Houhai
Houhai is a lake and its surrounding neighborhood in Xicheng District of central Beijing, China. Houhai is the largest of the three lakes, along with Qianhai 'Front Lake' and Xihai 'Western Lake', that compose Shichahai, the collective name for the three northernmost lakes in central Beijing.Photo: Cygnus78, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prince Kung’s Mansion and Former Residence of Soong Ching-Ling.
Prince Kung’s Mansion
Museum
Photo: 用心阁, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prince Gong's Mansion, also known as the Prince Kung Mansion, is a museum and tourist attraction located in Xicheng District, Beijing, just north of the Shichahai Lake.
Former Residence of Soong Ching-Ling
Museum
Photo: 用心阁, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The former residence of Soong Ching Ling is a museum in the Shichahai area of Beijing, China, and once was the last residence of Soong Ching-ling, the wife of Sun Yat-sen and later vice-president and Honorary President of the People's Republic of China in 1981.
Deshengmen Tower
Castle
Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deshengmen is a city gate that was once part of Beijing's northern city wall. It is one of Beijing's few preserved city gates and now stands as a landmark on the northern 2nd Ring Road.
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
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
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Xinjiekou is a subdistrict of Xicheng District of Beijing, China. As of 2020, the subdistrict has a total population of 84,866. The subdistrict got its name from a section of road on the eastern portion of Xizhimennei Avenue, which used to be a river port but underwent land reclamation in 1438.
Houhai
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in People’s Republic of China
- Category: body of water
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Houhai” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “后海”
- Chuvash: “Хоухай”
- Dutch: “Houhai”
- Finnish: “Houhai”
- French: “Houhai”
- German: “Houhai”
- Indonesian: “Houhai”
- Italian: “Houhai”
- Japanese: “後海”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Houhai”
- Norwegian: “Houhai”
- Panjabi: “ਹੋਹਾਈ ਝੀਲ”
- Russian: “Хоухай”
- Swedish: “Houhai”
- Swedish: “HouHai”
- Venetian: “Houhai”
- Western Panjabi: “ہوہائی جھیل”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as DeShengMen Nei and Shichahai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guanghua Temple and Beijing Jishuitan Hospital.
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