Zhongnanhai (in simplified Chinese中南海) is located at Xicheng District. It was the open sea in the Jin and Yuan Dynasty and later it was turned to South China Sea in the early Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and it was collectively known as Court ban.

The main building of the Zhongnanhai includes Shuiyun pavilion and there is a sentence in the middle of the pavilion written as “The autumn wind is too fluid,” and the monument is for “Yanjing Eight”. In addition there is Ziguangge, such as banana garden. Yingtai has main features for the South China Sea (Zhongnanhai) and there are Luan Xiang Ge, Dian-yuan Han, Dian-Xiang Habitat (the Penglai Pavilion), Ying-ting, and smoked building. There are also a lot of flowers, rocks, pavilions and some flowers live over the water, which are beautiful and pleasant. The Zhongnanhai has some gardens, the Huairen Hall and other halls in the building sea. In the early years of the Republic has established the Office of the President here.

After the founding of People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and other party and state leaders have to live here, and this is also the office for the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Now it is one of the national key units to be protected.

 

Zhongnanhai is really very meaningful in terms of Chinese’s modern history. It is one of the headquarters of the Chinese government and there are a lot of special designs in this Zhongnanhai in order to facilitate the work of the Chinese leaders.

 

Of course, as mentioned above, the Zhongnanhai is one of the most important sites in Beijing in terms of political affairs, you might not be allowed to enter this place easily. However, if you are visiting Beijing and you would like to have a closer look at the Zhongnanhai, you could still try to stop at a distance from it and see how the office of Chinese leaders look like.

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