Is Beijing Botanical Garden worth visiting? Guide to visiting Beijing Botanical Garden

The Beijing Botanical Garden is very famous in Beijing. It is spring now, the season when the flowers are blooming, so many friends will go to the Beijing Botanical Garden to play. In this article, the editor wants to tell you about Beijing. What fun things are there in the botanical garden? If you don’t know, come and take a look.

Yesterday’s spring snow brought the temperature in Beijing back to winter. Fortunately, it's the weekend and I can stay at home all day long, admiring the snowflakes flying freely through the window, regardless of the cold outside.

A few days ago, I read an article saying that many writers love and hate Beijing's spring because Beijing's "spring neck" is too short, which means that Beijing's spring is very short.

Beijing people add "neck" after "spring" to vividly make an abstract concept of season visible and approachable.

For me, a Beijinger, I do have this kind of love-hate feeling for the spring in Beijing.

I have always considered myself a fat otaku. Since I was very young, I have hoped that we humans are also cold-blooded animals, so that we can curl up in a hole in the cold winter and sleep beautifully all winter long. .

Wait until the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, then slowly wake up, crawl out of the cave, and enjoy the warm days in the future.

So, I usually refuse all kinds of outings in winter, and live an ordinary life of going to work and going home honestly. But one day, I suddenly felt that the wind blowing on my face was no longer cold, and there was more sunshine than before. Looking from a distance, the branches are not as dry as in winter, but have a faint green color.

I know, spring is coming. The warm breeze stirred up my heart.

"Shall we go mountain climbing this weekend?" asked You.

"No, there is haze, so it is not suitable for strenuous activities such as mountain climbing." He looked at the weather forecast and said.

“How is the weather this weekend? Can we go out?” By next week, I still couldn’t bear it.

"It rained on Saturday. It seems that Sunday will be fine and the temperature is not low. Where do you want to go?" It seems that he has paid attention to the weather for a long time.

“Let’s go to Wat Pho!” I had already planned in my mind.

"Why?"

"Appreciate wintersweet!"

Basic information of Beijing Botanical Garden:

Beijing Botanical Garden

Beijing Botanical Garden is located between Xiangshan Park and Yuquan Mountain (near Xishan Reclining Buddha Temple) in Haidian District. It was established in 1956 with the approval of the State Council. It is a collection of plant scientific research, popularization of plant knowledge, sightseeing and recreation, germplasm resource preservation, and promotion of new and excellent plants. It is a large-scale comprehensive botanical garden integrating various functions. Its planned area is 400 hectares, and an open tourist area of ​​200 hectares has been built, consisting of a plant exhibition area, a scenic spot area, a scientific research area and a nature reserve. More than 10,000 species (including varieties) of nearly 1.5 million plants have been introduced and cultivated in the park. It covers an area of ​​about 900 acres. With a collection of more than 3,000 species of plants, it is currently the largest botanical garden in northern my country and a scientific research base specializing in theoretical research and experiments on plant introduction and domestication. The whole garden is centered on the plant exhibition greenhouse, with 13 exhibition rooms, and more than 1,500 tropical and subtropical plants, including rare plants such as stone flowers, bachelor trees, and dancing orchids.

Plant Types

The Beijing Botanical Garden (referred to as Nanyuan) has more than 3,000 kinds of plants. The main visiting point is the greenhouse exhibition area, which has 13 exhibition areas and more than 1,500 kinds of plants. Among them, there are more than 1,000 kinds of tropical plants, including palm plants, tropical aquatic plants, royal lotus plants, pulpy plant chambers, medicinal plant chambers, industrial raw material plants, orchid plants, aromatic plants, tropical fruit trees and citrus plants, etc. The arboretum here covers an area of ​​70,000 square meters and contains silver fir, a rare tree species in my country, as well as redwoods from America and linden trees from Sri Lanka. There are also specialist gardens and the National Herbarium.

Beijing Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden has now built an open area of ​​more than 200 hectares, consisting of a plant exhibition area, a tourist area for historical sites and a nature reserve. The plant exhibition area includes an ornamental plant area, an arboretum, a bonsai garden, and a greenhouse flower area. The ornamental plant area consists of peony garden, peony garden, rose garden, peach garden, lilac garden, magnolia garden, Jixiu garden (bamboo garden), crabapple garden, colorful autumn garden, perennial flower garden, aquatic botanical garden and the one under construction. The arboretum consists of 12 specialized gardens including the Plum Garden; the arboretum consists of the ginkgo area, pine and cypress area, maple and rose area, linden and willow area, magnolia and barberry area and the platanus oak area and paulownia ash area that are under construction; the bonsai garden is in Completed and opened in 1995; the exhibition greenhouse opened to the public on January 1, 2000 displays thousands of tropical and subtropical plants from all over the world. It is currently the largest plant exhibition greenhouse in Asia.

