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Accommodation: Unnamed Courtyard Hotel
I still live in this courtyard hotel near Nanluoguxiang. It is a courtyard hotel with old Beijing characteristics. I wake up early and eat breakfast at the hotel. It is delicious. The hotel I eat here is very self-contained.
【Western Suburban Line】
The Fragrant Hills and the Summer Palace in the northwest of Beijing have always been the favorite tourist destinations for Beijingers. You can enjoy the coolness and ease of the surrounding mountains and the gentle breeze without leaving the city. Since Yongzheng and Qianlong, every summer, the emperor They would come to the Yuanmingyuan to live and work. In the late Qing Dynasty, Lafayette Cixi also moved to the Summer Palace, which shows how beautiful the mountains and rivers are here, and the scenery is pleasant.
In the past, when I came here, the subway line 4 could only go to the North Palace Gate of the Summer Palace, and then I took a bus or a taxi. If I got stuck in a traffic jam, I would have to walk for a long time, and a whole morning would be wasted on the road.
Well now, there is a West Suburban Line, which is not a subway line, to be precise, it should be a tram, with rails on the ground and electric wires in the sky, similar to the tram line operated by the Belgians in Tianjin a hundred years ago The trams are exactly the same.
From Tianjin South to Beijing South at 9:00 in the morning, it takes 40 minutes by train. Because of the ride-hailing app, there is no longer a long queue for buying tickets at the subway station. From Beijing South, take Metro Line 4 to Haidian Huangzhuang, and turn 10 Line two stops, get off at Bagou Station.
Because the Xijiao Line belongs to the above-ground rail bus, not the subway, and the two lines cannot transfer zero-time. With a strong Beijing accent, it sounds very cordial.
Bagou has never been to this place before. It has the feeling of a rural town. The dilapidated houses on both sides of the road have just been demolished, revealing a beautiful track and station. Many people are already waiting in line here, just like the subway. Scan the subway code to enter the station, and scan the code to pay when leaving the station.
The interval between vehicles is the same as that of the subway, every five or six minutes. There are many people in the morning, and the two bus-sized carriages are already full of people. The vision of the carriages is very wide, and the speed is not as fast as the subway, because there is no need to wait for the traffic lights at the intersection, and sometimes they go through the underground , at least much faster than the bus.
Looking at the green scenery outside the car window, I feel very comfortable, because I want to go to the Yudong Garden recommended by Xiaoqing. I get off from the South Gate of the Summer Palace, and it costs 3 yuan per stop. On the return trip, it takes 4 stops from the Botanical Garden to Bagou. Yuan, compared to the previous slow bus, although the price is a bit more expensive, but I still feel very happy. It departs from Tianjin at 9 o'clock, and after 10 o'clock, I have already sat in Beiwu Park to watch the scenery.
【Beiwu Park】
In the northwestern part of Beijing, there is a Beiwu Park, facing the Summer Palace in the east and Baiquan Mountain in the west. Get out of Bagou Station on Metro Line 10, take the tram on the Xijiao Line, one stop to the West Gate of the Summer Palace, and not far opposite is Beiwu South gate of the park.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were docks to the west of the Summer Palace, which were used to repair and park ships. The shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty was famous all over the world. Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, traveled to the West six times. , is already countless.
Today, Beiwu, Zhongwu and Nanwu, together with the boat camp in the south, through these place names, can already feel the appearance of the west of Beijing with many buildings and boats and lakes. Once upon a time, the lake became a rice field, which belonged to Sijiqing Town, and the famous Jingxi rice was produced here.
Not far from the south gate of Beiwu Park, there is a small sinking lake. At this time, it was drizzling, and I happened to sit in the pavilion by the lake, carefully admiring the scenery of Beiwu, the pond, the high platform, and the small temple. , stage, rice fields, ancient trees, green grass, the scenery left over in these parks is the mark left by time, the annual rings left by the age, and the charm is long.
【Jade East Garden】
Coming out of the north gate of Beiwu Park, there is a very narrow path on the opposite side. You can see a dry river with overgrown weeds. A narrow bridge passes by, and there is another park. There is no grand gate plaque, only a picture A simple small iron gate like a roadside leisure park.
