Fragrant Hills | |
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Fragrant Hills Park, Xiangshan Park | |
香山公园 | |
![]() Palace hall sitting at top of Fragrant Hills | |
Type | Urban park, Forest park |
Location | Haidian District, Beijing, China |
Coordinates | 39°59′27.59″N 116°10′46.89″E / 39.9909972°N 116.1796917°E |
Area | 188 hectares |
Created | 3rd century (in the record) 1186 (officially built) 1441 (rebuilt) 1956 (as public park) |
Owned by | Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks |
Status | Open all year |
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Simplified Chinese | 香山公园 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Fragrant Hills Park | ||||||||
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Fragrant Hills Park[1] or Xiangshan Park (香山公园) is a public park and former imperial garden at the foot of the Western Hills in the Haidian District, Beijing, China. It was also formerly known as Jingyi Garden or "Jingyiyuan" (靜宜園). It covers 160 ha (395 acres) and consists of a natural pine-cypress forest, hills with maple trees, smoke trees and persimmon trees, as well as landscaped areas with traditional architecture and cultural relics. The name derives from the highest peak of Fragrant Hills, Xianglu Feng (Incense Burner Peak), a 557-meter (1,827 ft) hill with two large stones resembling incense burners at the top.
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