Spend your weekend in Pinggu and enjoy the unique natural scenery and rich cultural heritage for a pleasant trip without leaving Beijing.
01 Leisure and entertainment
1. Jingdong Big Karst Cave
The 2025 Spring Festival Lantern Festival Night Tour at Jingdong Big Karst Cave in Pinggu will continue until February 12th. The 400-acre lantern exhibition area in the scenic area is created by non-heritage lantern craftsmen and is filled with various beautifully shaped lanterns.
During the lantern festival, there will be two performances of non-heritage iron beating flowers and non-heritage fire kettles at 19:00-19:15 and 20:15-20:30 every day.
In addition to the stunning lanterns, Jingdong Big Karst Cave, which is about 1.5 billion years old, is known as the "first ancient cave in the world". The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a constant temperature throughout the year. It is over 2,500 meters long and takes 90 minutes to visit, with eight scenic spots and more than ten landscapes. The most spectacular is the "Dragon Drawing Heavenly Book" on the cave wall, which has natural carving characteristics. There is a 100-meter waterway inside, where visitors can take a boat to shuttle through the underground river and experience a different kind of excitement.
The wonders of Jingdong Big Karst Cave and the beauty of Zigong lanterns complement each other. Visit the cave during the day and enjoy the lanterns at night for a unique experience.
Lantern Festival dates: January 18th to February 12th, 2025
Daily lighting time: 16:00-22:00
Address: Jingdong Big Karst Cave Tourist Area, East of Heidouyu Village, Huangsongyu Township, Pinggu
2. Substation Gallery
The art museum was transformed from a disused substation and adheres to the concept of youthfulness, experimentation, and public participation. It integrates exhibitions, parent-child activities, and leisure, becoming a new landmark for suburban art and design.
As the only project in Pinggu selected for "Beijing International Design Week", it perfectly integrates modern art with rural environment, attracting many photography enthusiasts to create and take photos. Hold a cup of power station coffee, enjoy the exhibition, stroll around, take photos, and enjoy a beautiful suburban cultural weekend.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00
Address: Yuzishan Village, Shandongzhuang Town, Pinggu
3. Tiziyu Village
Tizi Yu Village was established during the Ming Dynasty and has a deep cultural heritage. It is also famous as the filming location for the popular variety show "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Village". The unique terrain, with layers like a ladder, makes it a great place to get close to nature. The village also has leisure and entertainment facilities such as ice fishing, ice skating, and ice ring games by the lake.
As a village specializing in fruit farming, the specialty breeding products here have been certified by authorities, and you can taste the most authentic agricultural products. There are also specialty restaurants serving peach tea, peach wine, hanging oven pizza, and various Chinese and Western cuisines.
The Yaji Mountain Scenic Area nearby is a national 4A-level tourist attraction, known as the "Blessed Land of the North" and the "Northern Tai Dai". It has a long history and a deep cultural heritage, and has been a holy place for prayer since ancient times.
Address: Tizi Yu Village, Dahua Mountain, Pinggu
02 Pinggu cuisine
1. Yaji Mountain Puyuan Vegetarian Restaurant
Yaji Mountain Vegetarian Restaurant combines food and health perfectly with the Taoist leisure and health culture of Yaji Mountain. The vegetarian dishes are carefully prepared by chefs to create new and flavorful dishes. Specialties include vegetarian spicy hot pot, cashew nut and Chinese yam, stir-fried bamboo shoots with Chinese toon, and spicy monkey head mushroom.
Address: East of the ticket office of Yaji Mountain Scenic Area, Liujiadian Town, Pinggu
2. Yuzishan "One Pot Fresh"
"One Pot Fresh" simultaneously prepares the main course and dishes, saving time and delicious. It is a reflection of several generations of farmers' wisdom and food culture. The dishes are rich and varied, including bean paste rolls, braised noodles with beans, meat pot paste rolls, and stick buns stewed with small fish.
Address: Yuzishan Village, Shandongzhuang Town, Pinggu
3. Wanghu Grilled Fish
Grilled fish is a specialty of the Jinhai Lake area. Wanghu Grilled Fish uses more than 20 secret spices to make the grilled fish sauce, which is professionally processed and blended to fully enhance the freshness of the grilled fish. It is served with fresh rainbow trout, satisfying your taste buds in one go.
Address: North Bank of Jinhai Lake Tourist Scenic Area, 314 Provincial Lu(Rd), Pinggu
03 Leisure Accommodation
1. Jinta Xian Valley Resort Town
The town is located halfway up the mountain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and is a natural oxygen bar. There are 26 small quadrangle dwellings that combine Chinese and Western styles, as well as a coffee house, Chinese restaurant, parent-child room, and handicraft workshop. The town combines courtyards, forests, and fields organically, and strolling through it allows the mind to relax and be nourished.
The Yunju Mountain Valley Restaurant is located at the entrance of the town, with two floors and over a hundred seats, featuring Cantonese cuisine from famous chefs and organic green ingredients. There is also the Jingu Coffee House, which offers authentic Italian coffee with a fragrant aroma.
Address: East side of Team Three, Tower Wa Village, Huangsongyu Township, Pinggu
2. Duoman Taohuawu - Mountain View Private Hot Spring Homestay
The homestay has seven Mediterranean-style courtyards built along the terraced fields, interspersed with simple and clear geometric blocks, showcasing postmodernism to the fullest.
Duoman Taohuawu has created multiple activity experience areas such as a lawn park, a mountain and lake ice park, and a mountain view private hot spring room, making it an excellent place for family leisure and parent-child play. In cold weather, you can look up and see the distant mountain view from the mountain view private hot spring room.
The peach wood roasted pizza at Taohuawu uses local large peaches and homemade tomato sauce, along with cheese and other ingredients, and is baked at high temperature with peach wood, taking only five minutes to make. The taste is crispy and fragrant, with a lingering wood aroma.
Address: No. 50 Tizi Yu Village, Dahua Mountain, Pinggu
3. Wufu Street Quadrangle Dwelling
Guajiayu Wufu Street incorporates traditional Chinese Wufu culture as a background element, creating a unique Wufu Street quadrangle dwelling and Changshou Mountain scenic area. The stone path and wooden pavilions of Wufu Street create a scene reminiscent of an old Beijing quadrangle dwelling. The ancient and elegant architecture combines traditional architectural styles with modern design elements, full of unique charm.
Address: No. 1 Guajiayu, Dahua Mountain, Pinggu
Photo by:Wechat Official Account Jingdong Big Karst Cave, Pinggu District Culture and Tourism Bureau, Yanji Shan
