Summer Palace

March in Beijing is about to welcome the peach blossom season at the Summer Palace. If you ask me which garden in Beijing is a must-visit in spring, I would definitely recommend the Summer Palace first. In March, the Summer Palace will turn into a landscape painting full of peach blossoms. 📍Best spot for flower viewing: The West Causeway of the Summer Palace. The peach trees on the West Causeway are a very special sight in Beijing. The trees grow by the water, with branches drooping into the lake. Compared to ordinary peach blossoms, they have a bit more wild charm. The West Causeway in spring really feels like you've arrived in the south of the Yangtze. The pink of the peach blossoms and the green of the willows, the long causeway with misty willows, combined with the mountain views, water views, ancient buildings, and water birds of the Summer Palace, these spring images together make up a grand spring scene. Every spot is a lively landscape painting.🌸 From dawn to dusk, the changing light and shadows of each time period present different flavors of beauty. Walking on the West Causeway, with the breeze, flowing water, and mountain flowers, you will completely immerse yourself in the beauty of this spring atmosphere! The peach blossoms on the West Causeway start from the Willow Bridge in the south to the Mirror Bridge in the north. Every spot is super photogenic, with lots of room for creativity. It's very suitable for both portraits and landscapes. 🚶🏻‍♂️Recommended tour route: The West Gate of the Summer Palace ➠ Mirror Bridge ➠ Lian Bridge ➠ Jingming Tower ➠ Willow Bridge 📷Scenes to photograph: Peach blossoms + ancient buildings: Four pavilions including Mirror Bridge, Lian Bridge, Jingming Tower, Willow Bridge Peach blossoms + water birds: Wild ducks, mandarin ducks, swans can be seen everywhere between Mirror Bridge and Willow Bridge Peach blossoms + mountain views: Standing on the West Causeway, the mountains are on the west side 🌸Information for March flower viewing: ✔️Peach blossoms on the West Causeway ✔️White magnolias at Leshou Hall ✔️Wax plums at Lenong Pavilion 🚇Subway: The most convenient route to the West Causeway: Take Line 10 to Bagou Station, transfer to the Xijiao Line, take one stop to the Summer Palace West Gate Station, and it's closer to the West Causeway than the North Palace Gate. 📌tips: The peach blossom season is very short. It lasts about one week around the middle to the end of March.

❄️If the spring of the Summer Palace is the charming ripple of Kunming Lake, then the winter of the Summer Palace is the joyous laughter of the skating rink. ☀️The sun penetrates from the atmosphere of 40°N latitude, crosses the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, shines towards the Tower of Buddhist Incense, the ice surface is immediately dyed with golden light, people spin on it, chasing, as if the brilliant splash from the interstellar space. · Photography route: North Palace Gate of the Summer Palace ➡️ Suzhou Street ➡️ Four Great Regions ➡️ Xie Bridge ➡️ Qingyan Boat ➡️ Tour in Picture ➡️ Long Corridor ➡️ Cloud Radiance Jade Palace Archway, Skating Rink Entrance ➡️ Hall of Joyful Longevity, Clear Water and Wooden Shade ➡️ New Palace Gate ➡️ Seventeen-Arch Bridge ➡️ South Lake Island ➡️ Exit from New Palace Gate · ⬇️Entering from the North Palace Gate of the Summer Palace is the Long Bridge, standing on the Long Bridge can take pictures of Suzhou Street (Picture 2) ⬇️Walking past the Huiyin Cifu Archway is the way to the Four Great Regions, a group of Tibetan-style religious buildings built during the Qianlong period, namely 'South Zhanbuzhou' 'North Juluzhou' 'East Shengshenzhou' 'West Niuhezhou', which were burned down by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860, and the current ones were rebuilt in the 1980s according to the original style (Pictures 3-8) Steps need to be climbed here. ⬇️Then go down the mountain along the same way and turn left to walk along the mountain road, all the way towards Kunming Lake, there are small rivers in the forest along the way... When you reach Xie Bridge, you will see the stone boat Qingyan Boat (Picture 9) ⬇️Cross a small road with steps to climb up, the famous 'Tour in Picture', built during the Qianlong period, most of the buildings were burned down by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860, rebuilt during the Guangxu period, it is an important scenic building in the western part of Wanshou Mountain, with an octagonal two-story pavilion in the middle, two pavilions and two towers on the east and west, and a white stone archway and a main hall with three rooms at the back, all connected by mountain climbing corridors. Because the building is built against the mountain, the view is open, and you can enjoy the view from the corridor, as if you are in a painting, hence the name 'Tour in Picture' (Pictures 10, 11) ⬇️After going down the mountain, it is the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace (Pictures 12, 13) ⬇️When you walk to the archway in the middle of the mountain under the Tower of Buddhist Incense (Cloud Radiance Jade Palace), you can take pictures of the Tower of Buddhist Incense, and you can also climb up the mountain to take pictures of the Tower of Buddhist Incense. The entrance to the skating rink is on the Kunming Lake side of the archway. (Pictures 14, 15) ⬇️If you go further, there is a tall lamppost, which is the dock of the Hall of Joyful Longevity, the sleeping palace of Cixi in the Summer Palace, and the Hall of Clear Water and Wooden Shade. When Cixi came to the sleeping palace, lanterns were hung here. (Picture 16) ⬇️If you go further, it is the New Palace Gate, after the New Palace Gate is the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, at dusk is the time to prepare for the golden light to pass through the hole, cross the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, the camera position is on South Lake Island, you can also take pictures of Kunming Lake Skating Rink with Wanshou Mountain as the background on South Lake Island (Picture 1) Around 16:30, the golden light slowly passes through the hole (Pictures 17, 18) · 🎫20💰 ⏰6:00-20:00 🛷50💰/person, 100💰/double ⏰Ticket sales 8:30-16:30, clear the field at 17:00 ⚠️The garden is not open on Mondays ‼️If you are skating alone, or taking pictures of the golden light passing through the hole, you can enter from the New Palace Gate 🥧It is recommended to bring your own ·

