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The Zhongshan Park (Chinese: 中山公园/中山公園), is a former imperial garden and now a public park that lies just southwest of the Forbidden City in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing.
The "Altar of Earth and Harvests" built in 1421

Of all the gardens and parks surrounding the Forbidden City, such as the Beihai and Jingshan, Zhongshan is arguably the most centrally located of them all.[1] The Zhongshan Park houses numerous pavilions, gardens, and imperial temples such as the Altar of Earth and Harvests or Altar of Land and Grain in some translations (Shejitan, 社稷坛), which was built in 1421 by the Yongle Emperor,[2] and it symmetrically opposite the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and is where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties made offerings to the gods of earth and agriculture.[1] The altar consists of a square terrace in the centre of the park.

By 1914, the altar grounds had become a public park known as the "Central Park". That park was then further renamed in 1928 after Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan Park), in memory of China's first revolutionary political leader who helped bring about the first republic era in 1911, which is what the park is known as today.[3] Many parks in China during that period also took on this name (see Zhongshan Park). [link]

社稷坛建于永乐十九年，一直作为明清两代祭祀社稷的场所。清帝退位后，社稷坛闲置疏于管理，守坛的人在坛内饲养猪羊，许多地方被用来种植苜蓿作为饲料。

1913年民国政府接管了社稷坛，开始募集捐款，准备将其辟为公园。1914年10月10日社稷坛对普通民众开放，称中央公园，是北京最早成为公园的皇家园林之一。公园开放前，短时间内进行了大面积的整修，开辟了面对长安街的正门，凿开了东坛门的围墙，修成了月亮门的样式。1915年以后，又在园中添建了河塘、叠石和其他建筑，社稷坛的戟门也被改为殿堂。1925年孙中山先生的灵柩曾停放在园内的拜殿。1928年改中央公园为中山公园。在辟为中央公园后，除保留社稷坛外，先后营造了松柏交翠亭、格言亭、蕙芳园等景观，还把习礼亭、兰亭八柱亭、保卫和平坊及河北大名古刹的宋代石狮移入园中，园中还安放了多块清代宫苑中的名石。1937年日本占领北平后，改为北平公园，10月后又改成中央公园，1945年抗战胜利后恢复中山公园的名称，沿用至今。

1988年中山公园被中国国务院定为全国重点文物保护单位，现在正在准备申请世界文化遗产。[link]

Directions in Chinese from Shuangjing to Zhongshan Park

地铁10号线 → 地铁1号线全程约40分钟 / 8.5公里
双井

1站

乘坐地铁10号线(巴沟方向), 在国贸站下车

150米
站内换乘地铁1号线(苹果园方向)

6站

乘坐地铁1号线(苹果园方向), 在天安门西站下车(B东北口出)

760米
步行至中山公园
中山公园

Photography by David McBride

Description
The Zhongshan Park (Chinese: 中山公园/中山公園), is a former imperial garden and now a public park that lies just southwest of the Forbidden City in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing.
The "Altar of Earth and Harvests" built in 1421

Of all the gardens and parks surrounding the Forbidden City, such as the Beihai and Jingshan, Zhongshan is arguably the most centrally located of them all.[1] The Zhongshan Park houses numerous pavilions, gardens, and imperial temples such as the Altar of Earth and Harvests or Altar of Land and Grain in some translations (Shejitan, 社稷坛), which was built in 1421 by the Yongle Emperor,[2] and it symmetrically opposite the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and is where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties made offerings to the gods of earth and agriculture.[1] The altar consists of a square terrace in the centre of the park.

By 1914, the altar grounds had become a public park known as the "Central Park". That park was then further renamed in 1928 after Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan Park), in memory of China's first revolutionary political leader who helped bring about the first republic era in 1911, which is what the park is known as today.[3] Many parks in China during that period also took on this name (see Zhongshan Park). [link]

社稷坛建于永乐十九年，一直作为明清两代祭祀社稷的场所。清帝退位后，社稷坛闲置疏于管理，守坛的人在坛内饲养猪羊，许多地方被用来种植苜蓿作为饲料。

1913年民国政府接管了社稷坛，开始募集捐款，准备将其辟为公园。1914年10月10日社稷坛对普通民众开放，称中央公园，是北京最早成为公园的皇家园林之一。公园开放前，短时间内进行了大面积的整修，开辟了面对长安街的正门，凿开了东坛门的围墙，修成了月亮门的样式。1915年以后，又在园中添建了河塘、叠石和其他建筑，社稷坛的戟门也被改为殿堂。1925年孙中山先生的灵柩曾停放在园内的拜殿。1928年改中央公园为中山公园。在辟为中央公园后，除保留社稷坛外，先后营造了松柏交翠亭、格言亭、蕙芳园等景观，还把习礼亭、兰亭八柱亭、保卫和平坊及河北大名古刹的宋代石狮移入园中，园中还安放了多块清代宫苑中的名石。1937年日本占领北平后，改为北平公园，10月后又改成中央公园，1945年抗战胜利后恢复中山公园的名称，沿用至今。

1988年中山公园被中国国务院定为全国重点文物保护单位，现在正在准备申请世界文化遗产。[link]

Directions in Chinese from Shuangjing to Zhongshan Park

地铁10号线 → 地铁1号线全程约40分钟 / 8.5公里
双井

1站

乘坐地铁10号线(巴沟方向), 在国贸站下车

150米
站内换乘地铁1号线(苹果园方向)

6站

乘坐地铁1号线(苹果园方向), 在天安门西站下车(B东北口出)

760米
步行至中山公园
中山公园

Photography by David McBride