Parks and museums
During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, in view of the large crowds of tourists at the city's popular attractions, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism recommended 50 niche places to help tourists discover a different Beijing. The reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that these 50 niche destinations cover Beijing's 16 districts and economic development zones. They include unique parks, exquisite museums, fashionable cultural and creative parks and smart science and technology parks, as well as trendy markets and business districts, delving into multiple facets of Beijing's culture and tourism.
During the holiday, in addition to the well-known parks and museums such as the Summer Palace, Old Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, National Museum, and the Forbidden City, there are also other unique parks and exquisite museums worth visiting. Many of them are recommended by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.
The Yongdingmen Gatetower is the symbol and starting point of the southern section of Beijing's central axis. Yongdingmen Park is also named after this tower. Here you can explore the historical heritage of Beijing’s central axis culture. The same is true with the Palace of Zhongdu city in Jin Dynasty Park, the archaeological ruins of Palace of Zhongdu city in Jin Dynasty. It has witnessed the 870-year history of Beijing's founding. The park is highly recommended for those in love with humanity and history. Haidian Park, the ruins of Changchun Garden, is one of the famous three mountains and five gardens of Beijing. It is also a park that combines nature, cultural heritage and fashion, serving as a good choice for a leisurely walk.
The Beijing Gold Lacquer Inlay Art Museum exhibits unique tools of the gold lacquer inlay technique and masterpieces from various craft categories such as carving, filling, and painting. The items show the amazing gold lacquer inlay technique, one of the Beijing Eight Imperial Handicrafts and a national intangible cultural heritage. The Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum collects, studies and displays stone carving cultural relics in Beijing. The stone carving cultural relics carry the memory of history. The Beijing Art Museum is located in the Wanshou Temple, a temple of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has collected tens of thousands of ancient artworks, including calligraphy and paintings of the past dynasties, inscriptions and letters of celebrities, palace weaving and embroidery, palace porcelain, ancient furniture, coins and seals of the past dynasties.
Cultural and creative parks and science and technology parks
Situated in the fourth embassy zone of Chaoyang District, Shouchuang Langyuan STATION is a cultural and creative park transformed from an old warehouse. It is characterized by waterfront and cultural heritage. The park cooperates with the embassy zone business district, boosting regional culture and consumption upgrade of international towns. The 1897 Science and Technology City of Erqi Factory in Fengtai District is a model of transformation from a motorcycle factory of urban power into a cultural and commercial space.
The Fahai Temple Museum and Beijing Eight Imperial Handicrafts Museum... A 1,500-meter-long "Camel Bell Ancient Road" connects many historical relics, cultural treasures, ancient residences and courtyards in the Moshikou block. Shijingshan District is striving for a tourism model with this old street at the core, making it a lively museum embodying culture and civilization. Langyuan PARK on the west extension line of Chang'an Avenue is a model of urban renewal and a new star of business integration. It is a cultural district for leisure where you can enjoy art, handicrafts, and delicacies, trying to find the best practice to light up the city with culture.
Taihu Performing Arts Workshop is also known as Yuhui PARK. The park combines ecology and performing arts, transforming the original fish breeding factory to a performing art center. The park boasts a good ecological environment, with red brick architecture that combines Chinese and Western styles. It uses lively and joyful fish as the artistic theme, and is dotted with multiple art spaces such as theaters and exhibition halls. The park is the scenery itself. The predecessor of 1983 Creative Industrial Park·Shunyuan, formerly known as the Paper Culture Park, was recognized as one of the first cultural tourism experience bases in Beijing. It was later transformed and innovated on the abandoned site of Xinghua Printing Factory, and transformed into a tourism and cultural consumption park with an artistic atmosphere. It is a good place to experience the charm of paper and printing culture.
Markets and business districts
Among the 50 niche tourist destinations, there are also many new trendy business districts, including Chaowai UIC, a newly opened urban innovation center. As the first urban innovation center in Beijing, the first cultural and commercial space in the Chaowai UIC — THE BOX Chaowai A area is aimed at the new generation aged 15-29, full of fashion and vitality. The equally vibrant Joy City in West Beijing is located on the north side of Fushi Road in Shijingshan District. It is a "shopping mall + office building" urban complex that gathers 300 brands and serves as a new commercial landmark in Beijing.
Songzhuang Art Market of China is the largest original art base in China. It contains market avenues, central squares, music squares, art blocks, artist studios, art courtyards, gourmet night markets and other sections, not only providing artists with direct access to the mass consumers but also becoming a new urban art life complex for art appreciation, weekend leisure, and outdoor camping. In addition, the 50 niche destinations also include Taopeng Village, a red education base in Pinggu District, which is suitable for learning and experiencing the red spirit. Other recommendations include Guajiayu Village, which was rated as the most beautiful village in Beijing in 2007.
Translator: Liu Siqi
Reviewer: Liu Jin
