Zhongshan Park is located to the west of Tian'anmen Rostrum in the heart of the Inner City.It is the site of the former Altar of Land and Grain.
Entering through the main southern entrance,one comes to a large vestibular pavilion with long corridors running off to the east and west.In front of the pavilion is a white marble memorial archway erected by the Qing government to commemorate the German Minister Baron von Kettler,who was killed during the Yihetuan Movement ("Boxer Rebellion") in 1900.This archway originally stood outside the western entrance to the Xizongbu Alley,but after Germany's defeat in World War I,it was removed to the Zhongshan Park and inscribed with the words "Triumph of Righteousness"(Gongli Zhansheng).After 1949 it was rein scribed in Guo Moruo's handwriting with "Defeat the Peace"(Baowei Heping)
