Beihai Park
Beihai Park is a public park and former imperial garden immediately northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. First built in the 12th century, Beihai is among the largest of all surviving Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples.- Opening hours:
April—October: 6:30 AM—9:00 PM
November—March: 6:30 AM—8:00 PM - Type: Park
- Description: an imperial park, built in Song Liao Jin dynasties, adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing
- Also known as: “Beihai gongyuan” and “Beihai Park and Round City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forbidden City and Jingshan Park.
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.Jingshan Park
Park
Jingshan Park is an imperial park covering 23 hectares immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City area of Beijing, China. The focal point is the artificial hill Jingshan.
Forbidden City
Museum
The Palace Museum, also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shichahai and Jiaodaokou.
Shichahai
Suburb
Shichahai Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northern portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, its total population was 75,447. The subdistrict was named after Shichahai, a collection of three lakes within the subdistrict.
Jiaodaokou
Suburb
Jiaodaokou Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. It contains 7 communities within 1.57 km2 of land, as of 2020 it has a permanent population of 31,951.
Jingshan Subdistrict
Suburb
Jingshan Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. It contains 8 communities. The subdistrict has a total area of 1.64 square kilometers, and as of 2020, it has a population of 25,374.
Beihai Park
- Categories: Chinese garden, urban park, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.92649° or 39° 55′ 35″ north
Longitude
116.3825° or 116° 22′ 57″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW9GJ+HX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Beihai Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منتزة بيهاي”
- Bengali: “পেইহাই পার্ক”
- Bengali: “পেহাই পার্ক”
- Catalan: “Parc Beihai”
- Cebuano: “Beihai Park”
- Chinese: “Běihǎi gōngyuán”
- Chinese: “北海公园”
- Chinese: “北海公園”
- Chinese: “北海及团城”
- Czech: “Park Pej-chaj”
- Dutch: “Beihai Park”
- Esperanto: “Bejhaj-parko”
- Finnish: “Beihai-puisto”
- French: “parc Beihai”
- French: “Parc Beihai”
- French: “Parc Běihǎi”
- German: “Beihai-Garten”
- German: “Beihai-Park”
- German: “Nördlicher-See-Garten”
- German: “Nordmeer-Garten”
- German: “Nordsee- (Beihai-)Garten”
- Indonesian: “Taman Beihai”
- Italian: “Parco Beihai”
- Japanese: “北海公園”
- Japanese: “金鰲玉蝀橋”
- Korean: “베이하이 공원”
- Korean: “북해 공원”
- Korean: “북해공원”
- Literary Chinese: “北海公園”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beihai-parken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beihaiparken”
- Norwegian: “Beihaiparken”
- Persian: “پارک بیهای”
- Polish: “Park Beihai”
- Portuguese: “Parque Beihai (Mar do Norte)”
- Portuguese: “Parque Beihai”
- Romanian: “parcul Beihai”
- Romanian: “Parcul Beihai”
- Russian: “парк Бэйхай”
- Russian: “Парк Бэйхай”
- Spanish: “Parque Beihai”
- Swedish: “Beihai-parken”
- Swedish: “Beihai”
- Swedish: “Beihaiparken”
- Thai: “สวนสาธารณะเป่ยไห่”
- Turkish: “Beihai Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Бейхай”
- Ukrainian: “Парк Бейхай”
- Urdu: “بیئہائی پارک”
- Vietnamese: “Công viên Bắc Hải”
- Wu Chinese: “北海公园(北京)”
- Wu Chinese: “北海公园”
- Yue Chinese: “北海公園”
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Localities in the Area
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