Black Dragon Pool is Grade 3A scenic spot, located to the northwest of Miyun County, and 93 kilometers away from Beijing. It is an erosion-type pool scenic spot formed by streams flowing in the valleys. In the early years of the last century, as the precipitation in the summer in Beijing is huge, the floods together with a great deal of sand and stones, rush against and erode the rock surfaces on the river bed, and form a large number of holes after a long period of time. Formally opened to the public in 1984, it has attracted many tourists.

The scenic spot covers an area of nine square kilometers. It is a narrow corridor, stretching for four kilometers, with more than 220 meters of height drop. The physiognomy belongs to middle mountains and hills. The heights of the summits on both the north and south sides are from 300 meters to 500 meters. The altitude of the bottom of the valley is from 150 meters to 370 meters. Called Wheel Valley, it is winding and twisting, with steep cliffs on both sides. There are more than 30 sights including Xuan Pool, Chen Pool, Luoyan Pool, Tongtian Pool, Pingsha Pool, Qu Pool, Dishui Pool, Wei Pool, Sandie Pool, Longxi Pool, Pearl String, Three-Pool Falls, Bottomless Pool, Black Dragon Pool, Dragon Doorway, Dragon Cleaving Stone, Hedgepig Stone, etc.

The main sceneries including:

Tongtian Falls: The cliffs are vertical and steep, as if being cut by knives. The falls are flying down with a height drop of more than 50 meters, with splashing water and fog pervasive in the valley.

Miren Cave: 15 meters in depth, it can hold more than 100 people. To facilitate travelers, a cave has been dug out with 38 steps from the entrance to the exit, thus called “Tongtian Cave”. Through this cave, one can arrive at the top of the Tongtian Falls.

Black Dragon Pool: It is only four to five square meters in acreage but 25.6 meters in depth. It is the deepest pool known in Beijing. The walls around the pool are smooth. On the south side, the pool is in oval shape, while the north part has steep cliffs. The water drops vertically from the cliffs more than 10 meters high. There is a narrow gap in the middle of the cliffs, no more than one meter in width, and tens of meters in length. There are also two small pools in the narrow gap. One is called “Spring Flower Pool”, and another is called “Autumn Moon Pool”. The two pools are like two shy girls, hidden in their boudoirs. If the tourists would like to see the panorama of the pools, they have to wait until the spring and autumn. Since 1985, activities such as talking walks in spring, seeking coolness in summer, picking fruits in autumn and ice climbing in winter, are held every year, which have attracted many tourists.

Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park, located in the West Mountain scenic area of Beijing, occupies an area of more than 330,000 square meters. Here in the park, the scenery is beautiful and elegant. Among the lush pines and cypresses and vibrant lawn, the Gothic Cinderella Castle, the Arabic-style restaurant, the European-style blue bridge and the Russian-style gate add exotic atmosphere to the park. Huge amusement facilities as the launch tower, the roller coaster, gorge rafting and rocket-style bungee jumping entertain every visitor and bring much joy and enjoyment to the visitors.

In the eastern part of the park, there are facilities for such sports events as rally cars, formula cars, desert race cars and various imported small racing cars. Walking over the bridge, a modern building unfolds in front you—the 4D Flying, the large theme entertainment project which is the first class in the world and the largest in Asia. It takes you to fly and to experience the effects of flying, crossing the canyon, experiencing the winds and rains and fog, bringing you thriller experiences.

In the western part of the park, a colorful and fun recreation and entertainment garden is ready to serve all visitors. The roller coaster brings much thrilling experiences to visitors by hoverng and diving; the Ferris wheels helps unfold a picture of the modern metropolis; the waving chair brings an experience of the high sea. In addition, there are also recreation facilities much loved by the children, such as Star War, magic mirror labyrinth, bumper cars, magic castle and the royal merry-go-around. The facilities as warrior turnplate, the octopus, the Harry's adventure, the rotating plate, the love express and the super swing are all in the family of rotating recreation items. The UFO bicycle, the flier and rocket bungee are the activities for the brave hearts. The facilities as crazy mouse, the Jones' adventure and the snail-climbing recreation activities are either thrilling or fun. The Shenzhou roller coaster located in the southwestern part of the park is the longest suspension roller coaster in Asia. In the roller coaster facilities, the cars and the bearing facilities are all suspended outside the closed tracks, giving a thrilling experience that visitors might have never experienced.

