Horwath TIME Cultural and Creative Park

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With the vision of a green city, the Horwath TIME Cultural and Creative Park is committed to advocating and practicing an open, low-carbon, natural, friendly, and intelligent operating philosophy.

The park, as an ecological leisure oxygen bar, offers a diverse range of attractions, including an ecological farm park, a large lawn square, two green and low-carbon buildings, a dreamy pink tennis court, a camping site with self-service BBQ, an ecological fish pond, an international cuisine square, and original design studios. It brings together green and low-carbon lifestyles with international people-to-people exchanges.

The park is an ideal venue for a wide range of events, such as high-end weddings, brand activities, art exhibitions, creative workshops, outdoor BBQs, and camping. Large green spaces, breathtaking lake views, and cultural landscape here offer an unparalleled natural and aesthetic experience. The lawns, areas for camping and BBQ, farm, sports facilities, and office zones are perfectly integrated into a recreation wonderland with harmony between humans and nature in the suburbs of Beijing.

With its unique charm, the Horwath TIME Cultural and Creative Park is a refreshing and sought-after destination for tourists.

Address: No.5, Guantangdonglu, Cuigezhuang Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Jinyu Colored Glaze Cultural and Creative Industrial Park

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The Jinyu Colored Glaze Cultural and Creative Industrial Park, built by the BBMG Corporation with the support of top planning and design teams from China and abroad, aims at preserving and promoting the over-700-year-old colored glaze culture, a type of Chinese glass art. At the park's heart is a commitment to protecting and inheriting the colored glaze firing technique. Originally established in 1263 during the Yuan Dynasty, the park served as an imperial kiln for the emperors of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. In 2008, the park was recognized as a national-level intangible cultural heritage site, with its colored glaze firing technique included in the national-level intangible cultural heritage list.

The park boasts a wide variety of business types, such as the inheritance, research and development, promotion, exhibition, and experiential learning of the colored glaze firing technique, an intangible cultural heritage, as well as the culture-themed B&B, cafes, restaurants, and bookstores. It aims at serving as a platform for pooling intangible cultural heritage resources, a cultural tourism destination in western Beijing, and a hub for international exchanges.

Address: Liuliqu Village, Mentougou District, Beijing

Moshikou Historical and Cultural Block

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The Moshikou Historical and Cultural Block is not only the first electrified block in Beijing, but also the place where the protagonist in Lao She's famous novel, Rickshaw Boy, once walked.

The block still preserves its original spatial structure and features many historical relics, cultural treasures, ancient dwellings, and courtyards with historical and cultural significance. Here, you can admire Beijing's eight imperial handicrafts, visit the Fahai Temple, and appreciate the unparalleled murals. In recent years, Moshikou has created and upgraded several cultural and leisure spaces and built multiple unique, small-scale exhibition halls and commercial and cultural courtyards.

In 2022, the block hosted a festive event, "Celebrating Winter Olympics and Chinese New Year," receiving nearly 105,000 visitors and becoming an internet-popular site during the Spring Festival and the Winter Olympics period.

Address: Moshikoudajie, Shijingshan District, Beijing

Panjiayuan Flea Market

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The Panjiayuan Flea Market is divided into six business areas: the stall area, ancient building area, classical furniture area, modern collection area, stone carving area, and catering area. The market offers its customers a wide range of vintage items, handicrafts, collectibles, and ornaments. Founded in 1992, the Panjiayuan Flea Market has evolved into a large-scale antique and handicraft market along with the flourishing of folk antique and artwork trading. It is now the most popular market for vintage items in China, providing the broadest range of collectibles and serving as the largest distribution center for folk handicrafts.

The Panjiayuan Flea Market, selected as one of the "Top Ten Antique Markets in China" in 2004, has since been recognized as a well-known Chinese trademark, a famous trademark in Beijing, and a distinctive market in Beijing. It has also been awarded the "Top Ten Business Brands in Beijing" and "Customer-friendly Market in Beijing". 

Today, "Panjiayuan" has become a byword for antique and artwork trading in Beijing and across China. It is a new Chinese brand that embodies national, distinctive, and well-known qualities and is an intangible cultural asset contributing to the Chinese culture's treasure trove. It also serves as a crucial window for showcasing traditional Chinese culture.

Address: No.18, Huaweili, Panjiayuanlu, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Tanko Moofland Park

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Tanko Moofland Park, known as the "Peach Blossom Shangri-la in Western Beijing," is built against the mountains. Between the valley and the town, the park is like a button that closely links nature, daily life, and ideals.

As a "park at the doorstep," the park is an artistic space integrating diverse cultural elements such as architectural design, cultural and creative markets, parent-child workshops, and food experiences. Featuring the lifestyle of a future town advocated by Tanko, the park combines leisure, cultural creativity, parent-child bond, art, and other themes through its unique "natural aesthetics". Roaming in the park, tourists can feel the refreshing valley breeze, take in the fresh and humid air, and stroll on the grassland. They can also spend time in parent-child workshops, art exhibitions, valley fairs, or on music performances and open-air films. Tanko Moofland Park perfectly combines culture, art, and nature.

Address: 120 meters southwest of the intersection of Jingtanzhonglu and Jiufenglu, Mentougou District, Beijing

Yanqing Olympic Zone

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The Yanqing Olympic Zone nestles in the Xiaohaituo mountain area with the highest altitude of 2,198 meters, where the National Alpine Skiing Center, National Sliding Center, and Yanqing Winter Olympic Village are scattered, known as the "Mountain and Forest Venues." The zone focuses on three major functions: "ice and snow sports, mountain tourism, and leisure and vacations." It aims at becoming China's most influential destination for ice and snow-themed activities, mountain tourism, and year-round vacationing.

Building upon the legacy of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the zone preserves these events' landscape and design elements, including the National Alpine Skiing Center, the National Sliding Center, and the "Most Beautiful Winter Olympic Village".

The Winter Olympic Village offers visitors 17 different types of rooms, with over 100 of them identical to the rooms used during the games. In addition to experiencing the popular "Winter Olympics smart bed" and "Champion Room," tourists can also fully immerse themselves in the Winter Olympics atmosphere by admiring the Olympic rings, "BEIJING2022" logo, "Bing Dwen Dwen", "Shuey Rhon Rhon" and other Winter Olympics-themed decorations. 

Address: No.8, Songyanlu, Yanqing District, Beijing (Inside the Songshan Nature Reserve, Zhangshanying Town)

Horticulture Town

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Situated in the Beijing Expo Park, the Horticulture Town consists of the Shiyuan Pusen Hotel, Art Center, Master Workshop, Cultural and Creative Center, Visitor Center, and Longqing Commercial Street. The Horticulture Town, formerly known as the Gujiaying Village, represents a historic first for the World Horticultural Expo by showcasing the theme of "Green Life and Beautiful Homeland" with a pristine village. Through the construction team's efforts, the town has restored the traditional layout of rural streets and alleys, revitalizing the simple and rustic countryside and preserving its natural landscape while being more dynamic.

Address: Inside the Beijing Expo Park, Yanqing District, Beijing