Imperial Garden
1 min readThe Imperial Garden，built in 1417，is the oldest garden in Being.It oc-cupies an area of 1.3 hectares at the northern end of the central axis of the former Imperial Palace.During the Qing Dynasty the emperor，empress andimperial concubines came to the garden to worship the Cowherd Star and the Girl Weaver Star on the 7th day of the 7th lunary month.On the Mid-Au-tumn Festival they came here to offer a sacrifice to the moon，and on the double-Ninth Festival the 9th day of the 9th lunary month they came here to ascend the Hil of Collecting Excellence in the garden and enjoy scenic beauty within and outside the Imperial Palace.
The main scenic spot it the northeastern part is the Hill of Collecting Ex-cellence.The Pavilion of Imperial Landscape stands on the hill.In front of Li Zao Hall by the hill is a small pond of clear water.The main scenic spot in the northwestern part is the Pavilion of Lasting Splendor.In front of the pavil-ion there are some ancient cypress trees over 400 years old.
