Beihai
Park is also home to the famous Nine-Dragon Screen. Just like the one
in the Forbidden City,the screen is built with colored glazed-tiles. Made in 1756, the Nine-Dragon Screen was built of 424 pieces of colored
glazed tiles during the reign of Qing Emperor Qianlong.
The Nine-Dragon
Screen was built to protect a temple (no longer there now) from invading
evil spirits, and is considered an art treasure and one of the best
of its kind. The whole thing is built with glazed color bricks. On either
side of it there are nine dragons, also made of glazed bricks, each
playing with a pearl amidst waves of clouds. It is said that the total
number of dragons is 635.
The
Nine-Dragon Screen in "Beihai Park is one of the indispensable
sights for foreign tourists to Beijing to take in if they wish to follow
the traces or China's dragons. In nine different postures the nine dragons
equally portray fierceness and vigor. Tourists marvel at the great
artistic merit and the beautiful modelling of this ancient art object.
There are three nine-dragon screens in China: the largest is the one
in the city of Datong, Shanxi Province; the best one is in Beihai Park
and the other one is in the Forbidden City.
Beijing Private Tour to Beihai Park
Beijing Tour
Beijing Hotel
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Beijing Tour Routes Covers Beihai Park
Chinatravelkey can add Beihai Park in the following tours with extra cost 10 USD per person.
Photo of Beihai Park
        
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