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a new place to travel during national day! trial operation of beijing’s first mountain greenway in urban area

2024-09-30

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on september 30, the shijingshan section of the xishan greenway, the first mountain greenway in the city, opened for trial operation. the greenway is built along the mountain with a total length of 40.2 kilometers. together with the existing mountain trails, it connects the western scenic area of ​​​​shijingshan mountain. walking along it, you can enjoy the cool breeze, clear water, blooming flowers, and beautiful autumn scenery.
xishan greenway shijingshan sectionthe shijingshan section of the xishan greenway connects to the beijing xishan national forest park in haidian district in the east and north, directly leads to badachu and mianmenkou historical and cultural blocks in the south, and passes through the sea of ​​flowers in the middle of shijingshan to the west to reach mentougou. together with the existing mountain trails, it connects badachu, shuangquan temple, charity temple, wanshan bridge, nanmachang reservoir, lala lake reservoir and other scenic spots in the western part of shijingshan district.
the shijingshan section of the xishan greenway is divided into valley lines and ridge lines based on its characteristic features. the valley line is the essence of the greenway. visitors can take route 597 to the guandi temple in black stone village and hike up the mountain along the trail in the northeast direction. along the way, water from the nanmachang reservoir and streams formed by springs from many surrounding places gurgled by your feet. accompanied by galsang flowers, zinnias and other flowers, the view is sometimes wide and sometimes surrounded by dense forests. you can change the scenery and experience as you move. rich.
between the greenways, there is a very different section of steel plank road. through the gaps in the plank road, you can see the flowers and green grass below. some vigorous zinnias poke their heads out from the gaps, which is beautiful and full of interest. the relevant person in charge of the shijingshan district landscaping bureau said that this design is to better transmit light and water, which is more conducive to the growth of vegetation than the traditional wooden plank road. this also reflects the concept of respecting nature and complying with nature in the construction of xishan greenway. .
the ridgeline connects the main landscape nodes such as cuiwei mountain and hutou mountain and other resources in xishan into a network by opening up the dead end road in the past, complementing the built mountain trails and connecting to haidian district.
the construction of greenways fully reflects the local cultural characteristics. for example, wanshan bridge is an ancient bridge built in the jin dynasty and later rebuilt during the guangxu period of the qing dynasty. it leads from banshan huahai and charity temple to cuiwei mountain in the east through wanshan bridge. it is the traditional ancient incense road. there are also 8 nodes between the greenway: "rushui", "cherishing the flow", "kongjian", "sparse shadow", "listening to maple", "xiangzui", "spring dawn" and "jianjia", as well as the "cuiwei painting" cuiwei mountain viewing platform, " there are three viewing platforms: "qingsongshanlan" qingsongling viewing platform and "hufeng chaoxi" hutoushan viewing platform. along the way, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature and overlook the beijing skyline from the hutou mountain viewing platform.
“the xishan greenway is located in a natural oxygen bar, with lush natural vegetation, blooming flowers in spring, shade trees in summer, dyed forests in autumn, and blankets of snow in winter. along the way, you can enjoy the natural ecological mountain and forest landscape that is distinctive in all four seasons.” mao xuan, vice chairman of the cppcc shijingshan district and director of the district landscaping and greening bureau, said that the xishan greenway is also a slow-traveling system that integrates nature, humanity, and urban landscape. it will become a bright new business card of shijingshan district’s “half landscape and half city”.
the reporter learned thataccording to the beijing greenway system special plan approved in may this year, the city will speed up the construction of ten municipal-level brand greenways, including the central axis and its extension greenways.the shijingshan section of the xishan greenway is an important part of the xishan yongding river cultural belt greenway. the xishan yongding river cultural belt greenway starts from mentougou and connects shijingshan, fengtai, daxing, fangshan and other areas along the yongding river downstream, forming a hiking trail in the capital. the newly built xishan greenway shijingshan section plus the existing mountain trails in shijingshan district are 75 kilometers in total.
source: beijing daily client
reporters: sun yunke, wu di
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