There are more than 560,000 introduced and cultivated plants in the park, more than 5,000 species (including varieties), and 900,000 square meters of grass. The scenic spot tourist area consists of the Reclining Buddha Temple, Cherry Valley, Longjiao Temple ruins, "December 9th" Memorial Pavilion, Liang Qichao Cemetery, Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, etc.

Peach Blossom Festival

Beijing Botanical Garden

Go to the Beijing Botanical Garden every spring to see red and white beta peaches, crimson peaches, longevity peaches, chrysanthemum peaches, etc. in the Beta Garden. There are nearly 70 varieties and more than 10,000 peach blossoms. The blooming peach blossoms are colorful and graceful, making visitors enchanted. The main varieties of peaches in the botanical garden are mountain peaches and beta peaches.

The fragrant White Mountain Beta peach is the first new artificial hybrid variety completed by the Beijing Botanical Garden. The flowering time of the Pink Mountain Beta peach will fill the gap between the blooming periods of mountain peaches and peach blossoms.

Tips for flower viewing in the Botanical Garden

Viewing time

End of March to early May

Festival time

On February 28, 2012, tourists went to the Beijing Botanical Garden to enjoy flowers. On the same day, the 24th Peach Blossom Festival of Beijing Botanical Garden opened its doors to welcome guests.

Address of Beijing Botanical Garden

Reclining Buddha Temple Road, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing

Garden information

Opening hours Opening hours (open all year round)

Summer and winter Botanical Garden 6:00--20:007:30--17:00 Reclining Buddha, Temple 8:00--16:008:30--16:00 Greenhouse 8:00-- 16:308:30--16:00 Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall 8:30--16:309:00--16:00 Fountain Saturday and Sunday 10:00--13:00 (closed in case of bad weather)

Ticket informationTicket information

Graduate ticket: 10 yuan & Student ticket: 5 yuan; Large greenhouse: 50 yuan & Student ticket: 40 yuan; Temple of the Reclining Buddha 5 yuan; Package: 45 yuan

Adults: 10% off for 30 people or more, RMB 45 for 80 people or more, 20% off for RMB 40

Students: 10% off for 30 people or more, RMB 36, 80 20% off for 32 yuan or more (20 yuan free for 1 person) Additional teachers purchase 50 yuan greenhouse tickets

Kindergarten: With a letter of introduction from the kindergarten, every two children purchase a 40 yuan greenhouse ticket (10 yuan free for 1 person) ), extra teachers can purchase greenhouse tickets for 50 yuan

Note: The retail price for adults is 50 yuan, and the retail price for students is 40 yuan. Greenhouse tickets purchased at the door are free of charge

Regulations on park ticket discounts and exemptions

Beijing Botanical Garden

1. "March 8th" Women's Day and "May 4th" Youth Day A half-price discount will be provided to women and young people who hold a letter of introduction from their employer and visit the park together (excluding the park within the park).

2. Students from universities, middle schools, primary schools, and foreign students in this city (excluding students from adult education, part-time universities, and evening universities, etc.) can enjoy a half-price discount on tickets with their student ID cards (excluding gardens within gardens) .

3. Ticket fees are waived for senior citizens aged 65 and above in this city (except during large-scale events). Seniors aged 60 to 64 can purchase general annual passes for municipal parks at a discount of 50 yuan each.

4. Seniors over 70 years old who come to Beijing from other places can enjoy a half-price discount on tickets with their own IDs (excluding tickets for gardens within gardens, garden activities, and monthly passes).

5. Disabled persons can enter the park free of charge with valid certificates.

6. Children under 1.2 meters are free of charge.

7. On Children’s Day, all parks are open to children free of charge. Children and primary school students visiting the kindergarten in a group can also enter the kindergarten free of charge if the teacher leading the group does not exceed 10% of the children. For preschool children, each child can also receive one parent or guardian free of charge.

8. At tourist attractions included in the patriotic education base, collective visits by students from universities, middle schools and primary schools are free of charge; individual visits by students are half-priced.

9. Students from Tibet Middle School who hold a school certification letter and have been approved by the park office can enjoy free discounts when visiting the park. The teachers who lead the group do not exceed 6% of the students they lead can also enter the park for free.

10. Active-duty soldiers and armed police officers can enter the park free of charge with their military (police) official ID, civilian cadre ID, and soldier ID (excluding gardens within gardens, except for special large-scale park activities).

11. Those holding the "Specially Invited Voluntary Inspector" and "Park Industry Management Inspection Certificate" certificates from the Municipal Garden Bureau can be admitted to the park for free.

12. When each park holds amusement activities, those who have purchased a park ticket for that month can enter the park for morning exercises before 8 a.m., and the park should notify visitors and provide explanations at that time.

13. Gardening employees and members of the gardening society in this city can be admitted to the garden for free with their IDs (excluding gardens within gardens and garden activities).

14. Retired personnel and military retirees can enter the park free of charge with their retirement certificate and retirement certificate.

