Beijing Beihai Park

                               
North Sea (Beihai) at the center of Beijing, just a bridge’s distance to the Zhongnanhai area. With a total area of 1063 acres, of which more than half of the water, is the oldest existing and most complete imperial garden. It is the splendid and colorful heritage and unique style of garden art, beautiful lakes and mountains and famous and beautiful, where every year 10 million tourists visited times. 
 
                               
The construction of the North Sea from an ancient myth: It is said, there are three volumes of the East China Sea on the mountains, called the Penglai, Chou, abbot; mountains lived the immortal gods. Qin Shi Huang unified China, sent to the East China Sea Xu alchemist find elixir can be nothing. To the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu also start with a dream of immortality, still can not find the results, then ordered in the north of Chang'an dug a big pond, were "too liquid pool", pool, stacked three rockery, respectively, Penglai, near Chau, abbot of three mountains named. Since then, emperors like to follow the example of "a pool of three mountains" in the form of the construction of royal palaces. The North Sea to do exactly this form - a symbol of the North Sea "too liquid pool", "Qionghua Island" is the Penglai, the original in the water, "Mission City" and "rhino hill station" is a symbol of Chou and abbot. Park in the "Lvgong hole", "fairy Um," "Sin Cheng Lu copper plate," and many other relics of Immortality.