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10 Thematic Routes of Beijing Industrial Tourism | Route 8: A Conversation Transcending Time and Space

2023-02-07

Itinerary: Langyuan Station - China Railway Museum (Dongjiao Exhibition Hall) - Guanfu Museum - Civil Aviation Museum

Route Length: 10.5 kilometers

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Langyuan Station

The whole park enjoys an excellent ecological environment, strong industrial atmosphere, spacious zone as well as fresh air. Wandering around the park, people may feel like diving into the arm of the nature and enjoy a comprehensive experience including purchasing cultural and creative products as well as tasting gourmet food.

At present, nearly 150 tenants have settled in the first phase of Langyuan Station. The second phase, including Central Station Cultural Center, will also be completed this year and is expected to open by the end of 2022. The former industrial park is turning into another new landmark of international culture and consumption.

China Railway Museum

The China Railway Museum is located in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, and the entire museum covers an area of 150,000 square meters. The museum has a huge exhibition hall, which houses nearly 100 train locomotives. Ranging from steam locomotives of a century ago, to internal combustion locomotives, to electric locomotives and the latest rolling stock, all are physically displayed here in an extremely spectacular and stunning manner.

The outdoor zone of the museum displays rails and trans of various types. Giant train carriage perfectly integrates industrial flavor and retro style into one, giving people a sense of magnificence.

Guanfu Museum

The exterior of GUanfu Museum resembles western luxury mansion, and together with green vines on the wall the place is more like a residence of a literati. As a private museum, collections here are also of living ranging from furniture, windows and doors, ceramics to artwares. Once entering the gate, there is an active area for cats, where you may see all set of cats’ mansion, cat’s living room, cat’s game room, cat’s pool and so on. Besides, there are various cartoon decorations of cats among the museum.

Civil Aviation Museum

The museum is away from the hustle and bustle of urban city life, silently telling stories of the past years. The main building of the museum with a futuristic appearance looking like a airplane engine. In the grassland surrounding the main building, aircrafts of various styles from different time periods are displayed, giving off a strong sense of industrial atmosphere.

The Civil Aviation Museum is a civil aviation thematic museum designed and built in accordance with the modern streamline style and is open to the public for free. At present, 15 aircrafts have been collected, including IL-14, C-46, Trident, Airbus A310 and other aircraft reflecting various historical periods of China's civil aviation. The museum also has more than 7,000 pieces of documents and objects reflecting important historical events such as the "Hump" flight, the "Two Airline" uprising, the "August 1" flight, and the Lhasa test flight. The Civil Aviation Museum also has a multi-functional theater and simulators and other projects. The multi-functional theater includes three halls, including one IMAX giant screen hall, which can provide science education, leisure and entertainment services for visitors. The above items will be charged.

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