Data source: Beijing Botanical Garden website information on April 12, 2012

Transportation routes

Transportation by bus:

1) Take No. 331, 563, 696 or Yuntong No. 112 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station or Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Take No. 360, 318, 714 or 698 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station and go north for 200 meters;

2) Take Metro Line 1 and get off at Pingguoyuan Station and transfer to Route 318. Take Metro Line 2 to Xizhimen Station and exit from Exit D and transfer to Route 563;

3) From Beijing Station: Take Metro Line 2 to Xizhimen Station, exit D, and transfer to No. 634;

4) From Beijing West Railway Station: a. Take No. 374 or 437 and get off at Gongzhufen North Station, then transfer to No. 698 Get off at the Botanical Garden Station and go north for 200 meters;

b. Take bus 319 or 320 and get off at Xiyuan Station. Transfer to bus 563, 331 or 696 and get off at Beijing Botanical Garden Station or Wat Pho Station. Arriving soon.

Ride map

Self-driving or taking a taxi:

1) Fifth Ring Road: Take the Xiangshan exit, pass through Xiangquan Island, and go towards Xiangshan for about Just 300 meters away;

2) Fourth Ring Road: Take the Xiangshan Exit and head toward Xiangshan, about 10 minutes' drive;

3) Third Ring Road: Exit Suzhou Bridge and head north into Wanquan He Expressway, enter the North Fifth Ring Road from the North Fifth Ring Road entrance.

From Capital Airport:

1) Take a taxi via the Airport Expressway and enter the North Fifth Ring Road, and drive west for about 20 minutes;

2) Take a taxi from the Airport Get off the bus at Zhongguancun Station, take a taxi to the North Fourth Ring Road, or take bus No. 696 directly.

Instructions for tourists

1. Consciously abide by the visiting order, buy tickets and enter the park in order, avoid crowding, and do not block roads and entrances.

2. Keep the environment clean and tidy, and do not spit, defecate, or litter.

3. Care for cultural relics and public facilities. Do not paint or draw on trees, historical sites and public facilities, and do not lie on roadside chairs.

4. Take good care of every plant and tree, do not trample on the lawn, and do not climb or break flowers and fruits.

5. Care for wild and exhibited animals, do not hunt, intimidate, feed or hunt, and do not fish in non-fishing areas.

6. Rent or return cruise ships in accordance with regulations, and do not swim or skate in unopened waters.

7. Do not sell items or distribute any form of advertising or other promotional materials.

8. Do not fight, gather in groups to make trouble, engage in feudal superstition, or engage in any form of gambling or other illegal activities.

9. Do not bring dangerous items or animals into the tourist area, and do not use open flames in fire prevention areas.

10. After quieting the garden, do not stay, leave your home, climb over, or destroy walls and fences.

Viewing time

Festival time: late March to early May

In the early morning, when you open the curtains, there is still mist in the distance. It seems that a spring snow has not purified the dirty air. But no matter what, I have to travel today.

After driving for more than 20 kilometers, we arrived in front of the Beijing Botanical Garden. The queue of cars to enter the parking lot stretches for several kilometers, which is why I don’t like weekend trips, there are too many cars and too many people.

After wandering around for about half an hour, I finally parked the car in a repair shop.

I scanned the annual pass and entered the garden. My heart, which had been agitated just now because I couldn't find a parking space, slowly calmed down. Maybe it’s because the garden is so big, with more than 4,000 people inside, it’s not crowded.

Hold Yu’s arm and walk slowly on the path in the forest. The wind is still a bit cool, but due to yesterday’s snow, the air is moist, and the wind blowing on your face is also moist. , it no longer makes people feel dry and cold.

Every time I come to the botanical garden, it’s either in early spring or late autumn. Never come during the blooming season. Because the garden was overcrowded at that time, there was no time to look at the flowers. On the other hand, in the off-season, although there are no flowers in bloom, there is still a sense of peace and quiet, which makes people feel calm.

I walked past Cao Xueqin’s former residence, walked past Liang Qichao’s tombstone, walked past this garden, and walked through that garden. In fact, they haven’t sprouted yet, and I can’t tell what is planted in them.

While walking and taking pictures, the buds of various flowers are already in bud, waiting for the warm spring breeze to blow, and each one will rush to bloom with a smile.

Following the signs, we soon arrived in front of the glazed archway of the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. You need to purchase a second ticket here to enter.

As soon as you walk in the door, a light fragrance hits your nostrils. Looking from a distance, the yellow wintersweet trees are already blooming. The small yellow flowers look very beautiful against the red wall. People under the tree are using various postures to take photos of their favorite plum blossoms. Because I have been here several times before and took photos several times, this time I just wanted to enjoy it quietly.

I found a sunny place, sat next to wintersweet, and let the wind blow gently, bringing the fragrance of wintersweet. I closed my eyes, didn't think about anything, didn't say anything, just sat quietly and smelled lightly, I seemed a little drunk.

Spring is here, how nice it is, everything is new.