| Hancunhe Scenic Area [edit this] | | Located in Hancunhe Town in Fangshan District, Beijing, Hancunhe Tourism Village is 40 kilometers away from the urban area. A new Chinese rural area is formed in Hancunhe with villa districts of various styles, elegant architectural works, modern vegetable shelves, flower bases, modern exhibition halls, star hotels, colleges and parks established by the village. In 2000, the Century Forum of Countryside Development was held here with participants from more than twenty national Star Villages, renowned Model Workers of Agriculture, excellent township enterprisers and relevant experts and scholars. In 2002, Jiang Zemin came here for inspection and highly praised Hancunhe village. Hancunhe Tourism Village is a national sample spot of agricultural tourism, national AAA tourist attraction. It is designated as the No.1 Village of Material and Spiritual Civilization in Beijing Suburb, and is famed as Metropolis in Countryside. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Grand Water-eroded Cave of East Beijing [edit this] | | Grand Water-eroded Cave of East Beijing is located in Huangsongyu to the northeast of Pinggu District of Beijing. It is a cave-type natural scenic spot composed of dolostone, calcite dolomite and rock concretion containing silicon and iron, etc. It was opened to the public in April 1998.
The Grand Water-eroded Cave was formed in the Gaoyu Zhuang formation rock layer in the Mesoproterozoic, which is 1.5 billion years old. As the first large-scale water-eroded cave group found in the dolostone layer, it enjoys the reputation of “Number One Ancient Cave”. It is 2500 meters long. There are all kinds of stone deposits in the shapes of bamboo shoot, pillar, curtain, flower, tower, pearl, human beings and animals, etc. Under the colorful lights, the stalactites in various shapes, such as hanging ice slush, towering pillars, and curtains, are beautiful and charming. The caves were formed in the Mesoproterozoic about 1.5 billion years ago, and have gone through several enormous earth movements, so the stalactites are in various shapes.
Touring in the caves, one feels like in the dragon palace or fairy land. There are also 20 kinds of stimulating amusement facilities such as ropeway in upper air, roller coaster, kart, pedal vehicles on ropes, bumper boats, hippodrome, bungee balls, etc. There are also recreation places for tourists to enjoy rural life, such as garden for picking fruits, park for fishing, etc. Tourists can also board helicopters to overlook the beautiful sceneries. The scenic spot is divided into eight districts, including dragons on the walls, deity animals welcoming guests, immortals gather for a party, cracking of heaven and earth, etc. The main sights include dragons on the walls, deity animals welcoming guests, Penglai fairy land, sprinkling jades in the vast sky, rains in spring in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhenghe visiting the west, Apsaras fresco, cracking of heaven and earth, water curtain cave, etc.
Penglai Fairy land is a grandiose group of stalactites. All kinds of huge stalactites in different shapes look like Buddha getting together for a party, thus the name “Penglai Fairy land”.
Sprinkling jades in the vast sky is a marvellous spectacle. Large patches of stones are hanging on the top of the cave, like rains falling from the sky, and jades sprinkled to the world.
Rains in spring in the south of the Yangtze River. Needle-shape stalactites closely knitted on the rock walls look like rains in spring, while the stones below look like bamboo shoots growing in spring. What a sight in spring! | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Fenghuangling Natural Scenic Park [edit this] | | Fenghuangling Natural Scenic Park, located at Sujiatuo Township in Haidian District, is known for its natural scenes and attractions—green mountains and crystal water, blue sky and white cloud, and various flowers and trees, forming a sound ecological environment. The water at the park is of high quality, the air is five times fresher and purer, and the content of negative oxygen ion in the air is 150 times higher than that in urban areas. The average temperature in summer is 3-4 degrees centigrade lower than that in urban areas, and the relative humidity is 65%. The scenic area is nicknamed the “small Mountain Huangshan in western Beijing.”
The area has rich cultural landscapes. There are many ruins of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism and the ancient Oriental health keeping culture. These ruins, together with the natural landscapes, jointly form more than 40 tourist attractions on the northern, middle and southern tourist routes. The northern tourist route, with convenient transport and many attraction sites, is a perfect blending of mountains and water, and is known for its ancient, astonishing, weird, beautiful and tranquil features. The middle route is featured with its complete complex of oriental health keeping and cultivating culture. There is the famous Buddhism-Taoism temple in western Beijing—the Longquan Temple. The Immortal Cave, the Three Buddhas Cave, the Xuanyuan Cave and the Cultivating Chair together form the largest and most complete ancient health keeping and cultivating complex ever discovered. The southern route is a good choice for religious, archaeological, exploring and venturing activities. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Forest Park of Mountain Two-dragon [edit this] | | Forest Park of Mountain Two-dragon is located in the northwest mountainous area of the Thirteen Ming Tombs Scenic Spot of Changping District. It was started to be built in 1999, and is a comprehensive forest ecological scenic spot integrating sight-seeing, recreation, outbound training, and education of environmental protection.
The scenic spot has exuberant plantation emerging dense wild interest. The average temperature in the summer is about 7-9℃lower than that of the downtown. Sibo Team Outward bound training Base, Youngsters' Popular Science Education Base, Green Action Tree Planting Base, Garden of Picking and Growing, and Folk Custom Village were built in succession. Youngsters' education courses such as outward bound training, survival in the wildness, education of environmental protection, base camp of popular science as well tourist activities such as experiencing folk customs, planting trees and picking flowers, etc. are carried out here. The park has become an ideal place for all kinds of tourist groups in the suburbs of Beijing. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Fairy Dwelling Cave [edit this] | | Fairy Dwelling Cave is located in Zhangfang Town in Fangshan District of Beijing and is 100 kilometers from the city. With such natural Karst landscapes as Stone Forest and Pagodas, Waterfall Curtain, Divine Needle and Musical Board in the Palace, the cave looks like a fairy land, hence the name Fairy Dwelling Cave. 4,000 meters of the cave have been explored which are divided into the upper, middle and bottom layers. Visitors may enter the cave by boats along the 450 meters water route and walk out. They can also visit the Red Leaf Valley and Five Stars Valley in Mountain Screen. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
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