{"id":3753,"date":"2011-03-20T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T06:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=3753"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:40:05","slug":"zhenzhu-lake-or-pearl-lake-mentougou-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-excursions\/zhenzhu-lake-or-pearl-lake-mentougou-beijing","title":{"rendered":"Zhenzhu Lake, or Pearl Lake Mentougou Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zhenzhu Lake literally means “Pearl Lake”. The lake is named after the pearls contained inside the freshwater\u00a0mussels that used to live in the lake though\u00a0there are no more freshwater mussels found here. The lake is actually a typical gorge river, about 10 kilomters long,\u00a0a\u00a0part of the Yongding River. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Zhenzhu River is locally referred as “Little Three Gorges<\/span><\/a>” and “Little Li River in Guilin<\/span><\/a>” with the characteristics of being\u00a0a famous water and landscape – grandiur as Mt, Taishan; Steep as Mt. Huashan; serene as Mt.Yantang. The largest Asian railway arch bridge spans the Zhenzhu Lake. Blue sky, trees, white clouds and eminent peaks are mirroring in the lake, making the pearl lake like a shining pearl enchased Taihang Mountain. <\/span><\/div>\n
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People come here to enjoy being close to the natural world, enjoy the local village food, engaged in various activities like boating, camping and hiking around the mountains. The north of the Pearl Lake is Xiangyang Village. Xiangyangkou Village has stunning views. Standing on the hillslope,\u00a0the village\u00a0is surrounded by the lake in three sides. The local villagers\u00a0plant the local fruit trees like apricots and date trees, take care of the boating service in the lake and offering the accommodation and dining in their homes.<\/span><\/div>\n
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On the afternoon of March 14, 2011, after visiting\u00a0Yanhecheng Village<\/span><\/a>, \u00a0we drove along the county-level highway to the Zhenzhu Lake. Zhenzhu Lake is located just about 6km northeast of Yanhecheng Village. Now it is the NO.01 Asian\u00a0arch railway bridge crossing over the Pearl Lake. <\/span><\/div>\n
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the NO.01 Asian arch railway bridge crosses over the Pearl Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The Xiangyangkou Village is just located on the north of the Pearl Lake. It is the entrance to the Xuangyangkou Village.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is the entrance to the Xuangyangkou Village.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A bridge is built to connect the main road to the village. Under the bridge is the famous Pearl lake.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A bridge is built to connect the main road to the village. Under the bridge is the famous Pearl lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The pearl lake, the village and the mountain unfolds a beautiful picture of a primitive simplicity.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The pearl lake, the village and the mountain unfolds a beautiful picture of a primitive simplicity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Boating and camping are main actitivies people like to have during their leisure travel here in spring, summer and autumn.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Boating and camping are main actitivies people like to have during their leisure travel here in spring, summer and autumn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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How to get there:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Public Transport:<\/span><\/div>\n
Take Subway Line 01 and get off at Pingguoyuan, then connect the Bus 929 for Xiangyangkou Village.<\/span><\/div>\n
Self-drive:<\/span><\/div>\n
Beijing Downtown – Fushi Road – G109 – “Zhenzhu Lake Placard” – Drive according to the Placard on the way<\/span><\/div>\n
Enquiry: 61821847<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n

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Beijing Day Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Tour Packages<\/a>
\nGreat Wall Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing City Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Winter Tour<\/a>
\nBeijing Autumn Tour<\/a>
\nCar Rental in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Tours<\/a>
\nChina City Tours<\/a>
\nChina Tour<\/a><\/p>\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
\nTop 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n

Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a>
\nQianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
\nGui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zhenzhu Lake literally means “Pearl Lake”. The lake is named after the pearls contained inside the freshwater\u00a0mussels that used to live in the lake though\u00a0there are no more freshwater mussels found here. The lake is actually a typical gorge river, about 10 kilomters long,\u00a0a\u00a0part of the Yongding River. Zhenzhu River is locally referred as “Little…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":[1065],"class_list":["post-3753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-excursions","tag-xiangyangkou-village"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31476,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3753\/revisions\/31476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}