Eight World Cultural Heritage Sites
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Beijing Advances Central Axis Protection Through Digital Technology
Whether it is the digital bell at the Bell and Drum Towers that uses light and shadow to capture the passage of time, or the contemporary interpretations of traditional opera in Qianmen Street, Beijing has brought its historical legacy to the public in more dynamic forms in recent years. This has allowed people to experience the charm of cultural heritage through immersive interactions.
The City of Performing Arts
Erqi Theatre
Founded in the 1950s, Erqi Theatre has a total floor area of more than 25000 square meters, and the auditorium can accommodate more than 1200 people.
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Century Theatre
It is equipped with rotating and lifting stages and other facilities.
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Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre
In addition, there is a 1000-seat medium-sized theatre, a 400-seat small theatre, and a 300-seat multifunctional theatre catering to various needs of different performance projects.
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Lao She Theatre
It is named after Lao She, the first president of Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles.As a tribute to this national artist, this theatre also symbolizes Beijing artists'unstopped sense of duty to the public.
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China National Opera House Theatre
The China National Opera House Theatre has a total floor area of 41000 square meters, with four floors underground and eight above ground.It is a professional opera theatre with China's largest orchestral pit, and China's only opera house featuring the structure of"balconies+boxes".
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Poly Theatre in Beijing
The theatre is the main venue for the annual Beijing International Music Festival and an important venue for conferences and events with large-scale performances.
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Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre
Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre is a modern performance venue named after Mr.Mei Lanfang, a Chinese art master of Peking Opera.There, the traditional and modern art forms are blended perfectly.
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Jixiang Theatre
Jixiang Theatre was built during the Guangxu period(1875-.The theatre covers an area of 4000 square meters and has a total of 320 seats on the upper and lower floors.
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Chang'an Grand Theatre
Chang'an Grand Theatre's repertoire also follows the changes in culture over time and provides a platform for academic exchange between opera performers, experts, and playgoers.
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Beijing People's Art Theatre
Beijing People's Art Theatre now has five performing theatres, including the Capital Theatre, Beijing People's Art Experimental Theatre, Cao Yu Theatre, People's Art Small Theatre, and Juyin Theatre.
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Cultural Focus
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City of Museums
The Palace Museum
The Palace Museum's collection system is complete, with a total collection of more than 1,860,000 pieces (sets).
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Prince Kung's Palace Museum
The museum mainly assumes the responsibility of preserving, developing, and utilizing the site of Prince Kung's Mansion and its collections.
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National Natural History Museum of China
The National Natural History Museum of China, formerly known as the Beijing Museum of Natural History, is the only national and comprehensive natural history museum in China.
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Tsinghua University Art Museum
The Tsinghua University Art Museum was inaugurated in December 2015 and officially opened to the public on September 10, 2016.
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Beijing People's Art Theater Museum
Beijing People's Art Theater Museum, the first professional museum in China to display the art of Chinese drama, is located on the fourth floor of the Capital Theater.
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Beijing Nanhaizi Elk Park Museum
The Beijing Nanhaizi Elk Park Museum is a national second-grade museum and a national 3A-level scenic area.
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Beijing Diabolo Museum
The museum serves as a base for community cultural construction and contributes to the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and building a harmonious community.
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Beijing Art Museum
The Beijing Art Museum was officially established in August 1987 and was fully opened in 1994.
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Beijing Museum of Traditional Opera
It is the 100th museum that was built in Beijing, undertaking the task of popularizing the knowledge of opera and displaying fine works of opera.
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Beijing Folklore Museum
Beijing Folklore Museum, the only state-owned museum dedicated to folk culture in Beijing, officially opened to the public in 1999.
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Beijing's Folklore
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Acrobatics and Folk ArtAcrobatics and Folk Art
Surprises from talented performers await you to discover.
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Temple FairsTemple Fairs
Great chances to learn about local traditions and culture
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MarriageMarriage
The wedding ceremony in old Beijing was exceptionally strict. In terms of the general procedures, there were four major steps: blind dating, birthday matchmaking, betrothal gifts delivery, and the wedding procession.
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FestivalsFestivals
There are many moments to be celebrated each year.
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Legends and TalesLegends and Tales
Amazing and perhaps thrilling stories passed down for generations
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Traditional FoodTraditional Food
Gastronomical delights from hutongs and palaces
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ApparelsApparels
What did people wear in old days?
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- Reading Spaces
- Parks
- Memorial Halls and Former Residences of Literati
- Galleries
Shuxiangyue Alishuju Library
This library integrates the functions of a traditional library and a specialty bookstore.
