Beijing Crab Island Green Ecological Resort, a national sample spot of agricultural tourism, is located at No.1 Xiedao Road, Jinzhan Town, Chaoyang District, about 10 kilometers from the center of Beijing city.
It is a comprehensive tourist resort that integrates eco-agriculture sightseeing, catering, conference service, accommodation, leisure and vacation.
The resort covers a total area of 2 square kilometers, with a 0.2-sqaure-meter resort area and a 1.8-square-meter eco-agriculture sightseeing area. It integrates eco-agriculture sightseeing, organic food production, logistics processing and sale into a complete, self-contained system by following the field-behind-shop mode that combines farming with tourism, and the principle of “Being Ecological, Environmental-Friendly and Sustainable” that is embodied by material circulation (coexistence of crops and crabs), energy circulation (comprehensive utilization of water resources and waste), and information circulation (coordination and integration of industries). Stressing harmony between man and nature, the area has well adjusted its industrial structure and finished the industrialization process.
The resort focuses on reproducing the appearance of the countryside of old Beijing. Following the tenet of “back to nature”, it has sited a modernized comfortable holiday resort in a rural landscape characterized by lush groves of trees, aromatic crops and wheat, herds of farm animals, and ponds teeming with crabs and fishes. In this way, farming and hotel operation, city culture and countryside scenery, development-generated profits and ecological protection may circulate and develop in a sustainable way in a natural biological chain. Tourists coming here for vacations may try living in a farm house and eating farm-style food; they may also choose from healthy, safe organic foods in the rural supermarket. They have chances to try doing farm works and get closer to nature and animals, thus learning more about nature and farm science. Every year the resort holds many festivals, such as Lotus Festival, Crab Festival, Delicacies and Beer Festival, Chrysanthemum Festival, Hot Spring Festival, and Snow and Ice Festival.
Ancient-style farm: The farm is composed of 24 old-Beijing-style Quadrangle Dwellings, with grey bricks, grey tiles, and white-washed walls. They are named after traditional trades of handicraft and decorated accordingly to show the life of various classes of people in old Beijing and the Quadrangle Dwelling culture.
Kaifanlou Restaurant: Unlike the other four restaurants, each of which has its own special qualities, Kaifanlou is a large farm-style dining hall that can house one thousand people. It sells genuine farm-style dishes made of high-quality organic produces that come from the farm in Crab Island.
Comprehensive Building: The building, which serves for conferences, has 28 meeting rooms well equipped with audio, illuminative and electronic devices and European style private suites with deluxe waterbeds, and offers valet-butler services.
Agricultural sightseeing area: This 1.8-square-meter area combines traditional farming with high-tech organic agriculture. Being capable of organic agriculture production, it also offers popular science education on agriculture, picking for leisure, and demonstration of ecological protection facilities.
Hot spring bath center: The center uses 65℃mineral-rich hot spring water that originates from 2,400 meters underground. It integrates leisure, gymnastics, and body beautifying.
Popular science center: The center, which covers 13,000 square meters, is capable of popular science education, environmental protection promotion, and rescue of wild animals.
Address: No.1 Xiedao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing |
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