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.

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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)

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Zhongnanhai, Beijing hasPart Nanhai Lake
subject surface form: Zhongnanhai
Nanhai Lake nearbyFeature Nanhai Lake self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Middle Sea (Zhonghai Lake)