Passing through Beijing without time to book the Forbidden City? I recommend you visit this place—fewer people, beautiful scenery, and free admission

🏮If you're passing through Beijing or on a business trip with tight time and can't visit the Forbidden City, let me introduce you to a place with magnificent glazed tiles and a royal-style garden landscape. This place is the Beijing Garden in the Beijing Expo Garden.

🏮Address of Beijing Garden: No. 15 Shejichang Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, inside the Beijing Expo Garden.
🌸Park affiliation: Beijing Garden is one of the traditional exhibition gardens within the Expo Garden, centered on the "royal garden" style, showcasing the essence of Beijing garden art.
🌸Design concept: Built along the mountain, it integrates three courtyards—Siheyuan (courtyard houses), landscape garden, and mountain garden—recreating the splendid elegance and grandeur of Beijing city gardens.
🌸Core attractions🌿Mingchun Courtyard．Style: Siheyuan-style palace garden, quiet and elegant, displaying the orderliness and delicacy of royal gardens.．Highlights: Pavilions and terraces are splendid and staggered, offering an immersive experience of the tranquil atmosphere of Beijing courtyards.
🌿Landscape Garden．Style: A natural and artificial mountain-water landscape characterized by "magnificent grandeur."·Landmark: The main building "Jujing Pavilion" is modeled after the "Rugu Hanjin" Pavilion of the Old Summer Palace, offering a panoramic view of the entire garden from the top.
🌿Zhiqiu Garden．Style: A reserved and introverted royal mountain garden, creating a richly layered landscape with rocks and plants.·Architecture: Shuangfeng Tower is a typical mountain building style, and Wanjing Square uses the Temple of Heaven’s circular mound pattern. Cultural elements and architectural details.
🌸Royal elements reappearance:·Jingming Pavilion and Sanyou Corridor originate from Qianlong’s garden design, reflecting the elegance of classical gardens.·Glazed flower vases, wood carving crafts, and other traditional crafts decorate the garden, showing the fusion of Lingnan and Jiangnan garden styles.
🌸Ecological restoration model:·The garden relies on Jinxiu Valley (formerly a construction waste landfill pit) to create a sunken flower valley, with railway tracks running above it. The spring flower sea and industrial relics form a unique landscape.

Practical Information

🏮Visiting Information
🌸Opening hours: Daily 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, open on weekends without rest.
🌸Transportation suggestions:🌿Subway: Take Line 14 to Expo Garden Station, exit B2, then walk 15 minutes to Gate 3.
🌿Driving: Navigate to No. 15 Shejichang Road; parking lot with 500+ spaces is very convenient.

Post by CHRISTIAN COBB | Oct 25, 2025