Chengshi Lvxin Forest Park

The Chengshi Lvxin Forest Park is an essential part of the green space layout planning of "one area, one axis, two rings, and one center" in Beijing's sub-center, which is located on the south bank of the Grand Canal and echoes with the spirits of the administrative office area of the city's deputy center. The park's planning structure is "one core, two rings, three belts, and five sections," with the center being ecological conservation, and the integration of twenty-four gas culture, regional culture, forest culture, and ecological culture constituting the park's 36 scenery.

Address: northeast side of intersection of the Jingtang Road and the East Sixth Ring Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Liyuan Theme Park

The Liyuan Theme Park, which includes a theater building, a book and drum field, a central square, a Beijing opera sign sculpture, Yunguang Lake, and other picturesque sites, is located on the southern side of the Liyuan Light Rail Station. The Yunguang Lake region is more than ten acres in size, with a wooden path and water lotus and other aquatic plants on water. The wisdom of "The wise love the waters, the beneficent enjoy the mountains" is made plain with various undulating micro-terrain against the lake area, willow swinging with the breeze, lake water gleaming, and fish swimming.

Address: The southern side of the Liyuan Light Rail Station in Liyuan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing

The Grand Canal Forest Park

The Grand Canal Forest Park is a national AAAA-class tourist attraction located on both sides of the North Canal in Tongzhou New Town, Beijing, from the Sixth Ring Road Puyang Bridge in the north to Wukun Bridge in the south, with a river length of about 8.6km. The park planted arbor, shrub, flowers, grass and so forth of up to 200 kinds, enriching the environmental color, which not only makes the park beautiful in every season, but also establishes a natural oxygen bar to the eastern section of Beijing. Each year, the park will hold different events on different festivals to create pleasant festive atmosphere by using different themes of flower beds, flower mirrors, and performances, which should present guests with a lovely and comfortable garden environment.

Address: Tonghuai Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Zhangjiawan Park

Zhangjiawan Park, the largest park in the green recreation ring of Beijing's subcenter, is dedicated to producing landscape elements like "humanistic forest, migrating bird forests, and wetland forests." The overall aim of Zhangjiawan Park is to create a space structure of "two waters, one garden, five districts, ten scenery" and construct a series of scenic sites with the conception of "conjunction of waters, integration of water and forest & village and gardens, treasure house of homeland."

Address: Shizhuangchang Road, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Taihu Park

You should smell the scented flowers on the path in Taihu Park and witness the artworks made from "wasted materials." You should see the breeze blowing over the lake's surface and the large red bridge like jumping fish, which symbolizes good luck.

The Le Bookstore inside the park relies on Taihu Entertainment Town, integrating artistic performance and ideas to decorate the bookstore. The bookstore covers an area of 932m2 and assumes the original public space public welfare functions, opening all year round with no rest time and operating on public holidays.

Address: Taihu Town Yufu camp south, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Translated by LUO Xiongwei

Edited by LIU Yu