Beijing Olympic Park is located in Chaoyang District, Beijing, situated at the northern end of the city’s central axis. It stretches from the southern bank of the Qinghe River to the north, Beitu Cheng Road to the south, Anli Road and Beichen East Road to the east, and Lincui Road and Beichen West Road to the west, covering a total area of 11.59 square kilometers. It embodies the three core concepts of "technology, greenery, and humanity," and is
The word "Solar" in English means of the sun, sunny... Blue Harbor evokes images of water, romance, and elegance... This is SOLANA Blue Harbor, a shopping park filled with radiant sunshine, tranquil lakes, elegant architecture, and romantic pathways—a European-style commercial town located on the northwest lakeshore of Asia’s largest urban park, Chaoyang Park.
The China Railway Museum is a national-level specialized museum officially renamed in September 2003 from the Science and Technology Museum of the former Ministry of Railways. It is located on the north side of Courtyard No. 1, Beijiujiqiao North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, covering an area of 157,334 square meters with a construction area of 20,500 square meters. The architectural style is elegant, fresh, and modern, reflecting not only the beauty of contemporary architecture but also inheriting the characteristics of traditional Chinese architecture, embodying rich cultural significance. The museum houses and displays over 60 precious historical locomotives and rolling stock. The China Railway Museum consists of three sections: the Locomotive and Rolling Stock Exhibition Hall, the Comprehensive Exhibition Hall, and the Thematic Exhibition Hall.
Water Cube Aquatic Playground is China's largest and most advanced indoor theme water park. All the amusement equipment in the park is imported from world-class suppliers, some of which are internationally award-winning attractions that are highly popular with visitors. Moreover, there are some thrilling facilities that made their global debut here.
Every April, the begonia trees along both sides of the stream in the Begonia Flower Stream section of the Yuan Dadu Ruins Park burst into bloom. With willows turning green and peach blossoms turning red, their reflections shimmer on the water, creating a vibrant spring scene. Location: Beitu Cheng East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing…
• Boasting hundreds of acres of lavender landscapes and Blue Harmony Wetlands, complemented by wooden cottage hot springs, it's a place of romance and comfort.
Sansheng Nunnery is located east of today’s Liuxiang South Road and west of Haizi Bian, and takes its name from the nunnery. During the Qing Dynasty, it was called Sansheng Temple Street, and after the Republic of China, it became known as Sansheng Nunnery. This temple was first built over 1,000 years ago during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, which was also the period of the Liao Dynasty’s Nanjing City. It is a nunnery dedicated to the Three Western Saints, hence the name Sansheng Nunnery. The site has three courtyards, with the last…
Shichahai, also written as "Shichahai" (Ten Temples Lake), got its name from the ten Buddhist temples that once stood around it. During the Yuan Dynasty, it was known as Haizi, a wide and elongated body of water. In the early Ming Dynasty, it shrank in size and gradually formed three lakes—Xihai, Houhai, and Qianhai—which are interconnected by waterways. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has been a popular spot for recreation and summer leisure. The three lakes shimmer with blue waves, bordered by weeping willows, with distant mountains adding to the picturesque scenery.
The White Cloud Temple, the foremost Quanzhen Taoist monastery in China, is located about two li outside the Xibianmen Gate. It is one of the three ancestral temples of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism and has been regarded as the "foremost monastery" of Quanzhen Taoism since the Yuan Dynasty. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, national Taoist organizations, institutions, and research centers such as the Chinese Taoist Association, the Chinese Taoist College, and the Chinese Taoist Cultural Research Institute were successively established here.
The Communication University of China Media Museum is the first national comprehensive media museum in China that integrates five functions: "media cultural relic collection, media object display, media history research, media creative education, and media experience services." Its establishment fills two gaps in both China's museum categories and the media industry.
The Beijing Olympic Museum is a fully government-funded institution under the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics. It is located on the negative first floor south of the National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), covering a total area of approximately 23,000 square meters. Its primary responsibilities include collecting, preserving, and researching Olympic artifacts, as well as establishing a base for patriotic education. The Beijing Olympic Museum is dedicated to promoting Olympic culture and uplifting the spirit of the Chinese nation.
