Yanqi Lake

Located about 10 kilometers to the north of Huairou District of Beijing, Yanqi Lake is a comprehensive recreation place integrating sightseeing, vacation spending, and physical exercises. It used to be called North Taishang Reservoir. In 1985, Beijing Tourism Planning Department decided to develop it to be a tourist site. As the water of the reservoir comes from Yanqi River, and there are large crowds of wild geese taking a rest here both in spring and autumn, it is called Yanqi Lake. In 1987, it was formally open to receive the visitors.

Yanqi Lake is surrounded by mountains in three directions, adjacent to Mutianyu Great Wall in the north, Hongluo Temple in the west, and North China Plain in the south. Yanqi Lake has abundant water source and spacious water surface. The acreage of its upstream is 127 square kilometers. The lake holds 3830 cubic meters of water, and the water surface is 230 hectares. The lakeshore line stretches about 20 kilometers, with the deepest place at 25 meters. The water comes from the Lotus Spring and the Shentangyu Stream in its upper reaches. Now there are more than 50 recreation and sports items in the park. The aquatic items include large passenger ship, dragon boat, barge, speed boat, motorcycle above water, flying umbrella above water, racing car above water, rowing boat and pedalo, etc. The land items include advancing in rip current, roller coaster, super spaceship, disc war chariot, challenger racing car, rocket-style bungee, flyer, landing on the water surface, sheave pulley on high mountains, rock climbing, arrow shooting, mini-drifting, etc. The forests on the Jinteng Mount beside the lake are exuberant, with winding paths. The footpath leads to the pavilion on the summit overlooking the lake. By climbing there, the tourists can not only do some physical exercises, return to nature, but also appreciate the whole view of the lake. The tourists can go past the 560-meter-long float bridge to the scenic area on the west bank of the lake, stroll on the forest paths, breathe the fresh air full of negative oxygen ions, and enjoy leisure and delight in natural forests.

The accessory facilities of the park are complete. There is a vacation village beside the lake, which can accommodate 200 tourists. There are about 30 top-rate hotels around the lake area, containing 10,000 beds, more than 200 conference rooms of various sizes, as well as other recreation and sports facilities such as sauna, bowling, indoor swimming, gym, card and chess room, karaoke, etc. There are six restaurants in the park, which can hold 2000 people at the same time. There are more than 100 special delicacies served including roasted rainbow trout and roasted whole lamb.

Publishes at : 07-09-23 22:16

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