Is there any place to see the sea in Beijing?
Beij is located in that north of China, with its cent at 1 16 20' east longitude and 39 56' north latitude. It borders Tianjin in the east and Hebei in the rest, with a total area of 164 10.54 square kilometers. Among them, the mountainous area is 10200 square kilometers, accounting for 62% of the total area, and the plain area is 6200 square kilometers, accounting for 38% of the total area.
The terrain of Beijing is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The average altitude in Beijing is 43.5 meters. The elevation of Beijing plain is 20 ~ 60m, and that of mountainous area is generally 1000 ~ 1500m.
West of Beijing is Xishan Mountain, which belongs to Taihang Mountain range. The northern and northeastern parts of Du Jun belong to the Yanshan Mountains. The highest mountain is Dongling Mountain in Mentougou District, western Beijing, with an altitude of 2303 meters. The lowest land is the southeast border of Tongzhou District. The two mountains intersect at Nanguan, forming a semicircle mountain bend spreading to the southeast, which is called "Beijing bend", and the small plain around it is the Beijing small plain.
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The natural rivers in Beijing run through five major water systems from west to east: Juma River, Yongding River, North Canal, Chaobai River and Jiyun Canal. Most of them originate in the northwest mountainous area, meander through the plain to the southeast, and finally flow into the Bohai Sea in Haihe River (except Jiyun Canal).
There are no natural lakes in Beijing. But there are 85 reservoirs in Beijing, including Miyun Reservoir, Guanting Reservoir, Huairou Reservoir and Haizi Reservoir.
The most famous lake attraction in the urban area is Houhai. Houhai is an integral part of Shichahai. Shichahai consists of three water surfaces, namely Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. In order to distinguish it from the "first three seas" of Beihai, China and Nanhai, it is called "the last three lakes".
Houhai East starts from Di 'anmenwai Street, reaches Xinjiekou Street in the west, Ping 'an Street in the south and Second Ring Road in the north, with a total area of 146.7 hectares, including 34 hectares of water area and 1 1.5 hectares of green land. This is the ancient waters of the Yuan Dynasty in Beijing 700 years ago.
Houhai is one of the basic projects in the planning and design of metropolis in13rd century. The periphery of Shichahai has been a bustling business district since the Yuan Dynasty. It was the end of grain transportation at that time and was called "the ancient seaport of Beijing". At that time, restaurants, karaoke bars, shops and workshops were everywhere along the coast.
It is said to be a "sea", but it is actually a huge artificial lake, which was exclusive to the royal family in the old days. Houhai is located in the center of Beijing, only four or five stops away from Tiananmen Square, connected with the famous Beihai Yishui, far away from Jingshan and the Forbidden City. If you walk along the coast, you will see the red wall of Lake Biwa if you are not careful.
Outside those tall and solemn gates, you can only see the tall and gloomy trees in the yard. Weak and mysterious. It is said that the water in Houhai is connected with Long Mai in the Forbidden City, which has been a treasure trove of geomantic omen since ancient times.
As a result, eminent monks built temples here, while princes and ministers chose to build houses and make gardens on the shore. Celebrities moved to the lake one after another and started their initial waterfront life in Houhai. Therefore, as the saying goes, "Shichahai comes first, then Beijing".
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