Beijing Parks

29/03/2019

23/02/2016

The Forbidden City with North-East Corner Tower and Northern Gate at sundown - like a large floating ship...

20/02/2016

A boat rental at the east shore of the Beihai lake in the Beihai park on a windy day in spring. Blue water with waves caused by the wind and colourful pedal boats are seen in the foreground. In the background is the shore with tall weeping willow trees with long branches being blown by the wind. Beihai Park has been a public park since 1925. It was previously an imperial garden (through through five dynasties).

19/02/2016

A wide angle view (with a 16mm fisheye lens and a full-frame DSLR camera) of branches of blooming cherry trees, the White Dagoba (Bai Tai) and the ShanYin Pavilion in the Yongan Temple on the Jade Flowery Islet in the Beihai Park in spring.

18/02/2016

Blossoming branch of Japanese cherry tree - viewed against the ShanYin Pavilion in the Yongan Temple (built in 1651) on the Jade Flowery Islet in the Beihai Park, Beijing, China - on an early morning in spring with clear blue sky.

16/02/2016

Male senior Beijing citizen is writing a poem with a traditional Chinese brush and water (as "ink") on the pavement in the Jingshan Park. The morning sun casts shadows of him and a tree.

26/08/2015

Chinese imperial roof decoration in yellow glazed ceramic on temple in Beihai Park. The number of mythical beasts - between the man riding a Phoenix in front and the immortal guardian (hangshi) with a sword followed by the large dragon - signals the building's importance.

25/08/2015

Blossoming branches of Japanese Cherry tree and the Bai Ta (White Pagoda) Temple in the Beihai park in spring.

18/03/2015

Blossoming branches of Japanese cherry tree and the Bai Ta Temple in the Beihai Park

18/03/2015

Rooftop of temple in Beihai Park (near the Forbidden City) in Beijing, China. The decorated roof includes figures in glazed ceramic forming marching processions.