At some time during 1950 AD "ZhongNanHai" became the official China Communist Party Leadership compound, and was home to Chairman Mao Tse Tung (ZeDong)
himself and other important Revolutionary Leaders.
The number of cars is soaring in Beijing , going over the number of 2 million in june 2004. Testimony of which can be witnessed on the now increasingly crowded traffic artery Chang An or Eternal Peace Avenue.
This page was last updated on: June 24, 2008
Welcome to China Report's Digital Introduction to Xinhua Men - the Gate of New China and Zhongnanhai, the China Communist Party Leadership compound, just West (=xi ) of the Brandnew National Theatre Dome, and the Great Hall of The Peoples
( Renmin DaHui Tang ) and Tian an Men at (Xi)Chang An Avenue.
Gate New China - ZhongNanHai - China CP Leadership Compound
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Gate of New China in November 2004 and even more Traffic at (Xi) Chang An Jie.
Gate of New China in November 2003, at most times annoyingly obscured
by ever increasing traffic at Chang An Eternal Peace) Avenue.
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One of the Side Gates into ZhongNanHai, most of which are have Guards as well as Camera monitoring. Guarded Gates in China in General are not allowed to be Photographed.
Lowering of the Flag at sundown, a mini-version of the Larger Ceremony that takes Place at the same Time at TiananMen Square, just a Kilometer to the East.
Two normal Beijing Police Men patrol in front of Gate of New China at Eternal Peace Avenue.
( Appreciate the Unique Imperial Gardens design and Lay-out, compare with Beihai and other Northern lakes. ) This Area is not accesible to the General Public.
( Appreciate the Unique Imperial Gardens design and Lay-out, compare with Beihai and other Northern lakes. ) This Area is not accesible to the General Public.
ZhongHai and NaiHai were formerly an Imperial Pleasure Garden very much alike Beihai park, but established under the Ching Dynasty. It was part of the extended Imperial Palace starting with the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Ching Dynasty.
Later established as Imperial Garden park by under leadership of the 1st Prince Chun, one of Empress-Dowager Cixi's cronies during the Guanxu Reign. Other Parks established were HouHai and Qianhai Lakes.
When Emperor Guanxu turned 17 he became the Emperor in function, thereby freeing himself from the will and policies of wicked Empress-Dowager Cixi. When his "1898 AD Reform Movement" failed (as described in full on our Ching Descendancy resource page), the Empress-Dowager had the Emperor
Passing the first brushed around NanHai, former Imperial Pleasure Garden, west of ZhongShan Park, part of the Former Imperial Palace.
placed under House arrest here, at YinTai Island (Yin T'Ai offcially) in the middle of NanHai lake.
Later Emperor GuangXu was moved to the Imperial Summer Palace, another Beijing pleasure Garden. Taking him further away, out of reach of European invading Forces, which came to Liberate the Besieged Foreign Legations at the Legation Quarter during the 1900 AD "Boxer" Rebellion. These Forces then went on to attack, damage and plunder the Summer Palace (Summer palace 1 was raised to the ground during the 1860 AD Opium War), making Empress-Dowager Cixi and her Court (+GuangXu) flee to Xian.
After servicing some time as private estate during China's lengthy KuoMinTang and Warlordism days, after 1949 AD and the Revolutionary beginning of XinHua "New China", the Park area, known simply as ZhongNanHai was taken into use by the Communist Party Leadership, who had
Both ZhongHai and NanHai are part of the ancient watersource of the Old Imperial City of Beijing. Both lakes are part of the pathway from the Western Mountain fresh water springs into KunMing Lake at the Summer Palace. From there the water flows through a series of Canals, HouHai, QianHai, BeiHai,ZhongHai-NanHai, the Imperial Palace Moat, Golden River stream into The Park of The Peoples Culture at the southern fron of The Forbidden City, but once an integrated part of the Imperial Palace (More information+reports on Beijing's Ancient water-source to follow in near future).
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Today ZhongNaHai still is the Leadership compound of China. ZhongNanHai is therefor naturally, but perhaps sadly, not open to the General Public. For now only our Satellite Image-Map can show some of the architectural
