Kangxi Grassland

As the famous resort of Beijing, Kangxi Grassland is located to the southwest of Yanqing County Town and one can arrive at it by taking the Badaling Expressway. It presents spacious and graceful scenery of the grassland.

Commonly known as “west barren land”, Kangxi Grassland is the land of inundation for Guanting Reservoir. As the quantity of water could hardly reach the design standard of the capacity of the reservoir, large area of grassland was formed. In 1988, the Yanqing County government decided to have an experiment on opening the Kangxi Grassland as a tourist site. In 1990, Kangxi Grassland was formally opened as a scenic spot.

To the south of Haituo Mount and to the east of Guanting Reservoir, Kangxi Grassland occupies an area of more than 20 million square meters. It is suitable for carrying out featured activities such as horse racing, arrow shooting, camel racing and fishing, etc. There is a standard horse riding field inside the scenic spots, with many horses for tourists to ride. There are also bountiful Mongolian foods such as roast goat, roast rabbit, milk tea, fried rice, kumiss, cheese, and milk fruits, etc. On the square, one can attend bonfire evening, appreciate Inner Mongolian songs and dances and listen to the playing of horse head string instrument. On an Islamic dome-type iron tower with three stories at a height of 20 meters, one can overlook the Haituo Peak and Guanting Reservoir at a distance, and the whole view of the grassland. There are rich animal and plant resources on the Kangxi Grassland, among which more than 50 are grass plants such as clover, wild chrysanthemum, and cogongrass, more than 20 birds such as herring-gull, wild duck, wild goose, grey crane, and more than 10 animals such as wild rabbit, fox and badger. In 1991, Kangxi Grassland cooperated with CCTV to establish three cities of Wei, Shu and Wu on the Kangxi Grassland as the outdoor scene base for shooting “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. While one strolls around on the grassland, one can still feel the historic scenes of warriors fighting for dominance of the nation. The Yulinbao Village within the scenic spot was the ancient Yulin City, one of the relay stations on the road from Dadu to Shangdu in the Yuan Dynasty. “Afterglow of Yulin” is the famous scenery of Yanqing.

Publishes at : 07-09-23 21:33

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