Jingshan (park)

Jingshan ( Chinese ex. 景山 , pinyin : Jǐngshān , pall .: Jingshan , literally: “View from the mountain”) is an artificial hill in Beijing , China . The park covers an area of ​​more than 230,000 m², and is located north of the Forbidden City on the central axis of Beijing. ^[1] Originally an imperial garden, it is now a public park known as Jingshan Park (景山 公园).

Jingshan
basic information
Type of	City Park
Area	23 ha
Established
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A country	China
Jingshan

Paylow in Jingshan

An artificial hill with a height of 45.7 meters was built during the reign under the motto “ Yunle ” during the Ming Empire entirely from soil dug when digging ditches around the imperial palace. Particularly impressive is the fact that all this was created exclusively by manual labor. Jingshan consists of five separate hills, on top of each of them there is a Chinese-style palace-pavilion. These pavilions were often used by officials of the imperial retinue for gathering, as well as for recreation. These five hills also point to the historic axis in the center of Beijing.

Feng Shui practice has said that places located south of a nearby hill are beneficial for living because they have protection from the cold northerly winds. Therefore, the imperial palaces in the capitals of previous dynasties were located south of the hill. When the capital was moved to Beijing , there were no such hills, but they were later built.

The last ruler of the Ming Empire, Zhu Yujian, committed suicide by hanging himself here in 1644 .

Today, Jingshan is especially popular among the elderly. Here they gather and engage in dancing, singing and other cultural activities.