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Circular City is a part of Beihai Park in Beijing. As its name says, it is a small rounded city in the park with a circular wall of 276 meters. The base of it is 4.6 meters high and covers an area of about 4553 square meters. There are ancient trees and magnificent buildings in the city.
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Beihai Park is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved imperial gardens in China. Beihai Park covers a total area of over 68 hectares, more than half of it is taken up by the Beihai Lake. The park consists of North Shore Scenic Area, East Shore Scenic Area, Qiongdao Island, Circular City and Botanical Garden.

What to see in Circular City
Chengguang Hall
Chengguang Hall is the main structure in the Circular City. It was built in Yuan Dynasty and reconstructed in Qing Dynasty during the reign of Qianlong Emperor. It has a square platform in front and a roof of several tiers of flying eaves. The roof is covered with edged with green glazed and yellow glazed tiles. The emperor liked to come here to watch fireworks during the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, it was converted into a Buddha Hall.

Jade Urn
Jade Urn is an exquisite jade carving. It was originally made in 1265 in Yuan Dynasty. The mouth of it is oval. It is 70 cm high, 493 cm in circumference and weighs about 3500 kg. The whole body is carved with seahorses, sea pig, rhino and other haunted in sea waves, which looks lifelike. Jade Urn is thick and quaint, being a rare heritage of Yuan Dynasty.
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Ancient trees
There are a couple of ancient trees that has hundreds of year of history. A Chinese pine named Zhenyinhou was planted in Jin Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. It offers cool place for people under hot sun, that is why it got its name. Another famous white bark pine named White General was also planted in Jin Dynasty. It was named by Qianlong Emperor for its color and spirit it shows. 

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