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China Ethnic Culture Park

2023-11-01

The China Ethnic Culture Park, located at No. 1 Minzuyuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, is an anthropological museum that focuses on the culture, artifacts, and social life of various ethnic groups in the People's Republic of China.

The park is situated on the west side of the northern section of Beijing's central axis. Covering an area of 50 hectares, it's divided into south and north zone, separated by Minzuyuan Road. The China Ethnic Culture Park is a part of the Beijing Olympic Park. The construction began in 1992, and the north zone opened on June 18, 1994 and the south zone on September 29, 2001.

The China Ethnic Culture Park features ethnic architectural styles representing the 56 ethnic groups in China. It houses over 100,000 ethnic cultural relics and exhibits, and hosts cultural exhibitions and performances of various ethnic groups. The exhibition halls consist of a main exhibition hall and branch halls. The main exhibition hall includes ancestral halls, relay stations for vehicles and boats, embroidery rooms, study rooms, nurseries, ceremonial halls and so on.

There are a total of 56 branch halls, each located in a building representing one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. These branch halls showcase the history, culture, and customs of each ethnic group. The 56 ethnic buildings are the unique feature of the China Ethnic Culture Park and are highly distinctive. In 1998, the Beijing China Ethnic Museum was awarded the "Preservation of Ethnic Architecture" prize by the Organizing Committee of the World Congress of Architects.

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