| You'd be foolish not to shoot from these spots... 🌈Tour route (can be reversed🔁) New Palace Gate——⭐Seventeen-Arch Bridge (South Lake Island)——Zhi Chun Pavilion——Pai Yun Hall——⭐Buddha Incense Pavilion——Long Corridor——⭐Traveling in Painting——⭐Four Great Continents——Suzhou Street——North Palace Gate 🙋🏼‍♀️ps, the starred ones are worth spending time visiting/shooting - 📸Tour guide ❶Bronze Bull🐮 Frame the Buddha Incense Pavilion with the bull's horns, isn't this spot amazing? ❷Seventeen-Arch Bridge After the winter solstice, many people stand densely to shoot the classic spot of golden light through the hole. I took a shot from the steps of the Buddha Incense Pavilion ❸Buddha Incense Pavilion The high terrain allows for full shots from many angles, such as the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, South Lake Island, and shooting wide-angle from the west corridor of the Buddha Incense Pavilion is also great ❹Long Corridor A very long corridor, the winding and twisting parts are more photogenic ❺Traveling in Painting There are many good spots here, feel the unique experience of the ancient building roof under your feet, I dare say there are none elsewhere ❻Four Great Continents Han-Tibetan architectural complex, strong ethnic atmosphere, using the hole door to shoot framed scenes is great, this place can produce many niche and popular shots - Apart from these places, the Summer Palace is full of scenery everywhere, looking forward to your photographic eye to discover more different perspectives. —— 📣📣📣Exchange photos in the comment section📸 ⚠️Worth noting 🎫Tickets: Off-season 25r, Buddha Incense Pavilion separately 10r can be bought on site 🈺Time: Winter time 06:00-19:00 ⏳Tour duration: About 3～4 hours

The Summer Palace is really amazing! ❗️❗️The route of the 'painting in the middle of the tour' here, even if the road is slippery, there is no need to worry. In the Summer Palace, the beauty of 'painting in the middle of the tour' is really hard to ignore. Moreover, the park is really considerate, the clean road surface, especially the towering steps and uphill, is very safe to walk.👍 Of course, in order to have more fun, I suggest everyone choose a pair of sports shoes. Although the road after the snow is a bit slippery, as long as you are careful, you can enjoy the beauty here.💕 ✨About the nearest route of 'painting in the middle of the tour': Enter from the 'North Ruyi Gate', and you can arrive in about 10 minutes on foot. It saves time and is very suitable for friends who want to play easily.🕤 ✨As for the classic position of 'painting in the middle of the tour', many classic positions recommended on the Internet are now sealed by iron railings, which requires some creativity and unique perspectives. You can shoot from the west end of the corridor, let the model stand below, and the photographer stand still on the high place, so that you can take a picture of the person in the painting, which is simply beautiful.💕 In addition to the highest point, you can also slowly walk down and enjoy other scenery of 'painting in the middle of the tour'.✌️ ✨Best route: North Ruyi Gate-Painting in the middle of the tour-Buddha Incense Pavilion-Four Continents-Suzhou Street-North Palace Gate. This is a very classic route, you can fully appreciate the beauty of the Summer Palace. The last thing to remind everyone is that 'painting in the middle of the tour' does not require a separate fee, so you only need to buy a ticket.✌️ Landmark: Summer Palace Address: No. 19, Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing Ticket: 20 yuan Opening hours: The opening hours of the Summer Palace are off-season (November 1st-March 31st) 06:30-19:00, you can arrive before the opening hours. The opening hours of 'painting in the middle of the tour' are 08:30-17:00. In general, the Summer Palace is a place worth visiting. Whether it is to appreciate the beautiful scenery or to feel the history, it can bring you a different experience. Come here to feel the charm of 'painting in the middle of the tour' after the snow!

