Beihai
Park
Beihai Park is an extremely popular park among
Beijingers and tourists alike. It is about 68.2
hectares, and almost two-thirds of it is a lake.
The park sits in the center of Beijing and it
used to be the royal garden of the Jin, Yuan,
Ming and Qing Emperors. It was completed in 1179.
The park is rife with greenery and assorted pavilions,
corridors and gardens abound.
Besides
the lake, the main things to see in Beihai are
the Round City, which contains a jade vase from
the time of Kublai Khan; the Temple of Eternal
Peace, the Nine Dragon Screen, which is really
a 5-meter-high, 27-meter-long wall covered with
glazed tiles carved into nine intertwining dragons;
and the White Pagoda on Gem Island in the center
of the lake.
In
summer, Beihai is an ideal place to go to escape
from the blazing  summer
heat. You can paddle around in a bizarre assortment
of boats. There are odd, duck-shaped paddle boats,
and tow types of motor boats; three-seater regular
and one-person UFOs. In winter, the lake freezes
over and Beihai turns into a large skating rink.
Within
Beihai there is also a Fangshan Restaurant, the
best Imperial Court style restaurants where you
can enjoy the food served only for the emperor
in the old days, with a little penny.
Beijing
Aquarium
 Boasted
as 'the world's largest inland aquarium', Beijing
Aquarium attracted plenty of opposition from local
environmental groups when it opened in 1999, and
the logic of keeping countless marine animals
so far from the sea is questionable. This huge
structure gives a close-up view at the teeming
life of the world's rivers and oceans. The porpoise
performance and fish feeding times in the big
tank are not to be missed.
The
aquarium is the largest in several aspects compared
with others in the world: the whole area, the
floor space, tank water quantity as well as the
species of halobios, which reaches more than 1000.
The basic colors for the complex are blue and
orange, which represent the mystery of the ocean
and the endless life-force of the ocean animals.
The aquarium brings you to the real world of the
ocean.
Admission:
RMB 100, domestic students RMB 60, domestic people
over 60 years RMB 60. Two children under 1.2 m
admitted free with each adult. Aquarium tickets
include admission to the zoo.
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (18:00 on Sat. and Sun.) Ticket
sales finish at 16:00.
Beijing
Huangchenggen Site
 Located
between Forbidden City and Wangfujing Pedestrian
Street,Huangchenggen Site Park is the location
of east wall of imperial city of Qing Dynasty.
Since Yuan Dynasty,Beijing city has been divided
into Forbidden City,Imperial City and Outer City.
Forbidden City,currently called Palace Museum,is
located in the center,Outer City is along the
present 2nd Ring Road and the Impreial City is
the middle. There are 7 cultural sites inside
the park, which include: map of Beijing of Ming
and Qing Dynasty,relics of underground wall base,
rebuilt section of imperial city wall,courtyard
houses between Dong Chang Lane and Cuihua Lane
and statues of Sino-French University,afforestation
coverage of the park will be as high ad 90%.
>Beijing
Nan Guan Park
> Built
in 1956, Nan Guan Park is the first ecological
water garden using reclaimed water. A reclaimed
water treatment station of over 800 square meters
is built inside the park, which supply the water
for construction of water spaces, irrigation of
trees and flowers and cleaning of park after processing
domestic sewage from neighboring residential quarter
into first level water. The park is characterized
by it subject of water sights. Water sights
of natural lakes, brooks, valleys, fountains and
falls are best represented in the small space.
Almost all methods used for creating water scenery
with fountain in China and abroad are adopted
to show poly postures of water.
>Beijing
Shijingshan International Sculpture Garden
 As
an artist garden decorated by plants and sculptures,
Shijingshan Sculpture Garden boasts of its leading
positions in China's garden and park industry.
Highlights of the park are over 30 sculptures
by teachers and students of Sculptures Department
of China Central Academy of Fine Arts allocated
into three scenic spots. These sculptures, made
of stones, copper and woods or even modern new
material, have different styles and diversified
subjects. Delicate architectural complex combining
the northern and southern architectural styles
of China is located in Chunhzaoyuan, there are
five exhibition rooms in the court, in which,
artistic exhibitions on painting and calligraphy,
photography, stamp collection, root carving and
bonsai are held all year around.
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