Writes of Passage

Maimai St, 40号香山公园内 邮政编码: 100093
Haidian District, Beijing

… more old pix here

One of the parks I went often: taken there by family members; on school outings; going there with friends and schoolmates. The foliage is particularly enchanting. It’s also known as Fragrant Hills, Western Hills.

It came from an imperial garden (1186) at the foot of the Western Hills in the Haidian District, not far from Wanan Cemetery.

Nowadays, people mountain people sea 人山人海. The last time I was in Beijing, shortly before outbreak of Covid-19 (2019) and saw the tour buses lined up the narrow streets when I went to visit my ancestors at WanAn Cemetery.

A few places I still remember:

• 香山碧雲寺
• 鬼见愁, the main hill 香山的主峰,又叫香炉峰,海拔557米

We usually went to have lunch at Moscow Restaurant, either before or after visiting the Zoo.

By Aileen Wang

No.1 Zhongguancun South Street
Haidian District 1/F,
Beijing Youyi Hotel,
Beijing 100873 China

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This was the old imperial family home where emperors had ruled since 1420. It’s the center of Beijing (east of Zhongnanhai 中南海), flanked by Jingshan Park, Beihai Park, Zhongshan Park and Imperial Ancestral Temple 太庙.

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The park was a former imperial altar, that is southwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

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44 Jingshan W St, 景山 Xicheng District,
Beijing, China, 100009

This park is north of Palace Museum and east of Beihai Park in the heart of Beijing.

福利楼 fulilou in Zhongguancun also housed a bakery, 中关村茶点部. I took the first photo during my visit in 2014. The rest were taken by Aileen, thank you.

Someone wrote about it in 2017.

Photos are from my first grade classmate Yan Dee -:)

7 Wenjin Street
Beijing
北京市西城区文津街7号

This was the old library of Peking or China: Imperial Library of Peking 京师图书馆, founded in 1909. It had moved to Purple Bamboo Park in Haidian District in 1987 and renamed to National Library of China, NLC.

^{⇐ 2018.4.15: the NLC is in the background; The rest of the photos are from my cousin Zhou Hong. 其余照片来自表姐周红.}

这个专门收藏旧书古籍馆,位于北京市西城区文津街7号,是前北图/国图: 1909 京师图书馆在广化寺, 1928 北平图书馆, 选在此地 1931年开馆时是远东最大及先进的图书馆. 1987 搬到白石桥 1999年成为国家图书馆的一部分. 2005年这个旧址成为国图古籍馆.