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Ritan Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing
The Temple of the Sun is one of the five famous cultural relics and historical sites in Beijing. It was built in 1530 during the Ming Dynasty and was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped the sun god. The temple faces west and is surrounded by a circular wall. There are Lingxing Gates on all four sides. There are incense burners and burial pools outside the west gate; there are god storehouses, god kitchens, animal slaughter pavilions, bell towers, and clothing halls outside the north gate. In the 1950s, the Temple of the Sun was turned into a park. Under the personal care of Premier Zhou Enlai, in the early 1970s, mountain cherry trees symbolizing the friendship between China and Japan were planted. A number of scenic spots and scenic areas with unique styles, such as the large-scale "Sun Festival Mural", "Quchi Shengchun", and "Southwest Landscape Scenic Area" built around the 1980s. A group of antique buildings, restaurants, and galleries that are coordinated with classical gardens have been built, which are simple and elegant. In the northwest corner of the park, there is the tomb and memorial room of the revolutionary pioneer Ma Jun. In 2001, it was listed as a patriotic education base in Beijing. After 50 years of renovation and construction, Ritan Park has become a classical landscape garden with national characteristics, covering an area of 20.62 hectares nationwide. It was rated as one of the first batch of high-quality parks in 2002 and was rated as a national cultural relic protection unit in May 2006.
Cangzhou Qiantong Temple
There are Dongdu Hall, Taishan Hall and Youyi Hall in Qiantong Temple, which record the successful crossing of the East by the alchemist Xu Fuyong and young boys and girls and skilled craftsmen in the Qin Dynasty and the impact on the Japanese archipelago. Qiantong Town was called "Rao'an Town" in the Shang, Zhou and Warring States periods, which means "the land is fertile and can be used for people's comfort". "Records of the Grand Historian: The Family of Zhao" mentioned that in the sixth year of Emperor Qin Shihuang (241 BC), "Zhao General Pang attacked Qi and took Rao'an", which refers to this place. In the Qin Dynasty, this place was called "Qiantong City". "The First Emperor sent Xu Fu to lead a thousand boys and girls to the sea to seek Penglai, and built this city for them to live in, hence the name." In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (202 BC), a county was established here and called "Qiantong County". In the second year of Xiping in the Northern Wei Dynasty (517 AD), the Cangzhou Prefecture was established here. Qiantong Town was the seat of a prefecture and county for 841 years in history. In 209 BC, Xu Fu, on the order of Qin Shihuang, bravely led thousands of boys and girls and skilled craftsmen to set sail from here in search of the elixir of immortality. They crossed the ocean and successfully immigrated to Japan, setting a precedent for friendly exchanges between China and Japan and becoming the first overseas Chinese hometown in Chinese history.
Strange Buildings and Gardens
There was a strange building in Beidaihe, which is one of the 24 scenic spots in Beidaihe. The founder of the strange building, Simpson, was a Californian in the United States. He was born in 1898 and graduated from the famous Yale University in the United States with a doctorate in forestry specializing in horticulture. In 1928, he was sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States to the Beidaihe Seaside and founded the Dongshan Horticultural Farm. He worked and lived in Beidaihe for 12 years. During this period, he introduced more than 20 kinds of excellent fruit trees such as apples, grapes, plums, and cherries, introduced excellent poultry and livestock such as Dutch dairy cows, Yorkshire pigs, and Leghorn chickens, and introduced and promoted the pioneer shrubs of greening in North China - Amorpha fruticosa. Simpson established a deep friendship with farmers and intellectuals in the Beidaihe area. He was an envoy of Sino-US friendship, a mentor of science and technology, and the founder of modern horticulture in Beidaihe. In 1936, Simpson designed a villa with a very strange appearance from the exterior to the internal structure, which was built by local architect Su Quanren. Simpson's villa is a European Gothic building. It has three floors, five roofs, seven corners and eight sides. Every corner of the roof is made of granite with pointed walls that reach up to the sky. It looks very beautiful. There are 44 doors and 46 windows in the whole building, but not a single square room. Inside the villa, there are rooms within rooms, large and small, connected to each other. If a stranger comes in, it will be difficult to find the door he just came in after turning three or two. Walking into the middle hall, there are large glass mirrors all around. Standing in the middle, there are shadows everywhere. Turning around, it is difficult to find the door to go out. There is a well in the middle of the basement. Around the wellhead, a spiral staircase is built, connecting the upper and lower parts. This well has become a natural regulator of temperature and humidity in the villa: it is used to lower the temperature in summer and increase the humidity in winter; this staircase is made of rattan and fruit tree branches. Walking up it, it flickers, is soft and trembling, which is really interesting. This bizarre villa was soon built and quickly earned the reputation of "Strange Building". In 1940, on the eve of the outbreak of the Pacific War, Dr. Simpson returned to the United States, and his "Strange Building" became even more famous. The "strange" reputation spread far and wide, becoming a magnificent and mysterious landscape in Beidaihe, attracting many tourists to come and appreciate and inspect. During the Cultural Revolution, the Strange Building was forcibly demolished. Today's Strange Building and Garden was redesigned and rebuilt in 1991 based on the architectural style of the original Strange Building. The name of the garden was written by Hua Junwu, a famous cartoonist in my country. It covers an area of 110.8 acres and the building area of the building is 999 square meters. It inherits the essence of history, draws on the strengths of the attractions inside and outside the garden, and combines new ideas of strangeness and weirdness, with a total of 99 strange and weird scenes. Inside the strange building, there are rock waterfalls, corridors and rope bridges, multiple doors and rooms, which make it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake; there are monsters with human bodies, visitors from outer space, huge stone lampshades, beauties playing in the water; the crystal palace is crystal clear; there is fate in the mirror..., it is really incredible; in the strange garden, there are green pines and cypresses, shady trees, blooming flowers, singing birds, cascading water and springs, secret passages... In this psychedelic and colorful world, the feeling of being both real and illusory is always with you, as if you are in a colorful fairy tale world.