Beijing attractions big release! Today I will introduce you to the excellent attractions in Beijing, each place is unique, are you ready to explore together? Hurry up and like and collect, Let's Dive in! The Palace Museum The first recommendation is the Forbidden City! It's like the map of ancient China, with five hundred years of royal secrets hidden here. If you have the chance, you must come and take a royal selfie! Summer Palace The Summer Palace is a paradise in Beijing, which is breathtaking. Not only can you see magnificent buildings, but also appreciate the charm of royal gardens. Don't forget to capture your 'autumn appreciation' expression on the promenade, that's the advanced way to play! Great Wall No matter which section you go to, you can feel the weight of history. Climb up, take pictures when you come down, sunbathe, post photos, and tell your friends: I'm on the Great Wall, where are you? Temple of Heaven Park The Temple of Heaven Park is a place with a strong cultural atmosphere, not only beautiful buildings, but also leisurely old Beijing life. The elderly are dancing and practicing Tai Chi, which feels like traveling through time. Here, you can feel the harmony of the old and the modern. 798 Art District Stepping out of the ancient royal atmosphere and coming to the 798 Art District, it's time to feel the modern trendy art of Beijing! There are graffiti, sculptures, galleries, and all kinds of cool art works. Don't miss this art carnival! Tanzhe Temple Not far from the city center, there is a temple hidden in the mountains, Tanzhe Temple. The environment here is pleasant, the air is fresh, it is a good place to relax your mind. Don't forget to taste the vegetarian food, try meditation, and feel the mysterious power of nature. Whether you like modern architecture, natural scenery or cultural history, Beijing has places that will make you linger. Don't forget to check in and share your Beijing adventure, so that more people can also feel the charm of this city!

Summer Palace. The Summer Palace in winter, the first time to shoot after the temperature drops in winter, originally expected to see the sunset glow, but the wind is sparse and the clouds are sparse, and there is a little haze in the air. Although I didn't capture the super sunset glow as expected, I saw a beautiful sunset on the east bank of Kunming Lake. The sunset over the western mountains and the red clouds fly, although the weather is cold, people's love for the beautiful scenery is not reduced. There are many best places to shoot the sunset glow and sunset in the Summer Palace in winter, generally on the east bank of Kunming Lake and on the Seventeen-Arch Bridge. In addition to the colorful clouds and sunset, every year in December, the Summer Palace will stage an annual grand view - the golden light through the Seventeen-Arch Bridge! During the winter solstice, the intensity of the golden light will reach its peak. At this time, there are many photographers, it is recommended to arrive early, at least one hour before sunset. The best shooting position for the golden light through the hole is on the Lake Heart Island, or you can enter from the North Palace Gate, look far away after passing through the four continents, and include the TV tower and the Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the composition. Share this set of photos, and enjoy the sunset glow of the Summer Palace in winter together. Feel the warmth and romance of the sunset glow, the most beautiful moment in the world is at this moment.

