Lianhuachi Park

Lianhuachi Park is located in Fengtai District, not far from the Beijing West Railway Station. With an area of 44.6 hectares (110 acres), the park is a modern garden and is well-known for its splendid lotus scenery. The park was built on the site of a place of historical interest—the Lotus Pond. The pond is regarded as the birthplace of the city of Beijing, and bears a history of over 3,000 years. The capital of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) was built to the southwest of the Lotus Pond in 1153 and the pond provided most of the water for the capital at that time. Therefore, the park is of great significance to the study of the location and landscape of the ancient capital of the Jin Dynasty.

Features: It is an exquisite, elegant and classical park, and various pavilions, rockeries, ponds, bridges, stones, fragrant flowers, luxuriant lawns and trees are can be seen there. On both sides of the biggest pond, there are verdant Chinese pines, cedars, ginkgos, locust trees, white waxes, and magnolia trees. About 80,000 lotuses with 250 species are planted in the clear pond. The most stunning is the lotus scenery. In summer, all kinds of lotus flowers are in full bloom as if they are competing for the title of most beautiful. As an ancient poem wrote: “The Lotus leaves stretch to the sky a boundless green; the lotus flower in sunlight with unusual red to glow.” A breeze ripples with the surface of the hectares of the Lotus Pond, resulting in a wonderful picture. A delicate white marble statue stands at the bank of the pond, telling a beautiful love tale between a Lotus-flower Fairy and Lotus-root Man. Next to the pond, there is an outdoor theater with a stage in a 'T' shape and music fountain pools on both sides. The pools are full of water lilies blooming with different floral colors of summer. Besides the lotus scenery, there are many activities to join and great scenery to enjoy within the park. For example, the Exercise Square, Outdoor Dancing Area, Fishing Area, Children's Playground, Peacocks and Drovers' Garden, a lotus Propagation Place, Wind and Lotus Pavilion. Every year, the park will hold a traditional style temple fair, making the park an ideal place to enjoy Chinese folk arts and food.

Take Bus No. 1, 4, 300, 309, 730, 830, 845, 937, te2, yuntong201 to Liuliqiao Beili station.