Weird Building Park
There was a strange building in Beidaihe, which is one of the 24 scenic spots in Beidaihe. The founder of the strange building, Simpson, was born in 1898 in California, USA. He graduated from the famous Yale University in the United States with a doctorate in forestry and specialized in horticulture. In 1928, he was sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States to the Beidaihe seaside and founded the Dongshan Horticultural Farm. He worked and lived in Beidaihe for 12 years. During this period, he introduced more than 20 kinds of excellent fruit trees such as apples, grapes, plums, and cherries, introduced excellent poultry and livestock such as Dutch dairy cows, Yorkshire pigs, and Leghorn chickens, and introduced and promoted the pioneer shrub of greening in North China - Amorpha fruticosa. Simpson established a deep friendship with farmers and intellectuals in the Beidaihe area. He is an envoy of Sino-US friendship, a mentor of science and technology, and the founder of modern horticulture in Beidaihe.
Baiwangshan Forest Park
Baiwangshan Forest Park covers an area of more than 200 hectares. It is located three kilometers north of the Summer Palace. The Beijing-Miyun Canal passes around the mountain. It is the closest forest park to Beijing. Baiwangshan is the easternmost peak of the Taihang Mountains extending to the North China Plain. It is known as the "first peak of the Taihang Outpost". The main peak of Baiwangshan is 210 meters above sea level. It is abrupt and tall. Climbing the main peak, you can see the land of Beijing in the distance. The scenery is magnificent. It is a good place for climbing and sightseeing. The park is densely forested, with a vegetation coverage rate of more than 95%. The air contains rich negative oxygen ions, and it is known as the oxygen source of Beijing. The red leaves of Baiwangshan are even more colorful. In the golden autumn, nearly a thousand acres of red leaf forests compete to show their beauty. The red is bright and intoxicating, making it an excellent place for people to enjoy the red leaves. The park has a forest of green cultural steles in the capital. The scenery is set in the forest according to the mountain terrain, and the steles are set in the scenery. There are pavilions, stele corridors and stele art walls, inlaid with more than 1,000 inscriptions by party and state leaders, well-known social figures and works of calligraphy and painting artists. Visitors in the forest of steles can not only see the greening achievements over the years, but also be intoxicated by the art of stele carving, so as to feel the magnificence of Chinese calligraphy and painting art and the influence of green culture. It is said that this is the battlefield where Yang Liulang fought against the Liao soldiers and where She Taijun cheered for her son. Therefore, Baiwang Mountain is also called Wanger Mountain. The remains of She Taijun Temple and Jiaozi Platform are still preserved. In 1937, there was a fierce "Heishanhu Anti-Japanese Battle". Now that the smoke has dissipated, the Sino-Japanese Friendship Pavilion, Huitou Stone, Wanglu Pavilion, etc. have been built on the mountain, becoming a place for leisure and entertainment for people in Beijing. In order to cooperate with the national fitness campaign aimed at improving the physical fitness of the whole people, the park has also launched a number of outdoor sports, such as rock climbing, rappelling, orienteering, etc., combining entertainment, sports, thrills and scientific knowledge. The park also provides camping tents for tourists to experience the fun of survival in the wild. The park has built a "Baiwangshan Bar" in the park, with simple wooden tables and chairs and European style. It can provide evening special services and seasonal snacks. You can enjoy tea, talk and music in a beautiful environment. The beautiful natural scenery and unique cultural landscape of Baiwangshan Forest Park complement each other. It integrates multiple functions such as education, sports, art, and tourism in one park. It is an ideal place for citizens and students to carry out patriotism education, environmental education, rural tourism, and sports. In 1995, the Beijing Youth League Committee named Baiwangshan Forest Park as the greening camp for the planting of "adult trees" by middle school student volunteers in the capital. In 1999, it was rated as the Beijing Science Education Base and will gradually become a base for primary, secondary and university students to receive environmental protection education. In 2001, it was rated as a national AA-level tourist attraction.