Beijing has entered winter, although the weather has dropped a bit quickly, but for the leaves of the Summer Palace, it seems to have not been greatly affected, it is still a green piece, and it is not as brilliant as shared on the Internet. 🌴Tourist location: Back Lake of the Summer Palace 🚘Self-driving location: North Palace Gate or North Gate of the Summer Palace 🚌Bus route: 384, 563, 394, etc. North Palace Gate of the Summer Palace: It is a very important entrance to the Summer Palace, it is the north gate of the Summer Palace, not many people usually, but the attractions are very important, namely Suzhou Street and Back Lake, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, these two attractions are very worth visiting. Entering from the North Palace Gate is Suzhou Street, a scenic spot that combines the bustling ancient street block, now you can only feel the prosperity of 100 years ago in your mind. Going south all the way is Wanshou Mountain, Wisdom Sea, Buddha Incense Pavilion, Paiyun Hall, you can go out from the south gate. Back Lake of the Summer Palace: In fact, the Back Lake is connected to Suzhou Street, but half is charged and half is free. After passing the archway from the north gate, turn left is the Back Lake, with fewer buildings, lush trees, and winding mountain roads. There is a group of Tibetan buildings and Jiangnan water town characteristic river streets, there will be a large area of lotus in summer, only the broken lotus leaves are left in autumn, it is a kind of incomplete beauty. Main shooting point: After passing the Yin Hui Cheng Guan gate, you can walk along the banks of the Back Lake, the banks are planted with a piece of white wax, ginkgo, poplar, and maple trees, and Quercus plants, as the temperature drops, the leaves present orange, yellow. At present, there are several internet-famous trees that are red at the right time, and the stone arch bridge, tree leaves, and river water are also interesting. The colorful leaves and the calm lake surface form a rare northern autumn landscape, and the cruise ship travels between Suzhou Street and Kunming Lake, combining movement and quietness, with beautiful and pleasant scenery. 💰Ticket: Summer Palace 20 yuan Suzhou Street 10 yuan Back Lake free 🤳Equipment: Telephoto is most suitable 👔Clothes: Ancient costumes look better ⚠️Note: Love small animals, love trees

The Summer Palace, a gem of ancient Chinese royal gardens! It was once the summer palace of the Qing Dynasty emperor and is one of the most intact royal gardens in China today. Hidden within this grand garden are many astonishing secrets and stories. If you're afraid you won't understand it, hire a scholar as a guide. During the explanation, I learned that the origin of the Summer Palace can be traced back to the 18th century, when Emperor Qianlong built this garden to commemorate his mother. Its design was inspired by the water towns of the south, filled with the rich characteristics of southern gardens. It has the world's largest royal Buddhist temple - Baolin Temple, and the ancient and magical corridor - Nine Bend Bridge, every step is filled with the breath of history. In addition to the beautiful scenery, the Summer Palace also has an amazing secret: the Golden Urn Stone Boat. This is a boat built to imitate the palace of the Ming Dynasty. It is the largest and most exquisite palace boat in ancient China. On this boat, you can feel the luxury and beauty of the ancient royal family. Each scenic spot has its own cultural history, and each trip has its own charm.

#beijing #summerpalace #falltrip #fallingseason The Summer Palace in Beijing is a stunning and expansive complex of gardens, lakes, and palaces that offers a peaceful escape from the bustling city. The architecture and landscaping are breathtaking, and the views of Kunming Lake are especially picturesque🖼. The history and cultural significance of the Summer Palace make it a must-see ✔️ for visitors to Beijing. Overall, it's a beautiful and tranquil place to explore and learn about Chinese history and culture.

#palace #chineseculture #nature The name: Summer Palace Tickets: 30-60 rmb How to get there: Beigongmen subway station, line 4, exit D It is one of the most beautiful place in Beijing, if you would like to enjoy a nature and Chinese culture at the same time. There are some ancient buildings, pagodas on the rocks, a huge lake with birdies, some bridges In traditional style. Also you can go boating. This place better to visit during a sunset.

#wheretogo The Summer Palace in Beijing is a UNESCO heritage site that I could not miss visiting when I was in Beijing on a vacation. The Summer Palace is the best preserved imperial garden in the world and it is a massive masterpiece of Chinese landscape. There are elaborate temples, museum, scenic lakes, ancient streets etc. I could not even finish covering everything in a day. Do remember to bring your passport with you when you visit, as it is required during ticket purchase. My rating of this attraction: 5 ⭐️ out of 5!

⛺️ anywhere in Wangfujin is a great idea for hotels ➕️ you'll be able to shop for souvenirs there and eat local street food HIGHLIGHTS: ✴️ Mutianyu Great wall ✴️ Summer Palace ✴️ Forbidden City ✴️ Beihai Park ✴️ Temple of Heaven ✴️ opera at the Liyuan theatre ⏳️ I would recommend MINIMUM 3 days in Beijing to be able to visit most of the places. If you plan to travel around China then 4/5 days is perfect to visit the main places of Beijing. ℹ️ Beijing is very Tourists friendly and very safe so don't hesitate and go there ! 🍽 of course, try Beijing duck while in Beijing ! #beijingtrip #china #trip #temples #asia #pekin