A relaxing retreat close to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, most of this huge and refreshing park is taken up by Beihai Lake which hosts ice skaters in the winter and pedal boats during the other seasons. Located on the site of a 10th-century palace, many of the structures in the park are reconstructions of originals dating from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Beihai Park is notable for the Round City, a palace established by the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan (1214-94). At the heart of Beihai Lake is the Qiong Island, a manmade hill that affords panoramic views over the Forbidden City. At the summit of the hill you will find the White Dagoba Buddhist stupa built under the direction of the then Dali Lama when he visited Beijing in the 17th century.

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