[2025 Beijing ] Travel Guide for Xiaoxiangguan (Updated May)

🌈Beijing Grand View Garden was built in the 1980s for the filming of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions". It is based on the "Grand View Garden" in the famous Chinese classical literature "Dream of Red Mansions" and was built in combination with the research of many Redologists to reproduce the classic landscape in the original work. Many classic scenes from "Dream of Red Mansions" can be found here, and several classic scenes from "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "My Fair Princess" were also shot here. 🌈Introduction to attractions ✅Winding paths lead to secluded places: Experience the architectural features of Chinese classical gardens and feel the charm of the "hiding scenery" technique. ✅Yihong Courtyard: Jia Baoyu’s residence, luxurious and magnificent. ✅Xiaoxiang Pavilion: Lin Daiyu’s residence, with bamboos planted in the courtyard, reflecting her aloof and self-righteous image. ✅Qinfang Bridge: The throat of the Grand View Garden, the couplets on the bridge are full of poetry. ✅Lingcui Temple: Miaoyu’s residence, where you can appreciate Zen and tranquility. ✅Aojingxi Pavilion: Appreciate the architecture that complements Tuobi Villa. ✅ Dicui Pavilion: The scene where Concubine Jia secretly met Moge in Legend of Zhen Huan. ✅Hengwu Garden: Xue Baochai’s residence, there are no flowers or trees but only rare vines and plants. She likes to study incense, and there are introductions and cultural creations of various incense in it. 📍Address: No. 12, Nancaiyuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 💰Tickets: 40r/adult, 20r/student, free annual pass 🚦Transportation 🚇Subway: Exit D of Xitieying Subway Station on Line 14 🚌Bus: Take bus No. 59, 84 or 122 to Daguanyuan Station and walk to the destination

🎈Xiaoxiang Pavilion: A scene in Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber, located on the west road of Grand View Garden, opposite to Yihong Courtyard. It is a guest house with Jiangnan style, and the residence of Lin Daiyu in Rongguo Mansion. Jia Baoyu once wrote a plaque: "A Phoenix Comes to the Nest", and later changed its name to Xiaoxiang Pavilion by quoting the story of Ehuang and Nuying, the two concubines of Shun. 🎈🎈Xiaoxiang Pavilion is located in Grand View Garden, No. 12, Nancaiyuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. 🚗It is very convenient to take bus No. 49, 90, and 692. The ticket 🎫💰is CNY 40, and no reservation is required.

20241113 Beijing Grand View Garden Beijing Grand View Garden is located at No. 12 Nancaiyuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. In 1983, as CCTV was preparing to shoot the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", it began to prepare for the construction of the Grand View Garden. The Beijing Grand View Garden has been a vegetable field managed by the "Jia Shu Shu" since the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. After that, through the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and even after liberation, this place was still mainly planted with vegetable fields. After the 1960s, it was converted into the South Vegetable Garden Nursery. In 1996, Beijing Grand View Garden was approved by the Beijing Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau as the "Beijing Red Mansion Culture and Art Museum." When I was a child, I secretly followed the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions". Now that I grow up, I can visit the garden as I please! In the drizzle of early winter, enter from the south gate, pass through the winding paths, and first arrive at Qinfang Bridge. After crossing the Qinfang Bridge, you arrive at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, where bamboos are the most abundant. "Dense phoenix tails, faint dragon roars, and a sea of ​​green bamboos surround it." Green bamboo symbolizes the valuable quality of perseverance, elegance in its nobility and vitality in its subtlety. Daiyu's poetic name "Xiaoxiang Concubine" embodies this kind of noble and naturally unworldly, graceful and charming charm. After coming out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, go to Yihongyuan! Yihong Courtyard. During the Lantern Festival, Yuanchun did not like the word "Green Jade" (because it was a reference to Daiyu), so she changed it to "Yihong Kuailü" and named it "Yihong Courtyard". Baoyu was therefore called "Yihong Master". Coming out from the back door is Longcui Temple. Longcui Temple is the place where Miaoyu practices in the Grand View Garden. The classic scene in the play is drinking tea and begging for plum blossoms. One does not ask for the dew in the bottle of the Bodhisattva, but for the plum blossoms outside the threshold of Chang'e. The Grand View Garden is the villa built by the Jia family for Yuanchun's visit to her parents in the Dream of the Red Chamber. Yuanchun named the garden "Grand View Garden" and the plaque in the main hall reads "Gu En Si Yi". After Yuanchun came home to visit her parents, she ordered Baoyu and Zhuchai to live in the garden. The garden is small and exquisite, with a new view at every step. It is very pleasant to take a walk in the rain!

The Grand View Garden, located in the southern second ring of Beijing🏞️, served as the filming location for the 1987 version of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. It preserves the residences of many characters from the drama, and especially now as the weather warms up, the park is filled with lush greenery and blooming flowers, making it a great place for spring outings and flower appreciation🌸. The Grand View Garden offers a view at every step and is particularly suitable for taking a stroll with parents👵. For them, visiting the filming locations of classic films and TV shows will surely bring back a wave of nostalgia. ⭕️Touring tips: ✅The Grand View Garden is not very large in size, and the various halls are close to each other. It is recommended to visit in order, either clockwise or counterclockwise. ✅Some halls retain the layout of living rooms, 📚study rooms, and side rooms, which can be viewed from outside the hall. ✅Lingcui'an is the only 🛕temple building in the garden, where Miaoyu practiced Zen meditation, and the main hall is currently open for worship. ✅The main building of Daoxiang Village is covered with thatched roofs, presenting a rural village scenery with 🌾straw. ✅Xiaoxiang Pavilion is dominated by green, surrounded by a lot of bamboo🎋, making it a relatively 'alternative' pavilion in the Grand View Garden. Delicate and refined, the building has a cool color tone. There is currently a 🫖tea shop set up inside. ✅The Grand View Tower in the Provincial Villa can be climbed to the second floor, and tall magnolias are planted on both sides of the door. It is especially beautiful when they bloom in spring, and 👍it is also one of the recommended places to enjoy magnolias in Beijing. ✅Dicuiting and the pavilion next to the Lake Heart Island🏝️ have long corridors where you can sit and rest. If you get tired, you can take a break at these two spots. ✅If you walk and browse slowly🚶‍♀️, the visiting time is approximately 3-4 hours. 🔴'Dream of the Red Chamber' characters corresponding to the Grand View Garden residences 🔸Yihongyuan: Baoyu 🔸Xiaoxiang Pavilion: Daiyu 🔸Hengwuyuan: Baochai 🔸Provincial Villa: Yuanchun 🔸Zhuijinlou + Zilingzhou: Yingchun 🔸Qiushuangzhai: Tanchun 🔸Nuanxiangwu + Liaofengxuan + Ouxiangxie: Xichun 🔸Daoxiang Village: Li Wan 🔸Lingcui'an: Miaoyu 🏡Grand View Garden 📍Address: No. 12 Nancangyuan Street, Xicheng District 🎫Ticket: Adult ticket 40 yuan, seniors over 60 years old with 🪪ID card free admission🆓