{"id":4004,"date":"2011-03-31T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T08:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:37:43","slug":"viewing-blooming-yulan-magnolia-at-zhongnanhai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/viewing-blooming-yulan-magnolia-at-zhongnanhai","title":{"rendered":"Viewing Blooming Yulan Magnolia at Zhongnanhai"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beijing Climate, Beijing Weather<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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This afternoon, I go to the south gate of Zhongnanhai for a glimpse of the blooming Yulan Magnolia planted along the red wall topped by glazed tiles. The weather report says tomorrow the temperature will plummet from Today’s maximum 22 degrees to tomorrow’ maximum 9 degrees. So today is maybe the last chance to view the blooming flowers before they wither due to the windy and cold weather tomorrow. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Zhongnanhai to Chinese is\u00a0what the\u00a0White House to the Americans.\u00a0Zhongnanhai is China’s central government compound, often referred as the embodiment of Chinese Communist Party and Central Government. The big difference is that Zhongnanhai is not open to the general public. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Adjacent to the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, “Zhongnanhai” literally means “middle lake and south lake”,\u00a0part of the irrigation system when the Forbidden City was built\u00a0with the North Lake (Beihai) now open to the public. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Zhongnanhai has several gates with its main gate in the south named “Xinhuamen Gate”, guided by two standing soliders with some plain clothes policemen walking around. Two slogans are found on the walls of the South Gate meaning”Long Live Great Communist Pary of China and Long Live Invincible Mao Zedong Thiught”.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is Xinhuamenn Gate, the south gate of Zhonnanhai – China’s central government Compound.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The south gate of Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party Compound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Police and plain clothes police walking around the\u00a0Xinhuamen Gate<\/span><\/div>\n
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Police and plain clothes police walking around the Xinhuamen Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Two soldiers standing by the Xinhuamen Gate. The view inside is blocked by a wall with the sologan “Serve the People”.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Two soldiers standing by the Xinhuamen Gate. The view inside is blocked by a wall with the sologan – Serve the People.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Both Yulan Magnolia trees and pine trees\u00a0grow at at each interval and\u00a0parallel the red wall\u00a0of Zhongnanhai.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Both Yulan Magnolia trees and pine trees grow at each interval and parallel the red wall of Zhongnanhai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Yulan Magnolia 13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Beijing Springtime Tour<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Beijing Spring Flowers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Springtime is coming at Beijing\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Beijing Climate, Beijing Weather<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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