As an international metropolis, Beijing is a place where Chinese and foreign cultures converge and exotic attractions add to the charm of this capital.

Going to these exotic places, you can not only experience the colorful culture of the world without going out of Beijing, but you can also shoot your own exotic-style blockbuster.

01 World Park: Enjoy the architecture of different countries

World Park, located in the southwest of Fengtai, Beijing, is a cultural theme park with exotic flavors. Covering an area of 46.7 hectares, the World Park is designed according to the layout of the five continents, featuring 109 miniature sites of famous monuments and attractions in 40 countries around the world. It is a collection of the world's most famous buildings, and the water distribution connects the whole park in accordance with the shape of the four Oceans.

Inside the park, the miniature buildings with a 1:10 ratio are dazzling, these miniature buildings are built after the world's most famous places, using copper carving, copper casting, gilt, gold-plated, wood carving, and other techniques, which are finely designed and realistically modeled to maintain the original style. When you are here, you have a real sense of traveling around the world.

World Park is being transformed and upgraded into a comprehensive park focusing on parent-child recreation and entertainment. On the basis of the original miniature landscapes, the park introduces night light shows, "Happy Animal City", "Nica Tent Camp", "Underwater Squad Coral Island Adventure Park", "Drama Fun World", and other experience programs, which bring different experiences to the visitors.

Address: No.158 Fengbao Road, Huaxiang, Fengtai District, Beijing, China

02 Beijing Exhibition Center: Russian Style

Built in 1954, the Beijing Exhibition Center is the first professional exhibition hall in New China, which was inscribed by Chairman Mao Zedong and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted by Premier Zhou Enlai, it is the birthplace of the exhibition industry in New China.

Beijing Exhibition Center is one of the landmark buildings in Beijing, integrating exhibition halls, catering, tourism, lodging, and entertainment, and was selected as one of the "first batch of China's 20th-century architectural heritages" in September 2016, storing the memories of several generations of people here.

Built at the same time as the main building, the Beizhan Theater is the professional performance theater with the capital's largest single-story capacity, with more than 2,700 seats. The Moscow Restaurant, located on the west side of Beizhan Theater, is one of the earliest Russian restaurants in Beijing and is affectionately known as "Old Mo" by Beijingers.

While inheriting its glorious history and exploring innovative highlights, the Beijing Exhibition Center continues to enrich and create distinctive cultural brands and builds an attractive lifestyle service complex through its extremely considerate and distinctive services.

Address: 135 Xizhimenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China

03 Rending Lake Park: Italian Romanesque Courtyard

Rending Lake Park, which takes the meaning of "Ren Ding Sheng Tian"(Man can conquer nature), is a park built by mobilizing the masses in 1958, and then it has been continuously repaired to form the present Rending Lake Park.

The park mainly focuses on modern gardens, and the southern half of the park is constructed with grass, water features, sculptures, and flower racks, creating a garden environment with a European flavor.

Strolling through the park, you can see European-style Roman columns gate, column corridor, and sculptures... full of exotic flavor, the movie "The Dream Factory" directed by Feng Xiaogang has also set here.

The park includes ancient Rome, Egypt, Babylonian gardens, Islamic courtyards, Versailles gardens, Italian terrace gardens, as well as classical Chinese and other parts, because of its quite exotic retro movie sense, it has become a must-visit destination for tourists.

Address: No. 15, Liupukang Jiexin, Xicheng District, Beijing, China

Translator: ZHOU Huilin

Reviewer: LIU Jin