The Beijing Olympics Games are coming soon. In order to let more compatriots and foreign friends know Shenyang, one of the co-cosponsor cities, I wrote several articles to introduce some scenic spots in Shengyang, both in English and Chinese, so that they can both enjoy the games and the beautifual seneries as well.
Olympic City---Shenyang Welcomes You(1)
——Beiling Park
The capital of Liaoning, Shenyang, the center of economy, culture, traffic, business and trade, is an industrial post and famous city of history and culture in the whole country. There are a lot of beautiful scenic spots, such as, elegant and quiet World Exposition, where all flowers are in bloom now; Imperial Palace, which is the imperial palace of Qin Dynasty before they went into Shanhai Guan; the tomb of Huang Taiji(He is the second emperor of Qing Dynasty)---Zhaoling, that is Beiling Park.
Firstly, Please allow me to introduce the Beiling Park to you.
Beiling Park,3,300,000 square kilometers, was established to be a park in 1927. The world-famous ‘Qing Zhaoling’ is located in there. A forest of palaces, gates, arches, tablets and pavilions in the park,togeher with the splendid gold tiles and red walls, show the magnificence of the royal cemetery. And outside, ancient pines tower to the skies, some of the them, over 300 years old, are called “Living Cultural Relic” , and among them,“ Magic Tree”, “ Phoenix Tree” , “Husband and Wife Tree”, “ Sister Tree” and “Tortoise Tree” , who are very unique characteristic(feature) in both of shape and spirit.
In the park, luscious growth of vegetation is abundant in all four seasons. Fangxiu Park, with nearly 200 kinds of plants, is about one hundred meters long, and the embankment with the shades of the willow trees may be rated as the fineest works within it.The wide artificial lake measuring 300,000 square meters in area is rippling with green wavelets in the summer. And if your tastes extend to boating on the lake, you can enjoy sightseeing by pedalo or yacht.
Warmly welcome to Beiling Park! Your visit will enlighten you more about Chinese history, Shenyang and the culture of Qing Dynasty.