Located on the west side of Beijing, Fragrant Hills is a large forest park with the characteristics of imperial gardens in which natural landscape is combined with artificial scenery. It is more than 20 km from Beijing and covers an area of 160 hectares. Its highest peak, 557 meters above sea level, looks like a huge incense burner, so it gets the name “Incense Burner Peak” (Xiang Lu Feng) and the name Fragrant Hills (Xiang Shan) is derived from this.

Fragrant Hills has a very long history. The park was established in 1186, during the Jin Dynasty, and renovated by emperors of the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties (1115-1911).

There are three convenient roads for enjoying the park. Along the northern road, are Glasses Lake, Cascade Cave, Fine-Day and Jian Xin Pavilions, Glazed Pagoda and the Geyun Bell. Along the middle road are Tingxue, Purple Mist, and Wangfeng Pavilions, Zhisong Garden, Lotus Lawn, Yuhua Villa, Snow-On-the-West Mountain, Incense-Burner Peak, Chongyang Garret, etc.. Along the southern road there are Green Lake, Green Pavilion, Gem Rock, the Red Leaves Scenery, Sermon Pine, relics of Fragrant Hills Temple, etc..

Admission: Peak season: 10 RMB; Combo ticket: 15 RMB

Slack season: 5 RMB; Combo ticket: 14 RMB

Tel: 010-62591264

Opening hours: April 1st - November 15th: 6:00 - 18:30 (entering stops at 18:30)

November 16th - March 31st: 6:00 - 18:00 (entering stops at 18:00)

Address: No. 40 Xiangshan Maimai Street, Haidian District, Beijing

Transport:

By Subway: Take Subway Line 10 to Bagou Station (Exit A) and walk for 346 meters outside the station to transfer to the Xijiao Line and get off at Xiang Shan Station

By Bus: Take Bus No. 318, 331, 360, 634, 696, 698, 714 to Xiang Shan Park Station

Reservation: Reservation should be made on official Wechat account