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Photo: Beijing Botanical Garden, Western Hills
Between the Fragrant
Hills Park and Yuquan Mountain in Haidian
District, the Beijing Botanical Garden is a
comprehensive one integrating scientific
popularization, research and sightseeing.
It can be seen beside the Temple of the Sleeping
Buddha (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) at the
foot of Western Hills. Covering an area over
one million sq m, the Beijing
Botanical Garden consists of 13 exhibition halls
and grows more than 3,000 kinds of plants
including more than 1,500 kinds of tropical and
subtropical plants. The beautiful scenery is
made up of the hills, springs, man-made
grasslands, shrubs and over hundreds varieties
of flowers.
The Beijing
Botanical Garden is comprised of the Plants
Exhibition Area, Places of Historical and
Cultural Interest, Nature Reserve Zone and
Scientific Research Zone. Walking for about about 15 minutes walk
from the front gate will take you to the famous Sleeping Buddha
Temple (Reclining Buddha Temple) which was built in the Tang
Dynasty. The botanical garden is packed with
visitors during spring when the Peach Blossom
Festival is held here while the Beijing Flowers
Exhibition is organized here during the autumn
with flowers such as the Chinese rose and the
chrysanthemum being the crowd's favorite.
Opening times:
6.00am to 7.00pm
Admission: 5 yuan
Location:
Xiangshan South Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Transport:
Visitors may get on bus No. 318 and get off at
the Botanical Garden bus stop or take bus No.
333 or 360 and get off at the Sleeping Buddha
Temple. Special tourist buses go from Qianmen,
Chongwenmen and Zhanlanlu to the Botanical
Garden regularly.
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