[2025 Beijing Attraction] Travel Guide for Yihongyuan (Updated Apr)

📍Attraction address: Beijing Grand View Garden 🚗 Transportation to the attraction: It is not recommended to drive there, as parking is difficult. It is recommended to take a bus. 👍️Must-see attractions: When you step into the Grand View Garden, the air is filled with the fragrance of peonies, which is strong but not annoying. The peonies in the Grand View Garden are mainly distributed in front of Qiu Shuang Zhai, outside the east wall of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, in Yihong Courtyard and on the east side of Hongxiang Garden. There are two main places for wisteria, one on the east side of Hongxiang Garden and the other on the Aojingxi Pavilion (opposite the west gate, on the lakeside). The peony flowers in front of Qiu Shuang Zhai and outside Xiao Xiang Pavilion are more vivid in the photos, and the surrounding background is relatively rich. The petals of some peonies have begun to wilt. The peonies in Yihongyuan are not recommended as their condition and shape are not good. 🎟️Ticket price: 40 yuan, supports annual park pass. 💗Other tips: Location of the peony flowers︱Turn right after entering the south gate, and you can see the peony flowers in front of Qiu Shuang Zhai after passing the rockery. Walk a few steps along the stream, and you will see the peonies outside Xiaoxiang Pavilion between the walls of the two courtyards. This weekend, it’s the perfect time to enjoy the peonies! Catch the last tail of spring!

🌈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

🏮Yihong Courtyard is one of the main attractions in the Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber and the residence of the male protagonist, Jia Baoyu. The name Yihong Courtyard comes from the phrase "red fragrance and green jade" written by Jia Baoyu, which was later changed to "red delight and green joy" by Jia Yuanchun, who also gave it the name "Yihong Courtyard." 🏮Yihong Courtyard is located in the southwest corner of the Grand View Garden, surrounded by beautiful scenery, with a small lake and the Dripping Green Pavilion to the north. The courtyard is exquisitely landscaped, with a Xifu crabapple tree and a banana tree in front of the main house, echoing the name "red fragrance and green jade." The buildings in the courtyard are luxurious, with many maids, and it was once a small world full of laughter and joy. 🏮The architectural style of Yihong Courtyard is luxurious, with a plaque inscribed by Jia Yuanchun hanging in the main house, reading "red delight and green joy." The layout of the courtyard is well-arranged, with a three-bay hanging flower gate tower surrounded by corridors, making it spacious and grand. The main house and the side rooms are arranged in an orderly manner, with three exquisite side rooms on each side, making the entire Yihong Courtyard exude the majesty and nobility of a royal residence, and it is one of the most luxurious courtyards in the Grand View Garden. 🏮Yihong Courtyard is not only Jia Baoyu's living place but also the setting for many important stories in Dream of the Red Chamber, reflecting the rise and fall of the Jia family. Although the Grand View Garden has changed over time, Yihong Courtyard still retains its unique architectural style and historical traces, making it an important attraction for visitors to learn about the culture of Dream of the Red Chamber. 🏮Yihong Courtyard is located in the Grand View Garden, at No. 12, Nancaiyuan, Xicheng District, Beijing. 🚗You can take bus No. 49 or 492 to get there. 🎫The ticket price is CNY 40.

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!