Imperial Garden

The Imperial Garden is located in the middle of Beijing Forbidden City, back of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility. It was used as a garden for resting and playing by the queen and the princess. Also, it was used to sacrifice and keep fit, collect books and read books. This garden was first built in 1420 and was expanded later but the original style has been still kept. It is 80m from south to north, 140m from east to west, covering an area of 12000m². The main building along with the surrounding pavilions, terraces and open halls, fresh and green pines, cypresses and bamboo, form an evergreen garden landscape.

Features
Firstly, the arrangement of the garden is symmetrical but not rigid. There are over 20 types of building styles on both sides of the garden. No matter built leaning to the wall or standing alone, all of them are exquisite and staying in a suitable position. Its two pavilions Wanchun Pavilion, and Qianqiu Pavilion have round top and square body which shows a traditional idea of ‘an orbicular sky and rectangular earth.’

Secondly, the rare stone, luxuriantly green trees especially some old trees, adorn the garden and make it full of interest. There are over 160 old trees spreading in the garden with different styles bonsais.

Thirdly, the colorful path is primitive and special. The path in the garden is paved by colorful grait which constructs over 900 different graphic patterns including person in literature, flowers, views, opera, allusion, etc. It will be a great enjoyment while watching those patterns along the path.