Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall

Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall

The Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a cultural tourism site.

         The Chaoyang section of the Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall is located on both sides of Beijing’s central axis road and south of the Olympic Park, making it the largest linear park within Beijing’s urban area. It stretches 4.8 kilometers in length and is 130 to 160 meters wide, covering a total area of 67 hectares. It includes three first-level scenic areas: "New Vistas of the Yuan Capital," "Prosperity of the Great Capital," and "Dragon Pool Leaping Fish," as well as six second-level scenic areas: "Imperial Tours to Both Capitals," "Guests from All Directions," "Crabapple Blossom Stream," "Radiance of Stability," "Lanterns Along the Water Street," and "Ancient Charm of Corner Towers."

        The Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall was built on the ruins of the earthen wall of the Yuan Dynasty capital city (a national key cultural relics protection unit, designated No. Ⅵ-1). It starts from near Mingguang Village on Xueyuan South Road in Haidian District to the west, extends north to Huangtingzi, then turns east passing through Madian and Qijiahuizi. As a national 4A-level tourist attraction, it is a modern urban heritage park that integrates historical site preservation, leisure activities for residents, ecological environment improvement, and disaster emergency shelter, all enriched with cultural and historical significance.

        As a witness to and physical remnant of Beijing’s urban civilization development, the Yuan Dynasty ruins are important evidence for studying the changes in the city’s location and hold significant importance for exploring and developing Beijing’s cultural history. It is also the first humanistic Olympic landscape completed in Beijing.

        Construction of the Great Capital officially began in January of the fourth year of the Zhiyuan era (1267 AD) and was largely completed by the thirteenth year (1276 AD), taking a total of nine years. The Great Capital covered an area of 60 li and had 11 city gates, all built from earth. The locations of the eastern and western walls of the Great Capital correspond to the inner side of the current Second Ring Road, the northern wall aligns with the current earthen wall park area near Dewai and Anwai, and the southern line is slightly south of today’s Chang’an Avenue. From Xueyuan Road eastward to Xibahe, the area has been developed into a park. The Great Capital had three gates on the eastern, western, and southern sides, but only two on the northern side. The three eastern gates (from north to south): Guangxi Gate (now Hepingli East), Chongren Gate (now Dongzhimen), and Qibei Gate (now Chaoyangmen); the three southern gates (from east to west): Wenming Gate, Lizheng Gate, and Shuncheng Gate; the three western gates (from north to south): Suqing Gate (western end of Xueyuan South Road), Heyi Gate (now Xizhimen), and Pingze Gate (now Fuchengmen); the northern side had Jiande and Anzhen gates.

Address: No. 24, Xiaoguan Street, Anwai, Chaoyang District, Beijing (near Yuhui South Road)

Type: Historical Site / Urban Park

Phone: 010-84648252

Official Website: http://www.yddyzgy.com/

Opening Hours: Winter: 6:00–22:00   Summer: 5:30–22:30

Parking Fee: West Gate Parking Lot of the Ruins Park of the Yuan Dynasty Capital City Wall, only 91 meters from the park; Fee Schedule (All Day: (Others: 5 RMB for the first hour; 07:00–21:00, 5 RMB per hour. 21:00–07:00, 1 RMB per hour.))