The Bailongtan (White Dragon Pool) Scenic Area （北京白龙潭景区）

Bailongtan (White Dragon Pool) Scenic Area is located in Longtan Shan (Longtan Mountain) near the Yanshan stretch of the Great Wall, roughly 100 kilometers from downtown Beijing. Many Chinese consider it to be one of Beijing's "16 classic landscapes." Beijing is located in warm temperate zone, it is hot and rainy in summer, cold and dry in winter, the spring and autumn are short. The average annual temperature is 10-12 ℃.

The area takes its name from a poem by the Northern Song Dynasty poet Suzhe, and it's easy to see how its beautiful mountains, rivers, stones, pools and woods inspired the poet's fancy. In addition to the natural features, there are four halls and 18 pavilions to explore, some of them dating back to the Song (960-1279) Emperors, imperial officials and Confucian literati often came to Bailongtan to get away from the busy capital; a small imperial palace was built here as a stopover en route to Chengde's famous Summer Resort.