Chaoyang Park
Urban park in Beijing, China
Chaoyang Park (Chinese: 朝阳公园; pinyin: Cháoyáng Gōngyuán) is a park located on the site of the former Prince's Palace in Beijing's Chaoyang District.
The park's construction began in 1984 and it became Beijing's largest park.[citation needed] It is approximately 2.8 km in length and approximately 1.5 km in width. It has a total area of 288.7 hectares, and a water surface area of 68.2 hectares. The majority of land in the park is used as green space.
It features flower gardens, fairground with rides, activities such as laser tag and a high ropes course, a roller coaster, landscaped areas and several large swimming pools. Bicycles and boats may also be hired at various locations in the park.
The Beijing Great Wheel, a 208 m (682 ft) tall giant Ferris wheel, was to have been constructed at Chaoyang Park, but went into receivership in 2010.[1]
Events
Since 2005, the Beijing Pop Festival, featuring Chinese and international musical acts, has been held at Chaoyang Park each September.
A temporary beach volleyball stadium was constructed at Chaoyang Park to host the beach volleyball events of the 2008 Summer Olympics, using sand shipped in from Hainan island.
Artworks
- Non-Violence (sculpture)
References
- ^ Beijing Ferris wheel company in receivership
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaoyang Park, Beijing.
- Chaoyang Park official site (Chinese)
- ChaoYang Park, Beijing : a photographic guide
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Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Beijing central business district
- Chaowai Subdistrict
- Dashanzi
- Sanlitun
- Wangjing Subdistrict
- Yabaolu
- Yayuncun Subdistrict
- 798 Art Zone
- Beijing Antique Market
- Beijing Dongyue Temple
- Beijing National Aquatics Center (Water Cube)
- Beijing Yintai Centre
- Chaoyang Park
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital
- China Railway Museum
- The China World Trade Center
- CMG Headquarters (CCTV Building)
- Digital Beijing Building
- Embassy of the United Kingdom, Beijing
- Embassy of the United States, Beijing
- Fairmont Beijing
- INDIGO
- Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center
- Olympic Green
- Beijing National Indoor Stadium
- Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
- Beijing Olympic Tower
- Beijing Olympic Village
- China National Convention Center
- China Science and Technology Museum
- Digital Beijing Building
- Ling Long Pagoda
- Beijing National Speed Skating Oval
- National Tennis Center, Beijing
- Olympic Green Archery Field (Closed)
- Olympic Green Hockey Field (Closed)
- Ritan Park
- Silk Street
- Taikoo Li Sanlitun
- Workers' Stadium
- former stadium
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