Qiyuan Garden

Qiyuan Garden

Qiyuan Garden is a municipal-level cultural heritage site in Beijing.

Qiyuan Garden is located at No. 35 Qinlao Hutong, Dongcheng District, and is listed as part of the seventh batch of municipal-level cultural heritage sites in Beijing.

The site was originally the garden of the “Qiyuan” mansion, the residence of Suo, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department during the late Qing Dynasty. During the Republican era, a large three-courtyard siheyuan was built in the western part of the garden. It includes one main gate, nine reverse-facing rooms, three west wing rooms, and a rockery functioning as a screen wall. The engraved stone inscribed with “Qiyuan” is still in place on the rockery. A seven-bay hallway leads to the second courtyard, where the main house features five bays with a front porch and rear gallery. Each of the east and west wing rooms has three bays with corridors, and there are nine rear enclosing rooms in the third courtyard. This forms a unique siheyuan architectural layout. The engraved stone with the characters “Qiyuan” remains on the rockery to this day.

Source: Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Beijing