Beiting Garden

　　Beiting Garden in Jimusaer is situated in Jimusaer County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The park houses Xinjiang’s first Jurassic Park and centers around highlighting the historical and cultural characteristics of Beiting and the Jurassic dinosaur era. It is a tourism park that combines modern culture, ethnic culture, and leisure entertainment.

　　Covering an area of 100,000 square meters, Beiting Garden stretches 400 meters from east to west and 250 meters from north to south, with a green coverage rate of 66%. It consists of three parts: the Beiting Historical and Cultural Garden, the Modern Cultural Garden, and the Jurassic Park, developed in three phases. From 2004 to 2005, Phase I of Beiting Garden was completed, designed by the Urumqi Construction Planning Research and Design Institute with an investment of 12 million yuan. The phase included a cultural square, relief walls, the Jiulian Hall, the Colorful Corridor, cultural pillars, and a musical fountain. In 2006, Phase II, designed by the Xinjiang Landscape Planning and Design Institute with an investment of 8 million yuan, was finished. New additions included the North City ancient wall, a bell tower, a restored map of the ancient Beiting City, the Cen Shen Pavilion, an ancient bridge, a windmill, a copper coin path, ancient lamps, sculptures of historical figures, an artificial lake, a white space membrane structure, and an ice cream plaza. The Jurassic Park, designed by the Xinjiang Landscape Design Institute with an investment of 10 million yuan as part of the Phase III expansion, features life-sized dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and birds from the Jurassic era, as well as simulated ancient trees, petrified forests, rockeries, ancient river systems, and historical walking paths.

　　The overall design of Beiting Garden integrates modern concepts with ancient Jurassic culture and the historical culture of Beiting through its humanistic history, architecture, landscape, and functional use. It fully showcases the rich connotation of using regional culture to enhance the landscape and embedding culture within the scenery. As the largest multifunctional cultural and leisure venue in Jimusaer County, it reflects local cultural characteristics and combines leisure, entertainment, patriotic education, and historical culture. It is one of the most culturally profound parks in Xinjiang and even across China, and will be included in the Xinjiang tourism route along with attractions such as the ancient Beiting City, the West Grand Temple, the Thousand Buddha Caves, the Wucanwan Hot Springs, the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding Center, and the Cheshi Ancient Road.