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Beihai Park was an imperial garden and now a public park located to the northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing. First built in the 11th century, it is among the largest of all Chinese gardens and contains numerous historically important structures, palaces, and temples. Since 1925, the place has been open to the public as a park. It is also connected at its northern end to the Shichahai. The park has an area of more than , with a lake that covers more than half of the entire park. At the center of the park is an island called Jade Flower Island (, ''Qiónghuádǎo''), whose highest point is . ''Beihai'' literally means "Northern Sea". There are also corresponding Central (''Zhonghai'') and Southern (''Nanhai'') "Seas". These latter two are joined inside a complex of buildings known after them as Zhongnanhai; it is the home of China's paramount leaders. The Beihai Park, as with many of Chinese imperial gardens, was built to imitate renowned scenic spots and architecture from various regions of China; the taihu lake, the elaborate pavilions and canals in Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the delicate garden structures in Suzhou and others all served as inspirations for the design of the numerous sites in this imperial garden. The structures and scenes in the Beihai Park are described as masterpieces of gardening technique that reflects the style and the superb architectural skill and richness of traditional Chinese garden art.〔 ==History== In 1179, Jin Emperor Emperor Zhangzong had a country retreat built northeast of Zhongdu, the Jin capital, located in the southwestern part of modern-day Beijing. Taiye Lake was excavated along the Jinshui River〔Du, Pengfei & al. "History of Water Supply in Pre-Modern China" from ''Evolution of Water Supply through the Millennia'', (pp. 169 ff ). Accessed 16 November 2013.〕 and Daning Palace (/) was erected on Qionghua Island in the lake.〔Rinaldi, Bianca. ''The Chinese Garden: Garden Types for Contemporary Landscape Architecture'', (p. 137 ). Walter de Gruyter, 2011. Accessed 16 November 2013.〕 The grounds of this palace is now Beihai Park. During the reign of Kublai Khan, the Qionghua island was redesigned by various architects and officials such as Liu Bingzhong, Guo Shoujing and Amir al-Din. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beihai Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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