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Yu Guo Bookstore
Yu Guo Bookstore features an elegant environment, a wide range of books, and a variety of cultural activities
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Chunfeng Bookstore
Chunfeng Bookstore resides in an ancient 600-year-old courtyard near the Yuhe River to the west of Nanluoguxiang.
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Buyi Ancient Bookstore
Buyi Ancient Bookstore is a new sub-brand of the 19-year-old Buyi Bookstore.
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More than Reading
The More than Reading Longfu Temple Store adopts a "library-store combination" model where the library and bookstore coexist.
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Olympic Library
The Olympic Library is a member of the 425 member libraries of the one-card service system of the Beijing Public Library, not only allowing users to borrow and return books from any of the 395 member libraries with remote borrowing and returning services.
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Capital Library of China Daxing Airport Branch
The Capital Library of China Daxing Airport Branch officially opened on July 28.
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Chunshu Library
Chunshu Library covers an area of 365 square meters and was founded in the early years of the Republic of China.
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Huiai Building Public Welfare Reading Space
Accessible books are designed to help individuals with special needs enjoy digital entertainment and leisure activities through technology such as audio book players.
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Beijing Shunyi Xinhua Bookstore (Wenyu River Tianyuan Branch)
Specializing in services such as books, special cultural and creative products, tea, coffee, beverages, and desserts.
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Shiguang Great Wall Cultural Bookstore
You can read a book sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows on a sunny afternoon, breathe in the fresh air, and have a cup of tea, allowing your mind and body to completely relax after being in the city for so long.
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Beijing Chemical Industry Group Yixintang Xisi Comic Art Space
Situated in a serene traditional Chinese courtyard, the art space is committed to reviving, preserving, and perpetuating the art of Chinese picture-story books.
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Xinhua Bookstore (Pet Theme)
The pet-themed bookstore features three themed areas, namely books, cats, and public welfare, and boasts an extensive selection of pet-themed books and picture books.This has injected fresh vitality into the cultural services of the Xinhua Bookstore.
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Sweet Town Bookstore
Adopting a comprehensive business model that combines a bookstore, library, and exhibition space, the Sweet Town Bookstore offers readers a range of choices of reading, borrowing, and purchasing books.With fresh air, ideal room temperature, complimentary cold and hot drinking water, and free access to Wi-Fi, the bookstore has long been a cultural center that delivers benefits to its surrounding community.And a hub of literature and arts in the entire cultural park.
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LReading Art Bookstore (Shougang Park Branch)
Focusing on the global cool culture, art, fashion, and lifestyle, the LReading Art Bookstore(Shougang Park Branch)fully leverages its role as a bookstore, integrates culture with industrial relics, and creates a multicultural.Based on brand-new cultural thinking and artistic concepts, it offers the public rich artistic practices, indicating a life attitude and lifestyle.
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T·A Club Tea and Book Bar
The T ∙ A Club Tea and Book Bar consists of a light music area and a quiet reading area in the hall, self-study tables for one or two persons, a Chinese tea room, a Japanese tea room, and meeting rooms.
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Summer Palace
Located in the western suburbs of Beijing, and 15 kilometers away from central Beijing, Summer Palace (formerly the Qingyiyuan), an imperial garden during Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), covers an area of 3.009 sq. km, three quarters of which is water.
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Temple of Heaven
Located on the east side outside the Zhengyang Gate, the Temple of Heaven was used as a site by emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to offer sacrifice to heaven and pray for bumper harvests.
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Beihai Park
Located in central Beijing, Beihai Park is currently the earliest and best preserved classical imperial garden with the most profound culture in China.
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Jingshan Park
Located on the center of the north-south central axis of Beijing, Jingshan Park was the imperial garden in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and once the highest point of central Beijing.
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Zhongshan Park
Located in the center of Beijing, and on the west of Tian'anmen Square, Zhongshan Park covers an area of 23.8 hectares and is a classical altar and temple garden with a monumental purpose.
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Beijing Zoo
Located on the Xizhimenwaidajie, Xicheng District of Beijing, and built in 1906, Beijing Zoo is the oldest public zoo with the largest variety of animals.
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Fragrant Hills Park
Located in the western suburbs of Beijing, Fragrant Hills Park covers an area of 188 hectares and is an imperial garden featuring forests and hills.
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Yuyuantan Park
As the most famous scenic spot in the park, the Cherry Blossom Garden is one of the largest gardens of its kind in China.
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Taoranting Park
Built in 1952, the Taoranting Park integrates features of classical architecture and art of modern gardens.
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China National Botanical Garden
It prioritizes the off-site conservation of plants while engaging in scientific research, science popularization, horticulture and offering cultural leisure activities.
