Jingshan Park

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  • Address
    Jingshan Qianjie, Dongcheng
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  • Phone
    6403 8098
  • Transport
    underground rail: Tiananmen Xi or Tiananmen Dong, then taxi
bus: 5

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Known as Coal Hill by Westerners during legation days, Jingshan Park was shaped from the earth excavated to create the moat of the Forbidden City. The hill supposedly protects the palace from the evil spirits - or dust storms - from the north. Clamber to the top for a magnificent panorama of the capital and princely views over the russet roofing of the Forbidden City.

On the eastern side of the park a locust tree stands in the place where the last of the Ming emperors, Chongzhen, hung himself as rebels swarmed at the city walls.