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JingShan Park – Beijing, China

Opposite the north gate to the Forbidden City lies Jingshan Park. The park was opened as an imperial garden in 1368, but when the moats and canals around the Forbidden City were excavated the soil was used to build an artificial hill with five peaks. This huge work of manual labour was carried out to improve the feng shui of…
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