Beijing Zhongshan Park

Zhongshan Park, formerly known as Sajik altar, located in the northwestern side of Tiananmen Square, the northeast of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and Tiananmen Square (now the Cultural Palace of working people) as opposed to the Ming emperor worship God Earth God and the Valley Division. To commemorate Sun Yat-sen, in 1928 renamed Zhongshan Park.

Sajik altar is a square of three-storey units, with marble brick structure, a symbol of “Tianyuandifang”, which paved the altar there in the yellow, East Green, Southern red, white west, north black colored soil, around the short wall also covered by the direction of four-color glazed tile. Altar surrounded by triple walls, white marble walls surrounded by the provision of a door, were “Lingxing Gate.” The middle of a name “altar wall” between the altar wall and the wall, the north gate of prayer and JI, the West bank and God God kitchen, slaughter house in the kiosks. Overall Renovation of prayer at Zhongshan Hall points, altar Southern, Western Forum, the East altar outside the altar North and other construction. Forum of the district south corridor, to defend peace Square, Bai Shulin, South altar door lions, waterside pavilions, four should Xuan, Tang Hua dock, Lanting Pavilion, and eight columns Raymond Pavilion.


In 1949, the government conducted a large-scale construction of the park, bulldozers stacked mountains, by planting flowers and trees, the garden a new look. However, many of them still preserved Ming Dynasty architecture, ancient trees and beautiful environment.

Opening hours :6:00 – 21: 00
Tickets: 3 yuan
Transportation: 1,4,5,10,22,37,52,726,802, special one way up. Or take the subway line at Tiananmen Square West, get off.

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