not show the intricate carvings on each tree stem in the garden; hence this photo (and the previous one by the same title). I can’t tell you what these carvings read, and I don’t how long it would take to carve these Chinese characters, but they sure look artistically beau...