Places held in image, memory, and landscape

Jingshan

The artificial hill closes the palace-city landscape to the north and strengthens the axis's elevated view and balance.

Jingshan — Dawn Documentary View
Jingshan — Dawn Documentary View

Morning light illuminates the yellow tiles and painted details of a Jingshan park gate; three symmetrical white-stone stairways rise before vermilion columns, and the central ceremonial path leads through the open passage.