Came here as part of a tour of the Forbidden City and other parts of Beijing. It is interesting, and with a guide you can understand the gardens and their purpose well. However, I definitely think it would have been better to go to other...More

This park is laid out like the garden in the Chinese literary classic, "A Dream of Red Mansions", including many pavilions. It's a relaxing and beautiful place to visit, tucked into a very busy and crowded city. But to me the most interesting part was...More

Visited back in Sep-Oct 2011, this is one of the most clear places in Beijing where most of the plants and trees are) I particularly loved the aroma from lilacs, jasmin, and morning glories) Other flowers are also attractive to the naked eye.

Having read the famous novel Dream of the Red Mansion many times, I went to this garden on the second day during my Beijing trip in early November 2014. It was opened quite early in the morning, at around 7.30 a.m. Thanks to my early...More

I went here with a group of my students on a field trip. It was part of their study of the classic Chinese literature for The Red Mansion. As someone who is not familiar with the novel, this was basically a nice park to walk...More

It's famour in China cause it appear in a famous fiction, The Story of the Stone. You can visit the grand view garden for free if you book a room in Grand View Garden Hotel.

This was an impulse visit because my friend had to buy medicine from a nearby hospital. I have never read the book but after seeing how excited my friend was when we saw some of the sights within the park, I really want to read...More