Beijing Badaling Safari World is the largest zoo of mountain wildlife in China. Located at the foot of the world-famous Great Wall at Badaling and close to the Badaling expressway, it takes only 40 minutes from downtown to get there, therefore the transport is convenient. Occupying an area of more than 6,000 mu (400 hectares) land and boasting about 10,000 heads of wildlife in more than 100 genera, the safari world is an ecological tourist park integrating animal watching, salvation and breeding, leisure and vacationing, popular science education and environmental protection.

Along the tour routes, visitors could see the most typical animals from different parts of the world—the largest group of African lions in China; American white tigers; the commanding Siberian tigers; huge brown bears; small and cute Malayan Sun bears; the national treasure of giant pandas, golden monkeys and leopards; wild wolf family with clear-cut hierarchy, dominating macaques, African giraffes, gnu, Australian kangaroos, various valuable pheasants, blue and white peacock, black swans, red-crowned cranes and macaws, etc.

In the safari world, you will have the chance to feed the beasts of prey and to have close encounter with mild and lovable animals. In the Fangzhou Square, you could take a break to enjoy the beauty of the forest and mountain, and watch the unique “peacocks flying down the hill.”

Badaling Safari World, with its beautiful environment and quality services, welcomes all of you to have a visit.

Beijing Baigongfang Handicraft Museum is a traditional handicraft protection base. Located in No.12B, Guangming Road, Chongwen District, Beijing, it is three kilometers from the center of the city.

It serves to display the techniques and varieties of traditional handicraft practiced in court and among common people, including many items of state-level or municipal-level intangible cultural heritage. In 2003, Mr. Eric Duruque, head of the International Federation of Popular Travel, inscribed for it the following words: “This is the Louvre of the People's Republic of China”.

Each dynasty, from Yuan to Qing, that chose Beijing as its capital, had set up an official organ to supervise the making of handicrafts for the imperial family. Called different names in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, the organ recruits from all over the country best handicraftsmen to set up in Beijing a workshop in which to show their skills for the emperor. The workshop was known among common people as “Baigongfang”, or Workshop of a Hundred Kinds of Handicraft. The name is adopted for the base for protection of traditional handicraft in Beijing to carry on that tradition.

The workshop features a handicraft museum that centers round a master studio. It focuses on protecting endangered handicraft techniques, procedures, and varieties. It is staffed by a constellation of handicraft masters from Beijing and other parts of the country as well as disciples of deceased masters that were formerly scattered far and wide. It shows its collection of typical works reflecting a variety of techniques, styles, and schools. It is a “living” museum in that it demonstrates handicraft techniques.

Address:No.12B Guangming Road, Chongwen District, Beijing

Beijing Amusement Park, a national AAA scenic spot, lying next to Longtan Lake, in Zuo'anmen Inner Street, Chongwen District, Beijing, is 4 kilometers from the center of the city. This modernized garden-style amusement park is a Sino-Japan joint venture. Started operating in April 1984, it is one of the large jointly funded amusement parks in Beijing, and one of the first joint ventures in Chongwen District.

The park covers an area of 400,000 square meters, of which 115,000 square meters are covered by water. The isle in the center and four smaller ones in the lake are connected to the bank by 11 stone or wooden bridges. Over twenty large amusement facilities bought from abroad blend well with buildings and facilities of varied, original designs in the garden. The park offers over 40 amusement programs on different scales. Distinctive programs are: a 62-meter-high Sightseeing Wheel, “Swift Currents”, Big Spiral Gliding Car, Air Rock, Terrifying Waves、Carrousel, Pirate Ship, Century Star Gliding Car, and Kart. These make for superb fun and great thrills!

The park offers new interactive popular science programs such as Magical Castle, Illusion Aquarium, Dynamic Cinema and programs centering on environmental protection. After having their thrills, tourists may go to the Illusion Aquarium to explore the wonders of deep sea creatures. Magical Castle employs modernized audio devices and backdrop. The 24-meter-high Air Rock offers exciting experiences of stunt flight.

In 2005 the park acquired “Terrifying Waves” (a large-scale water play program), Storm Fighter (known as the King of Amusement Machines), and a 4-D 360-degree-screen cinema. During the “golden week” of Labor Day (May 1) or National Day (Oct. 1) holidays each year, the park holds a Disney-style costume carnival and an international cartoon carnival, at which tourists may see processions of splendidly decorated floats and 200 actors in costumes, and communicate face-to-face with over 50 cartoon stars. During the summer vacation, the Children’s Day holidays, and spring/autumn outing seasons, the park offers modern dances, interactive games, Fairytale World and cartoon plays, and improvised entertainments.

Address: No.19 Zuo'anmen Inner Street(Longtan Lake), Chongwen District, Beijing

Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum is a historic site under Beijing Municipal protection. It lies in Xiannongtan on Dongjing Road, Xuanwu District, and is about 3 kilometers from Tiananmen Square.

It is a theme museum that displays the history of ancient Chinese architecture. Its exhibits are divided into two parts-ancient architectures and exhibits on ancient architecture art.

The first part consists of the ancient architecture complex of Xiannongtan. The building, also named Mountains and Rivers Shrine, was the place for the Ming and Qing emperors to offer sacrifices to such deities as Xiannong, Taisui, and the Gods of mountains and rivers. It was built in 1420, or the 18th year of Emperor Yongle's reign in the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing. Most of the remaining buildings in the complex were built in 1522, or the 1st year of Emperor Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty. The second part shows in a systematic way the evolution of ancient Chinese architecture with exhibits kept in Taisui Hall and Yu Hall.

The museum keeps a model of the old city of Beijing (the largest sand table model in China), the covert ceiling in Longfu Temple in Beijing (the only survival of its kind), and a model of Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in Temple of Heaven. These exhibits show the great creativity of working people in China and the profundity of ancient Chinese architecture.

Address: No.21 Dongjing Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing

Located on top of Mountain Mangshan on the left bank of the Thirteen Ming Tombs Reservoir of Changping District, it is a popular science scenic spot.

Beijing “Lake of Heaven” is the largest man-made pool in our country. The pool is 546 meters in elevation, 45 meters in depth, 1600 meters in perimeter, and 450,000 cubic meters in capacity. The water source is the Thirteen Ming Tombs at a height of 85 meters, which is the pool of the Thirteen Ming Tombs Reservoir Hydraulic Power Plant. The plant is the key project of the 8th “five-year plan” of Beijing and the nation, as well as one of the key projects of “9511” project of the capital. Started in 1989 and completed in 1997, it has realized unattended automatic management. As the largest pumped storage power plant in the north of China, it can provide reliable frequency modulation, peak shavingand valley filling, and backup supply for emergent accidents, reputed as the “last match to light Beijing”. The main sights include: “Lake of Heaven” stone scripture at a width of three meters and a height of four meters; the “Guangong Stage” to view the great men's tombs on Maogong Mount; the “Guanling Stage” to overlook the panorama of Thirteen Tombs Reservoir and the international golf court. There is also the highest pseudo-archaic Ming Tower and color painting corridor of Beijing.