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Zizhuyuan Park
Consisting of three lakes, two islets ad one dike, it is a landscape garden featuring bamboo, and has been free to visit since July 1, 2006.
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Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall
Guo Shoujing is a famous scientist of the Yuan Dynasty in China.Guo Shoujing Memorial Hall was renovated and reopened to the public for free on September 28.
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Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall
At Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, a total of three courtyards and four exhibition rooms open to the public, introducing this novelist's old residence, the history of the memorial hall, Cao's family history.
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Ancestral Temple of Wen Tianxiang
Wen Tianxiang is a Chinese literary figure from the late Southern Song Dynasty.
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Address: No.5 Xinjiekou North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 (Last entry at 16:30; closed on Mondays)
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Address: No.18 Qianhai West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Opening hours: 09:00-16:30 (Closed on Mondays and from December 25 to the fourth day of the first month of the following year of the Chinese calendar)
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Mei Lanfang Memorial
Mei Lanfang is a famous Peking Opera artist in China. Mei Lanfang Memorial is a typical Beijing-style Siheyuan (four-side enclosed courtyard).
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Zhan Tianyou Memorial Museum
Zhan Tianyou was a well-known railway engineering expert in China who made outstanding contributions to China's railway construction in the modern era.
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Lu Xun's Former Residence in Beijing
Lu Xun, a Chinese writer, thinker, and one of the founders of Chinese modern literature, lived here from May 1924 to August 1926.
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Lao She's Former Residence
Lao She, a modern Chinese novelist, lived in 10 places before and after the liberation of Beijing, with nine before the liberation and one after.
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Mao Dun's Former Residence
Mao Dun, a modern Chinese writer, lived here from 1974 to 1981.
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One Art Museum
Formally opened in 2019, One Art Museum has two floors of public exhibition halls and one floor for seminar office area, and has held exhibitions such as "Field towards the Future" and "The Beauty of Original Aspiration".
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No.130 Beigou Village, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing
WA Art.Architecture Museum, which officially opened in 2021, is home to a number of functional areas including cultural exhibition spaces, an academic lecture hall, and a tiered exhibition space.
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No. 68 Jiukeshu East Road, Liyuan Town, Tongzhou District, Beijing
It has held exhibitions such as "1864 – Special Exhibition of Panda by Beijing Han Meilin Art Museum".
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Enjoy - Art Museum
The Enjoy-Art Museum, officially opened in 2011, is one of the largest art spaces in the 798 Art Zone.
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Art Museum of China Oil painting Academy
The Art Museum of China Oil painting Academy officially opened in 2015, and has held exhibitions such as "Artworks by Russian Oil Painting Masters" and "The True Selflessness —An Invitational Exhibition of Five Famous Italian Contemporary Artists.
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Today Art Museum Beijing
Today Art Museum, Beijing was founded in 2002 and has three venues, of which Hall One is the main hall.
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Red Brick Art Museum
The Red Brick Art Museum, officially opened in 2014, has nine exhibition spaces, two public leisure spaces, and one art derivative space.
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Song Art Museum
The Song Art Museum officially opened in 2017, with 12 exhibition halls on two floors and 199 pine trees planted outside the museum, which complements the museum's main building.
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CFCA (Central Academy of Fine Arts) Art Museum
Located at No. 8 Huajiadi South Street in Chaoyang district, the CFCA Art Museum opened in 2008.
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Luo Hong Art Museum
It has exhibited a series of personal photography works such as "The Beauty of China" and "The Beauty of the Earth".
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Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum opened in 2015, features three floors with five exhibition spaces, including two rectangular halls and three-story tower showrooms.
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Beijing Times Art Museum
It has held exhibitions such as "Into the Light" and "2022 Asia Digital Art Exhibition".
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Art Gallery of China National Academy of Painting
The gallery has a collection of more than 20,000 art pieces.
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Fahai Temple Mural Art Center
Fahai Temple Mural Art Center officially opened to the public in early 2023.
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China National Arts and Crafts Museum
The China National Arts and Crafts Museum officially opened to the public in 2022, with seven exhibition halls and one multifunctional hall.
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National Art Museum of China
It has held exhibitions such as "Prosperity in Diversity" and "The Vitality of Art".
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Beijing in Photos
Discover Garden Fair for Lantern Festival in Mentougou with Bart Vodderie, Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium
On Friday 23 February I had the pleasure of visiting Mentougou District, just outside Beijing, and discovering New Year’s Market.I found it to be a very beautiful place, nicely framed by the surrounding mountains and full of life.I hope to be ale to return soon to discover more and the also explore the surrounding hills.
