Yongdingmen Park

　　Yongdingmen Park (Chongwen Area) was completed in September 2004, with a total green space area of 138,000 square meters. The green area is ship-shaped, designed with rows of tree formations that complement the nearby walls of the Temple of Heaven and Yongdingmen Gate. The ground paving and rest facilities are consistent in style with the Temple of Heaven walls. In 2006, the park was rated as an “Exemplary Park” of Beijing.

　　Yongdingmen Park (Chongwen Area) is an important part of Beijing’s “Cross-axis Landscape,” revered as the “Dragon Vein” and “Heavenly Street.” The park stretches from Nanyi Road in the north to Yongdingmen in the south, borders the Temple of Heaven wall to the east, and connects to Yongdingmen Park (Xuanwu Area) to the west. It has a green space area of 67,000 square meters. The overall green area is ship-shaped, reflecting cultural elements through a series of small plazas and ground designs. A central pedestrian walkway paved with stone slabs flanked by gray bricks runs from north to south along the style of an imperial path, connecting to the Forbidden City’s imperial path and forming a symbolic feature of the southern central axis. The ground paving and rest facilities match the style of the Temple of Heaven walls, using natural materials such as gray bricks and blue tiles, in harmony with the overall theme of the southern central axis—“orderly, generous, simple, and natural.”

　　Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development