Jingshan Park is just a few steps from the Forbidden City.
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景山 is the artificial hill directly north of the Forbidden City, built from earth dug out for the palace moat. The last Ming emperor, 崇祯, hanged himself on a tree here in 1644 as Beijing fell to rebel forces; the spot is still marked.
On April 25, 1644, the last Ming emperor walked up Jingshan and hanged himself on a locust tree as Li Zicheng's rebel army entered Beijing - the symbolic end of the Ming dynasty.
