Kunming Lake
(昆明湖)
Lake
Haidian, 北京市
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WinnieJuly 20, 2015Go on the paddle boats (60 yuan/hour for 4 people boat and 80 yuan/hour for 6 people boat as of July 2015) and take the large dragon boats for 15 yuan per one way trip! Best way to explore the palace
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Olly StedallAugust 19, 2014Covering 2.2 square kilometres (540 acres), Kunming Lakes was entirely man-made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill.Upvote6Downvote- Olly StedallAugust 19, 2014In 1990, the Beijing Government undertook the first dredging of the lake in 240 years. 652,600 cubic meters of sludge were removed. 205 Japanese bombs from the Sino-Japanese war were also found.UpvoteDownvote
Tim DengJune 30, 2015Boats are really fun here. If you go out on a windy day be prepared to work hard to get backUpvoteDownvote
Luke DuanJuly 5, 2013A big lake for Beijing. Rowing in a small boat or sharing a big one is pretty fun when weather is the good.Upvote1Downvote
David Fock Chun ManJune 10, 2016I don't really understand the ticket pricing and location of sales point that are...mot as obvious as it seems.UpvoteDownvote
- Olly StedallAugust 19, 2014Kunming Lake is designed to represent the traditional Chinese gardening practice of "one pond, three hills" (一池三山). The islands names: "South Lake" (南湖岛), "Round Fort" (团城岛) & "Algæ-view Hall" (藻鉴堂岛)UpvoteDownvote
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