Stuviajes #1 Purple Bamboo Park - Beijing - China

stuvi (41)in #travel • 7 years ago

Stuviajes #1 Purple Bamboo Park - Beijing - China

################################This is Us################################

Wikipedia
Purple Bamboo Park (Chinese: 紫竹院公园; pinyin: Zǐ Zhú Yuàn Gōngyuán; also called Zizhuyuan Park or Black Bamboo Park) is one of the seven largest parks in Beijing, China. It is located in the Haidian District of northwestern Beijing.
The park consists of three connecting lakes covering over a total area of 48 hectares. The lakes' eastern shores consist of several small hills, and they were formed with the earth dredged from the lakes, to balance the natural hills on the western shores of the lakes. There are five bridges connecting the lakes, islands, and hills into a single integrated area. To the north of the lakes the Changhe River flows through.

Typical of classical Chinese garden style, and like many of Beijing's parks and gardens, it is a mountain-water landscaped garden. Constructed around canals and large lakes, the Bamboo Park is known for its liberal use of verdant bamboo groves.[5] The garden has a variety of bamboos on display, with the variety ranging as much as up to 50 species. There is also an art museum located within the park.

The three major lakes in the park were formed in 1159. During Ming Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor built a royal garden on the bank of the lake in 1577, and the bamboo was planted following that. In 1954, the park was rebuilt and open to the public.

Stuvi

The Bamboo park was the first of a few places that we met on our Trip to China this past summer, I could easily assure you that with every step you take on this amazing country something about you and or how you see the life will change.

The front entrance show us, at first sight, the order that rules Chinese culture, a few steps in are enough to find groups of people making any kind of exercise -We arrive at 8 am and the park was already very populated-, felt like an old fat guy looking all the people moving more smoothly than I can right now.

You can find people doing Tai Chi, Playing Jianzi (traditional Chinese national sport in which players aim to keep a heavily weighted shuttlecock in the air by using their bodies, apart from the hands), playing music on a hidden corner of the park.

Fortunately, we had the chance to see a lake full of beautifully lotuses flowers and a group of locals were crazy about it taking pictures of the blossom.

I found that the small roads, scenic spots, and interest points are really amazing taking into consideration that is a public park in the middle of Beijing.