Jingshan Park is located on the central axis of Beijing, covering an area of 23 hectares. It faces Shenwumen of the Forbidden City across the street in the south and Beihai Park in the west. Jingshan Mountain is 42.6 meters high and 88.35 meters above sea level, which was once the highest point in Beijing. Standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the whole city, you can have a panoramic view of the magnificent ancient Forbidden City and modern Beijing.
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In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a small mound called Qingshan, which belonged to the inner backyard of Yuanda University. When the Forbidden City was built in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, coal was piled here, so it was also called Jingshan Park. Because its location is just on the central axis of the whole city, and it is also the barrier to the north of the palace, Feng Shui warlocks call it "Zhenshan". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many fruit trees were planted in the garden, and animals such as deer and cranes were raised, so this mountain was once called Baiguoyuan, and this mountain was once called Long Live Mountain.
Qiwanglou 1
At Jingshanmen in Yang Shan, it is located at the foot of the mountain and faces south. The yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain, with heavy buildings and double eaves, five rooms wide and three rooms deep. On the eaves, I stepped on the bucket three times, and the Ming Dynasty Manchu-Chinese literature plaque "Qiwanglou" was hung; Under the eaves, there are five steps to step on, and there are promenades, tripod arches and colorful paintings in front. There are white marble guardrails around. It enshrines the memorial tablet of Confucius. There are some primitive clay sculptures on the stone platform foundation under the north, east and west walls.
2. Wu Fang Pavilion
* * * There are five pavilions, namely Guanmiao Pavilion, Shang Zhou Pavilion, Wanchun Pavilion, Fulan Pavilion and Jifang Pavilion from east to west. There are five Buddha statues in the five pavilions, all of which are called Five Flavors Gods.
Chongzhen hanged himself.
Another cultural landscape in Jingshan Park is the place where Chongzhen hanged himself. At the foot of Jingshan Mountain, there is a low old pagoda tree, which leans eastward. It is the place where Zhu Youjian hanged himself during Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Zicheng Rebel Army invaded Beijing in March 1644, and Chongzhen fled to Jingshan in March 19. Being ashamed of his ancestral career, he committed suicide on the crooked-necked pagoda tree under the Guanmiao Pavilion with his belt.
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