Taoranting Park or Joyous Pavilion Park is located in the southern part of the city, north of the Beijing Southern Railway Station.

Taoranting Park got its name after famous Tang poet Bai Juyis poem:

When the chrysanthemums turn yellow and wine is made,

Lo! my dear friend,

Lets drink to our hearts content and be drunken away

In ecstasy.

Unlike other parks and gardens of the city which were reserved for the emperor and his family, the Taoranting Park was accessible to all. This explains why the park was a popular meeting place for poets and literary men during the Qing dynasty.