Insight Guides: Beijing City Guide (Insight City Guides) by Guides Insight

Author:Guides, Insight [Guides, Insight]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: APA
Published: 2017-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Houhai Lake.

Ming Tang Evans/Apa Publications

Shichahai and the Back Lakes

Shichahai (The Sea of the Ten Buddhist Temples; 什刹海 ) is a complex of lakes north of Beihai Park. Historically, this area has harboured many beautiful courtyard palaces of Manchu princes and Qing-dynasty officials. Today it remains one of the most attractive parts of Beijing.

Fact

Today Yingding Qiao (Silver Ingot Bridge) marks the boundary between Qianhai and Houhai lakes, but it used to represent the final end of China’s Grand Canal, which stretches some 1,800km (1,125 miles) south all the way to Hangzhou. Traders would bring grain, bolts of silk and tributary offerings for the emperor and exchange them there.

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