Beihai has changed very little since Qianlong' s time. It was formally opened as a public park in 1925. There are two gates. The front gate is at the eastern entrance to Wenjin Street and the back ...

To reach Beihai, you can take subway line 4 to Ping An Li or one of the numerous bus lines (Nos. 609, 107, 111, 118 and 13) that drop passengers off at the park's north gate. That said ...