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Beiha Park, Beijing
On the west side of the
Forbidden City is a wide expanse of water called Tai Ye Chi. Tai Ye Chi
is divided into three parts: Beihai Lake in the north, Zhonghai Lake in
the middle, and Nanhai Lake in the south. Beihai, the best known of the
three, was turned into a royal garden as early as 1,000 years ago.
A very popular tourist site is the Nine-Dragon Wall. After hundreds of
years, the colors of the ceramic tiles are just as brilliant.
The wall was built in 1756. It is 21m long, about 15m high and i.2m
thick. It is faced with 424 7-color ceramic tiles.
At the center of the wall, there is a giant dragon, flanged by four
dragons on each side. In addition to these nine large dragons, the wall
is covered from edge to edge with many smaller dragons. In all, there
are 635 dragons. |
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