Beijing Planetarium was built in 1957. Since its construction, it has been presenting the mystery of the vast universe, through its unique ways and tools of demonstration, to visitors generation after generation. In the new century, in order to satisfy the growing demands for knowledge in science, technology and culture of the public, a modern and new planetarium was constructed. With the support, assistance and leadership from the Beijing municipal government, and with efforts made by all people involved, the new Beijing Planetarium was completed and opened to the public on a trial basis on December 12, 2004.

Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall is a national class-4A scenic area and one of Beijing's patriotic education bases, and was opened to the public on September 24, 2004. It is an exhibition hall specializing in displaying the history, the present and the future of Beijing's urban planning, construction and development.

By advanced technology, rich exhibition contents, and vivid and interesting ways of presentation, the exhibition hall introduces and explains the development history, brilliant urban civilization and panoramic view of the modern urban planning and construction of Beijing, a famous city with a long history in the world, and displays the splendid future for the city development.

Since the exhibition hall was opened, we have received leaders from more than 70 countries and about one million visitors both at home and abroad. The exhibition hall has won high commends from visitors for its rich exhibits and warm and quality services. The reputation of Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall has been improving, and it has become an important window to display Beijing and China, and an important unit for state and foreign affairs. The exhibition hall is the best place to know the past, the present and the future of Beijing.

Beijing Nine-Dragon Amusement Park lies to the southeast of the Ming Tombs Reservoir in Changping District. It can be reached along the Badaling Expressway from downtown, or by bus. Constructed with Sino-Japan joint investment, and opened in July 1990, it is a large modernized comprehensive amusement park with Disneyland features.

Facing the beautiful Ming Tombs Reservoir, with mountains behind it, the park covers an area of 93,000 square meters, with a water-covered area of 55,000 square meters, including a part abovegroundand the other part underwater. It centers round the cultural concept of “dragon”. Nine-dragon Palace, the principal building, is in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties buildings, with nine sides, nine columns, nine roof ridges, and nine corners; its triple eaves are covered with peacock blue glazed tiles framed by yellow tiles, which gleam like gold in the sun.

Underwater Dragon Palace, the theme attraction of the park, lies at the bottom of the reservoir, reaching a maximum depth of 20 meters below surface, with a total length of over 600 meters. It consists of nine main sections, including “diving”, “wonders of the ocean”, “coral forest”, “aquatic animals”, and “the main hall of the palace”. With the latest audio-visual technology, it presents natural scenery of the ocean and scenes from ancient legends about “Dragon King” and “Dragon Palace”. In the “diving” section you may experience the thrills of rotating tunnel. In the “Crystal World” you may see a beautiful coral forest and crystal-like little creatures. In the magnificent hall of the Dragon Palace, the Dragon King of the East Ocean shows his double faces and laughs heartily. All these splendid attractions are controlled by robots.

The aquarium, covering 2,000 square meters, is another major attraction of the park. Its exhibition hall is encircled by 20 huge boxes that hold nearly 300 cubic meters of water in all. They are inhabited by coelenterates, arthropods, fishes, reptiles, and dozens of species of aquatic plants. With its unique content and style, the exhibition appeals to all tourists, particularly the teenagers.

Tetele Science Fiction Hall, featuring a worm-wheel dynamic cinema, is yet another highlight of the park. With all its equipment introduced fron America, it embodies the latest cinematic technology. The seats can move to and fro, up and down, or sideways, simulating motions in movies, such as planes moving up or down, surfing, skiing on high mountains, and dropping into an abyss. This, combined with an ultra-large screen and powerful acoustic effects, makes you feel as if you were inside the movie.

The park also offers F-1 racing cars and rafting on rapid currents in the Toy Town.