Walking in, the vision suddenly becomes clear. There is a small lake on the opposite side. Looking over, the hill with a pagoda in the distance is Yuquan Mountain. Emperor Qianlong built Qingyi Garden in the west of Beijing, which was later the Summer Palace. It completely imitated the layout and appearance of West Lake in Hangzhou. The location of Yuquan Mountain is the same as that of Yuquan Mountain in West Lake, Hangzhou.
Then, from the east side of Yuquan Mountain, a pool of Kunming Lake, the size of West Lake, was dug out, and a Longevity Mountain, which was the same as Baoshi Mountain, was piled up. The Summer Palace and Yuanmingyuan were also burned and plundered by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, but Yuanmingyuan became a ruin. , the Summer Palace is still a pavilion with pleasant scenery, which shows that future generations have paid more attention to this place.
As the name suggests, Yudong Garden is a garden east of Yuquan Mountain. As for whether it became famous in Qingyi Garden during the Qianlong period, it is not known. There are no ancient trees and palaces like the Summer Palace, but there are endless rapeseed flowers and rice fields. People take pictures on the field ridges, a refreshing pastoral style.
No matter what you can see or look at the map, you feel that this Yudong Garden is invisible at a glance. I spent a long time in Beiwu Park before. It was already noon and I was hungry. Come out through the side door, and within a short walk you will find the West Suburb Line at the west gate of the Summer Palace. Take the empty tram and go straight to the Botanical Garden.
Walk to the place where the water is poor, sit and watch the clouds rise
【Beijing Botanical Garden】
In Beijing, there is such a place, below are gardens, there are huge greenhouse tropical botanical gardens, clear lakes, quiet villages, ancient temples of the Tang Dynasty, deep mountains and old forests with gurgling water, and ancient fossils. The famous metasequoia forest has a long trestle deep in the dense forest and a water source with strange rocks.
Let you easily appreciate all kinds of beautiful scenery in one day. This is the Beijing Botanical Garden, a place that I go to again and again. My love for it completely surpasses the Fragrant Hills and the Summer Palace.
There are four gates in the botanical garden. The south gate and the southeast gate are the only ones we use most often. The south gate is close to Fragrant Hills. It is now closed and is undergoing major repairs. Get off at the botanical garden station on the West Suburban Line tram. This is the only one in the botanical garden. It's the front door.
The Botanical Garden ticket is five yuan, the Reclining Buddha Temple and the Tropical Botanical Garden are charged separately, and other places are one-ticket to the end. The scenery here is better than the major park attractions in China, but the ticket price and passenger flow here are one-tenth of other places. No, I deeply feel that the park attractions in Beijing are all super cost-effective.
The botanical garden’s visiting route is more humane. From the southeast gate to the north, pass a long and narrow lake, and on the right is Huangye Village, where Cao Xueqin lived when he created Dream of Red Mansions. .
Continuing north, past two wider lakes, you can see the tomb of Liang Qichao, built by Liang Sicheng's father. To the west are the tombs of warlords Zhang Shaozeng and Sun Chuanfang, martyr Gao Renshan and so on.
At this time, to the north of the Botanical Garden is the ancient Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Walking up the steep mountain gate, you will always feel dizzy. When the Botanical Garden ticket was 10 yuan before, it was free here. Now the ticket price becomes Five yuan, the Reclining Buddha Temple charges separately, it is estimated that few people will come, let the Tang Dynasty Buddha sleep peacefully.
Many people head south when they come here, and return to the scenic spot in the middle of the park. This is the place where the flowers of the botanical garden are most concentrated. Garden, Perennial Flower Garden and Plum Garden, etc., and the Tropical Botanical Garden is also in the middle of the park.
However, there is also a very hidden but very charming place in the botanical garden, that is Cherry Valley, a deep mountain and old forest that fully appreciates the primitive wildness.
At the Shanmen Archway of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, where the tourist battery car stops, there is a small road on the left, continue to the northwest, there is a small lake not far away, walk along the wooden plank road by the lake to the mountain, the cool and humid air is refreshing, take a deep breath , Suddenly feel that the limbs are extremely comfortable, and the huge metasequoia forest releases 100% oxygen, which makes people feel like they are in a fairyland.
At the end of the mountain road is the source of water. It is a place where you can sit and watch the clouds rise when you walk to the poor water. A big rock blocks the way up the mountain. If you have the strength, you can go around behind the big rock and walk up the rugged mountain road. Where it will go is unknown.
