The Kowloon Wall in Beihai was built in 1756, all made of colored glazed bricks, with a length of 25.5m, a height of 5.6m and a thickness of1.6m..
Nine dragons are decorated on both sides of the wall, playing with pearls in waves and clouds. Its vivid shape, brilliant colors and exquisite craftsmanship are rare and precious works in China's glass architecture. It is the shadow wall in front of the Daxijing Factory. It is said that such a screen wall was built to stop the fire and eliminate the evil soul.
The Kowloon Wall is huge and exquisite, with patterns of rocks, seawater, flowing clouds, sunrise and bright moon embedded. The base is a sapphire stone platform with a green glass sumeru on it. On the wall of the seat, there are nine dragon reliefs of different shapes, rushing in the clouds and waves.
These dragons are energetic, powerful, vivid and lifelike. The east side of the wall is decorated with Jiangya seawater and rising sun flowing clouds, and the west side is the image of Jiangya seawater and bright moon flowing clouds.
The top of the wall is the top of Pangdian Hall with glazed tile ridge, which is decorated with yellow glazed floating clouds and dragons. The screen wall is made of 424 prefabricated seven-color glazed tiles, which makes it reach the realm of gorgeous colors, simplicity and elegance as a whole, and it is a fine product in the glazed structure architecture of the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to nine striking pearl dragons on the front wall and back wall, dragons have also been found on the building components such as the front ridge and vertical ridge.
The top of the Nine Dragons Wall is a "fairy temple style" with one main ridge and four vertical ridges. There are nine dragons in front of and behind the main ridge, a dragon around the vertical ridge, two spineswallowing beasts on both sides of the main ridge, and a dragon in front of and behind them, so there are thirty dragons on the five ridges.
There is also a dragon on the glazed tile embedded under each tile. There are 252 tiles, 25 1 tiles and 82 dragon tiles around the wall. Plus 18 dragons jumping in the fog, there are 633 dragons in total.
Under the "Swallowing Beast Ridge" on both sides of the main ridge, there is also a "round cake-shaped" tile with a dragon on it. In this way, there are 635 dragons on the Nine Dragons Wall in Beihai.
The Kowloon Wall in the North Sea can be described as the "Dragon Wall". The dragons on it are not only different in color and shape, but also dazzling in number. Standing in front of this wall, you can hardly tell where the dragon is and where the wall is. There is really a sense of trance that "the dragon is in the wall and the wall is in the dragon".
Huafangzhai, located on the east coast of Beihai, built in 1757, is an independent courtyard hidden in the mountains. The front hall is the "Spring Rain Pool", and there is a pool in the courtyard, also known as the "Water Hall". To the north of the courtyard is the main hall "Fanghuazhai". There is a delicate and chic yard in the east and a small and exquisite yard in the west.
Coca Pavilion is located in the northeast corner of Huafangzhai. There is an ancient pagoda tree in the pavilion, which is said to have been planted in Liao and Jin Dynasties. The environment here is elegant and quiet, and later Emperor Guangxu studied here.
The whole Huafangzhai is surrounded by Zhu Gallery, with exquisite structure and unique environment. It looks like a big ship moored at the North Sea Lake. It was originally named after Ouyang Xiu's The Story of Huafangzhai. Gan Long once found this inscription on an ice bed, and the word "Hua Fang Zhai" was his handwriting.
Jingxinzhai, formerly known as Jing Zhai Qing, is called Jing Zhai Qing because it faces the water before and after, and the poem says, "Building a house near the pool is like a mirror". Jing Qing Zhai is located on the north shore of Beihai, near Tianwang Temple. The whole park was built in 1757, covering an area of 4,700 square meters. There are pools and rockeries in the park. The three areas seem to be separated and combined, and they are integrated. They are masterpieces of classical gardens and the study of the Crown Prince.
Jing Qing Zhai is mainly composed of stacked stones, surrounded by various buildings, pavilions, small bridges, flowing water and stacked stone caves, which are elegant, quiet and ingenious in layout, reflecting the essence of courtyard garden art in northern China, and it is a "garden in the garden" with unique architecture and style.
The main entrance of Jingxinzhai faces Qionghua Island across the water, surrounded by short walls, and the south is a hollow flower wall, which blends the internal and external scenery. Bixian Pavilion is close to the flower wall, which plays a wonderful role.
There are many rocks in Taihu Lake in the village, and the beautiful scenery is in harmony with pavilions, bridges and flowing water, hidden among green bamboo flowers and trees. Known as "Qianlong Small Garden" and "Garden in the Garden".
The main buildings in this area include Zen Room, Rhyme Room, Baosu Bookstore, Pillow Pavilion, Diecui Building and Qin Quan Gallery. Diecui Building, located in the northwest, is the tallest building in the park. It is two stories high, and you can have a panoramic view of the North Sea.
The garden wins with the beautiful architectural layout of mountains, ponds, bridges, corridors, pavilions, temples and pavilions. It is a small garden with picturesque scenery and endless fun, and it is one of the masterpieces of China's garden art.
Later, in 1885, Empress Dowager Cixi used naval funds to build and repair buildings in Zhai and set up a small railway station. The railroad track runs from Zhongnanhai along the northwest coast through Yangzemen until it reaches the gate of Jingxinzhai.
The northern part of Jingxinzhai is a large-scale and ingeniously stacked mountain scene, and the rocks on its rockery are of different shapes, exquisite and beautiful.
The whole rock landscape is like the brushwork of China's landscape painting, which is tantamount to creating a real ink landscape painting with real objects. Taihu Rockery is an important part of Beihai Park landscape.
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