China Travel Guide

The Olympic Park (Chinese: 北京奥林匹克公园) is a huge site that includes the 'Birds Nest' national stadium and the 'Water Cube' aquatics center. The Olympic Green(or The Olympic Park) is an Olympic Park in Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Through the remainder of 2008, the site is free to enter, with tickets availble to go inside the venues. A music and fountains performance is currently showing at the Water Cube fridays and sundays at 7:30pm.

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BaDaChu (Chinese: 八大处) is a large Park in the western hills of Beijing, about 8 kilometers south of XiangShan Park and about 25 kilometers from central Beijing. Well forested, the park covers an area of 250 Hectares.

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Chinese Nationalities Ethnic Culture Park

The Nationalities Park(Chinese: 民族公园), which is also known as the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, celebrates the ethnic cultures of China, with a focus on traditional architecture, music and dance. Most Chinese are 'Han Chinese' - about 95%; but there are 56 ethnic groups in the Chinese family altogether.

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XiangShan Park (Fragrant Hills Park,Chinese: 香山公园) is situated in the east part of the western hills, 28 kilometers (17 miles) west (and slightly north) of cental Beijing. XiangShan is a large Park of hills and forest covering 1.6 km² (395 acres). Both the natural scenery and cultural relics are abundant in XiangShan Park.

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BeiHai Park(Chinese: 北海), in central Beijing close to the Forbidden City, is one of the oldest and most authentically preserved imperial gardens in China. BeiHai Park has a history of over 1,000 years. BeiHai Park has existed throughout the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

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