Shichahai

Shíchàhǎi English Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 什剎海. Pronunciation en /ˌʃɪ.t͡ʃɑːˈhaɪ/ shûʹchäʹhīʹ en Shi cha hai Proper noun en lake district/Xicheng city/Beijing c/China. en 1940 H. Y. Lowe [zh 盧興源] A Popular Fair The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man https://archive.org/details/adventuresofwuli0000lowe/ Princeton, NJ w:Princeton University Press 1983 0-691-06552-7 82-48568 918023643 160 https://archive.org/details/adventuresofwuli0000lowe/page/n185/ One of the places where Little Bald Head loved so much to spend a summer afternoon in the company of his grandfather was the market place and amusement center near the lotus pond of Shih Cha Hai (zh 十刹海), of the Sea of Ten Monasteries—a stretch of water which was apparently designed to be used as a reservoir for the "sea palaces" which have in recent years been thrown open to the public as parks.[...]The first visitors to the Shih Cha Hai were there primarily to admire the lotus blossoms which to the mind of the cultured Chinese represent a human type— that of the chuin tze (zh 君子), Superior Man. on en 12 February 2006 Alice Yan More hardy souls warm to winter swimming https://web.archive.org/web/20230811084956/https://www.scmp.com/article/536174/more-hardy-souls-warm-winter-swimming w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 A lot of people say that winter swimming in lakes is frightening or freezing. But actually it is not. Anyone without a serious illness can manage it if they practise gradually. I come to Shichahai every afternoon and swim for about seven minutes. en subdistrict district/Xicheng city/Beijing c/China. Translations subdistrict; lake Chinese: Cantonese: yue 什刹海 Mandarin: cmn 什刹海 Shíchàhǎi Japanese: ja 什刹海 じっさつかい, Jissatsukai