#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

Late spring near Huiyue Rock at Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China. (The lions, like many things, had to be buried during the Cultural Revolution lest they be destroyed...)

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

The Peace-Defending Arch has an interesting history. Built in 1903, it was originally called the "Ketteler Monument."

In June 1900, Enshou -- a Qing army officer -- killed the German envoy Herr Ketteler. Ketteler participated in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion. In 1902 the Qing government signed a treaty (per the park's signage) "with eleven imperialist countries. One of the traitorous articles of the treaty stipulated 'a monument to be set up for Ketteler.'

Thereafter, this monument/arch was built and placed in a nearby alley. It was relocated here in 1919 (and renamed "Victory of Justice") and received its final name in 1952.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

In front of Zhongshan Hall at Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China. (The altar is interesting in that it's split into four colors and the retaining walls along the outside have tiles of (almost) matching colors.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

In the Merry Land area at Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China. (The lions, like many things, had to be buried during the Cultural Revolution lest they be destroyed...)

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

At Zhongshan Park in downtown Beijing, China.

Thanks to its bigger and more popular neighbor, Gugong (the Forbidden City), Zhongshan Park – like the Working People’s Cultural Palace on the opposite side – tend to be overlooked, even though they’re in the heart of Beijing, China. Both the WPCP & Zhongshan Park are within the moat of the Forbidden City but are completely separate entities from Gugong, so they have much fewer visitors, which is quite refreshing.

I suppose, to give a clear idea of what we’re talking about, I’ll mentally lay out the Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square for you from a birds’ eye view. Tiananmen is (at least according to what I read here in China) “the largest public square in the world.” Imagine a somewhat stout rectangle standing on end. On the bottom (south) end would be Qianmen, one of the old gates to the city, and Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum. On the left (west) is the Hall of the People, which is where Chinese government convenes, etc. On the right (east) side is the National Museum. Finally, along the top (north) is the Forbidden City, across Changan Avenue (one of the widest avenues in the world).

Crossing over to the palace via the Changan underpasses, most people head straight for the Forbidden City, which is easy to find (just follow Mao’s head). A quick overview of the palace would show a rather long rectangle on end (feels like it’s about 2 km on the north-south axis and about 1 km on the east-west, but those are guesses). If you were to look at it from above, the palace grounds actually only take up about the top 2/3 of the area in question.

The other 1/3 of the area is usually overlooked by people. When you walk into the main gate at the south end of the complex, you pass through something of a medium-sized “bottleneck,” with no signage indicating what’s in the areas that you don’t see. That’s where Zhongshan Park (and the Workers’ Cultural Palace, actually) are located. In the southwest quadrant (and the entrance is actually facing Changan Avenue, but is completely nondescript otherwise), you find the entrance to this park.

Zhongshan Park has an area of 23.8 hectares. “Zhongshan” is a name that honors Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China, and, as such, has had many names before that. Per the signage in the park, this area was called Xingguo Temple during the Liao Dynasty and Wanshou Xingguo Temple during the Yuan Dynasty. When the Forbidden City was built during Ming Dynasty Emperor Yongle’s reign (in 1420), the park became a State Altar. (Chinese governmental thinking stated that, “to the left, the family; to the right, the state.” So the WPCP was originally an altar to the ancestors and Zhongshan Park was the altar to the state.)

During the Ming (and Qing) Dynasty, sacrifices to the earth god and harvest god were performed here. More than 1,300 ritual activities were performed here between 1421 and 1911 when dynastic rule came to an end.

With the end of dynastic rule, the park’s (and the country’s) direction was a bit uncertain. In 1914, the altar was opened to the public and called Central Park, becoming the first public park in Beijing city. When Dr. Sun passed away in 1925, his hearse was placed in Baidian (Zhongshan Hall) for public mourning and the park was renamed in his honor in 1928 (as was the hall in which he was on display).

After the PRC was formed in 1949, the park has been used primarily for recreational purposes, though on occasion dignitaries (among them, Chairman Mao, Zhou En-lai, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, etc.) have park-visiting activities.

Of note in the park are the Liao Cedar, the Altar of Land and Grain (directly in front of Zhongshan Hall), the Peace-Defending Arch, Lantingbei Pavilion, Maxim Pavilion, the Garden of Fragrant Flowers, and the Waterside Flower Greenhouse.

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Event #Baidian #FarmHouse #Umbrella #Multicolor Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents We are now taking bookings for July-17 to Apr-18 Please Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com, www.DClassyclicks.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #DClassyClicks #DClassyClicksbya2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #hoteldecor #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor

#Mehndi #Farm #House #Baidian Road Follow us on Instagram @DclassyClicks and @a2zevents Call us for details and bookings Direct Cell # +92-321-4268177 / 0331-4730273 PK Office PH # +92- 42 35817106 UK office Dir # +44- 203-371-0782 / 0208 -090 -4020 Uk Fax # +44- 207- 691- 7800 PK Office: -M-23 Siddiq Trade Center, Main Boulevard Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Visit Our Pages: - www.a2zeventssolutions.com ,, www.a2zeventssolutionz.com , Facebook:- www.facebook.com/a2zevents #Mehndi #a2zeventssolutions #creativeweddingplanner #Walima #Barat #weddingdesigner #pakistaniweddingplanner #weddingstages #weddingdecoration #stagedecorideas #themedweddings #weddingsinpakistan #wedding #Baraat #WeddingCinematography #Weddings #WeddingVideography #HDWedding #Wedding #Planner #stage #decor #mehndi #baraat #reception #Bridal #Photography #Shoot #islamabad #marquee #marriage #hotel #decor