Continued on last post where we finally finished our tour inside the Forbidden City. We then walked to the Imperial Garden, which located at the northernmost point and the last part of Forbidden City before exit through the Gate of Divine Prowess.
Lets go.
Imperial Garden
The Imperial Garden was built for emperors and their wives to relax themselves and enjoy beautiful scenery. It was also used for sacrificial rites, keeping fit, book collections, reading, and other purposes.
It was originally built in the 18th year of the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle period (1420 AD). In later years, it was extended. Today, it still remains in the pattern designed when it was originally constructed.
The garden full with visitors by the time we reached there.
Cypresses and Chinese wisteria in the garden are all hundreds of years old. There are more than 160 ancient trees, which are distributed around the garden. In addition, this garden is also interspersed with various hill stones and miniscapes.
This ancient tree formed like an archway.
Another old tree and it's desription..
Infront of Piled Elegance Hill (Duxiu Shan). It is a 14 meters high artificial rockery made entirely from a pile of peculiar-looking stones.
The Hall of Imperial Peace is the dominant building in the garden and occupies the central position. Surrounded by a wall, it dates from the 15th Century.
We didn't went inside the Hall. Just took photo only.
Growing in front of the hall is a 400 years old pine tree. Known as the Consort Pine, it symbolises the harmony between the Emperor and Empress.
Beautifull.
At each of the four corners of the garden there is a pavilion. These symbolise the four seasons.
The Pavilion of Myriad Springs (Wanchunting) is the most famous and occupies the eastern corner. Built in 1535 and restored during the Qing dynasty, as its name implies, it is this pavilion that symbolizes spring.
Bamboos, cypresses and pines in the Imperial Garden are interspersed with hill stones, forming an evergreen landscape.
Beautifull landscape inside the garden.
It's all about door.. gate... door...gate, tapi tak exit2 pun 😅😅
Gate to exit Imperial Garden.
Exit from Imperial Garden to the Northern Gate.
Gate of Divine Prowess.
Through the Gate. Ok ni betul2 Gate keluar.... Huhuhuhu... 😂😂
Exiting from the northern gate, raising your head, you will find a pavilion with three-layered eaves perched on a hill. The hill is called Jingshan Hill ( Coal Hill or prospect Hill). Due to limited time we had plus hungry and tired, we skipped the hill. Jingshan Hill is an ideal place to have a panoramic view of Forbidden City and Beijing as whole.
*Nak menapak balik pun jauh lagi :P
Jingshan Hill up and above.
I think the word "Gate of Divine Prowess" written on that wall.
The moat surrounding the Forbidden City excavated during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty are known as Tongzi He (the Pipe River) by local people. They are altogether 3,300 metres long, fifty-two-metres wide and 4.1-metres deep with a total capacity of 500,000 cubic metres of water. It was built for security purposes, so both sides of it have steep embankments, making it impossible to cross without some means of bridging it.
The moats / Tongzi River surrounding the Forbidden City.
Kembali ke pangkal jalan... Yeah u read it right, another 2.9km!!! 😰😰
After exited from North gate,we needed to walk back to Tiananmen Square or at least nearest Subway Station for the next destination. As far as we had walked inside the place, the same miles we needed to walk back to our starting point. Get ready for another adventure. That's why we skipped Jingshan Hill...
Luckily the view along the way was really2 interesting and beautifull. With the weather which was pleasant, we didn't felt much tired, however due to coldness, we tend to get hungry quicker. Furthermore, we just had light breakfast early in the morning. Can't wait to have heavy lunch!
Tour Service outside the Gate. There's a spelling error on the "Hud" word. It should be "Hub"!! ðŸ¤ðŸ¤
Coated cherry.
Public buses were available however we didn't study about it so were uncertained to take it. We just continued to walk.
Just walked along the moat through Beichang Street.
Along the way, we had a great view of magnificent turrets of Forbidden City and its surrounding moat. There are four beautiful turrets of the same structure on the four corners of Forbidden City.
The Northeastern Turrets of Forbidden City and City Moat.
Such a serene view.
The water stood still, contained the memories of civilization of Chinese Dysnasty from then until now.
Each turret tower has nine girders, eighteen columns and 72 ridges. The two turrets on the northeast and northwest corners offer the best photo opportunities. The turrets however are inaccessible to visitors.
Much closer view of the Northeastern Turrets .
You're almost reached to the nearest subway when you saw this shop lots area.
Look at the street. Very clean.
Ok back to civilization...
A unique motor-car!
Another unique vehicle. A tri-cycle.
Finally we reached to the subway station. It took almost one hour walk..!! 😰😰
Bought the ticket.
Welcome back to the city life.
Ok our destination next was to fill our stomach. To be continued....
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