Jingshang Park

The following morning us girls were on a mission, to visit the Forbidden City. Fortunately, it was just a few kilometers from our hostel. So we decided to go through Jinshang Park which would take us to the Forbidden City.

Jinshang Park

The Jinshang Park is a lovely landscape of gardens where a lot of the locals would commune on a weekend. The entrance was just 2CNY which made it more better. There were a lot of groups already when we got there. It was a Saturday morning and families were out and having quality time with the kids. 

It is located at the Jingshan Hill, which was originally named Wansui Hill (Long Live Hill), Zhen Hill or Meishan Hill. It was really admirable to see three different temples perched on the top of the hills, each point symmetrically distanced between each other. 

We stopped for a while and watched a group of older citizens practicing Tai Chi with a different twist. I sort of found it really cute. So I joined in after a few minutes. The locals were smiling at me although one of the older ladies found it rather annoying. I didn't mind at all, I still joined in. Taru and Maiko were laughing as I joined in.

After some time we continued on to top of the hill that gave us a splendid view of the whole Forbidden City. I guess we weren't really expecting that which explained our surprise and appreciation of the vantage point. We lingered for a while and savoured each moment up the hill coz we knew we weren't going back to the same location.