Nanhai Lake
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Nanhai Lake is one of the central ornamental lakes within the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing, historically part of the imperial gardens adjacent to the Forbidden City.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Sea (Zhonghai Lake) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial lake
ⓘ
ornamental lake ⓘ water body ⓘ |
| access | not open to the general public ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Forbidden City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Communist Party central leadership
People's Republic of China government ⓘ
surface form:
central government of the People's Republic of China
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| governance | managed by central Chinese authorities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nanhai
ⓘ
Zhongnanhai, Beijing ⓘ
surface form:
South Sea within Zhongnanhai
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | example of imperial-era water landscaping in Beijing ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
aesthetic
ⓘ
symbolic representation of water in imperial cosmology ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym | Chinese ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly north–south elongated basin ⓘ |
| hasRelativePosition | west of the Forbidden City ⓘ |
| hasRole |
landscape element in Chinese imperial garden design
ⓘ
ornamental feature of Zhongnanhai ⓘ |
| hasShoreFeature |
halls
ⓘ
pavilions ⓘ traditional Chinese garden architecture ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | buildings of the Zhongnanhai compound ⓘ |
| heritageContext | Chinese imperial garden heritage ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
imperial garden lake
ⓘ
scenic water feature for the imperial court ⓘ |
| isContainedIn | walled Zhongnanhai compound ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Xicheng District, Beijing ⓘ |
| location |
Zhongnanhai, Beijing
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhongnanhai
|
| nearbyFeature |
Beihai Park
ⓘ
Nanhai Lake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Sea (Zhonghai Lake)
North Sea (Beihai Lake) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Zhongnanhai leadership compound
ⓘ
central lakes of Zhongnanhai ⓘ former imperial garden complex west of the Forbidden City ⓘ historic imperial city area of Beijing ⓘ imperial gardens of Beijing ⓘ |
| presentUse | scenic lake within central government compound ⓘ |
| securityStatus | restricted area ⓘ |
| toponymMeaning | South Sea Lake ⓘ |
| urbanContext | historic center of Beijing ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zhongnanhai
this entity surface form:
Middle Sea (Zhonghai Lake)