The Capital Museum began preparations in 1953 and officially opened to the public in 1981. Its original location was at the Beijing Confucius Temple, a national key cultural relics protection unit. As a key cultural construction project during Beijing's Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the application for the new Capital Museum project was approved by the Beijing Municipal Committee and the municipal government in 1999.
The former residence of Ji Xiaolan is located at No. 241, West Zhushikou Street. It sits on the north side of West Zhushikou Street, at the site of the Jin Yang Restaurant. The restaurant preserves a traditional two-courtyard siheyuan (quadrangle courtyard), with wisteria in the front courtyard and crabapple trees in the rear courtyard that date back to the original property. In 1931, Yu Shuyan and Mei Lanfang established the “National Opera Academy,” “National Opera Pictorial Society,” and
The Beijing Opera Museum is the 100th museum to be built and opened in Beijing. It was officially completed and opened to the public on September 6, 1997. This makes it the 100th museum to be established and opened in the city. The Huguang Guild Hall was originally built in the 12th year of the Jiaqing reign during the Qing Dynasty (1807), and includes a grand theater, the Xiangxian Ancestral Hall, the Wenchang Pavilion, …
Xizhimen Catholic Church, also known as the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and commonly referred to as the West Church, is one of Beijing’s Four Great Catholic Churches. Located at No. 130, Xizhimennei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, it is the newest and smallest of the four, and the only one not established by Jesuit missionaries. Currently, the
Lingjing Hutong in Beijing starts from Fuyou Street in the east and extends to West Single North Street in the west. It is 664 meters long and over 30 meters wide at its broadest point, making it known as the widest hutong in Beijing. The hutong gets its name from the famous imperial Taoist temple "Lingji Palace" during the Ming Dynasty. Due to the slippery pronunciation in old Beijing dialect, it was called "Lingjing Palace." Attraction location: Beijing
The temple complex covers an area of over 20 acres, or 13,858 square meters, and consists of 329 halls, divided into three main courtyards: the central courtyard, the east courtyard, and the west courtyard. The entire temple features a rigorously structured layout, with exquisitely carved beams and painted rafters, presenting a magnificent and resplendent sight. Shichahai is made up of three interconnected lakes: Qianhai (also known as Shichahai), Houhai, and Xihai (Jishuitan), which...
Fengxuan Park is located at the northeast corner of Caihuying on the South Second Ring Road. It stretches approximately 700 meters in length, with the widest point reaching 120 meters, covering a total area of 54,000 square meters. It is an open, linear park that provides nearby residents with a scenic space for leisure and fitness. The Xuanwu District government carried out greening work at the southwest corner of the South Second Ring Road.
When people visit modern Beijing, what often captures their interest is not the rows of high-rise buildings or the wide, crisscrossing roads, but the winding, secluded little hutongs and the cozy, beautiful siheyuan (courtyard homes). As such, some call Beijing’s ancient capital culture “hutong culture” or “siheyuan culture”—and this is no exaggeration. The gates…
The South Church is located at No. 141, Qianmen West Street, Xuanwumen, Beijing. It is a historic Catholic church. In 1605 (the 33rd year of the Wanli reign in the Ming Dynasty), Father Matteo Ricci built the first chapel on this site, but it was relatively small. Later, in 1650, Father Johann Adam Schall von Bell, a German Jesuit, constructed the first large church in Beijing. It serves as the cathedral of the Beijing Diocese of the Catholic Church in China. In 1664, Schall von Bell was imprisoned, and the church was temporarily destroyed. After his case was retried and he was vindicated, Emperor Kangxi allocated funds for its reconstruction. In 1775, the church was damaged by fire and was rebuilt again. In 1900, it was burned down by the Boxers and subsequently reconstructed once more in 1902. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it underwent multiple renovations. The South Church is a national key cultural relics protection unit.