A secret garden in Beijing has opened to visitors for the first time in a century
- Posted on November 6, 2025
- By CNN
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A secret garden in Beijing has opened to visitors for the first time in a century

When the Hong Kong architect Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, he saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei (offices).