Beijing Grand View Garden

Walking into Beijing Grand View Garden, you can temporarily bid farewell to the hustle and bustle of the world outside the door, and enjoy the idyllic beauty of classical gardens. It is as if you have become a person in the Red Chamber, and you have entered the wonderful drama that involves time travel where history and reality meet.

In the first sentence of Jia Baoyu's "Heng Zhi Qing Fen", there is a description of climbing creeping plants, and wisteria is also among them. Now, in Hengwu Garden, Xue Baochai's residence, wisteria flowers are in full bloom.

Strings of lilac flowers fall from the canopy of vines, like strings of purple wind chimes or fluttering butterflies. When the breeze blows, the faint wisteria branches gently swing, emitting a burst of fragrance. Looking at the flowers and green leaves flowing under the spring sun, you can feel as if time has stood still.

Address: No. 12, Nancaiyuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Hongluo Temple

In April, the mountains of Hongluo Temple are turquoise. Green bamboo and pine forests are dense. Wisteria, lilacs, peonies, azaleas, etc. are blooming, and the garden is full of beautiful spring colors.

On the west side of the courtyard behind the Daxiong Hall of Hongluo Temple, there is a "wisteria pine" landscape composed of flat-topped pine and vines. The image of the old tree and dead vine is very strange, which is one of the famous "Three Greatest Views of Hongluo Temple".

Strings of deep and shallow purple vine flowers hang under the pine pergolas. Dense flowers sway in the wind with fragrance in the sky, looking like smoke and fog from afar and making people have infinite reverie.

After enjoying the blossoms, you can climb the mountain, and breathe the fresh air of the mountains and forests. And after descending the mountain, you can go to a nearby restaurant to taste Huairou's special food such as grilled rainbow trout and harvest the beautiful scenery and food in one stop.

Address: Hongluo Temple Scenic Area, Yanqihu Town, Huairou District, Beijing

Translator: BAO Minmin

Reviewer: LIU Yu