Beijing Keyuan

　　Keyuan Garden is located at Mao'er Hutong, outside Di’anmenwai, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the residential garden of Wen Yu, a grand secretary in the late Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), and is one of the best-preserved traditional gardens in Beijing.

　　The garden covers an area approximately 100 meters long from north to south and 70 meters wide from east to west. The layout is highly refined: the western section is a traditional courtyard house, while the central section features a row of rear-facing rooms at the front, with rockeries and ponds in the front courtyard along with trees and flowers. A central passageway leads to the rear courtyard, which is enclosed by corridors and planted with various flora. The eastern section mainly consists of side rooms and the main hall, with rockeries in the courtyard. The architectural layout and forms are flexible, and the central and eastern sections are connected by corridors to form a unified garden space.

　　Keyuan Garden is one of the better-preserved examples of private gardens in northern China. After its construction, several notable figures and foreign ambassadors to China resided and worked here, giving it both artistic and historical significance. (National Cultural Heritage Administration)

Beijing Keyuan Garden is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.