When is the best time to play in the Grand Canal Water Dream Garden?
Beijing is located on the northern edge of North China Plain, surrounded by mountains and seas. It belongs to a typical warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain and winter snow have their own characteristics. The annual average temperature is 1 1.8℃, the coldest is 1.6℃, the hottest is July, and the monthly average is 26. 1℃. Beijing has shorter spring and autumn seasons and longer winter, with an average annual precipitation of 644 mm and a frost-free period of 180 days. Although the winter in Beijing is very long, the indoor heating equipment is very good and warm as spring. Because of the great temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, you should take sweaters and cotton-padded clothes when you travel to Beijing in winter.
Newspapers, radio stations and TV stations in Beijing all have weather forecast columns and explanations, so please pay attention. You can also call 859, which provides the weather forecast for the same day and the next day in Chinese and English.
But most of Beijing's tourism projects are cultural relics, scenic buildings and folk customs. These projects are not affected by the climate, and you can go to Beijing all year round. Travel agencies and restaurants in Beijing have off-season prices in winter, which can save a lot.
The Grand Canal Water Dream Garden is located at the easternmost end of the east extension line of Chang 'an Street in Beijing, beside the Chaobai River in the southeast of Lucheng Town, Tongzhou District. There are Jingyu Old Road, Jingha Expressway, Jingtong Expressway, Sixth Ring Road and 938 Bus. And the transportation is convenient. The overall design has national characteristics, simple and natural, and the scenery is comfortable. Now it has formed a landscape pattern of one garden, three parts, six districts and twenty scenes.
1. Canal Monument: When you enter the park, you step into the ancient canal road, and the stone carvings of the Grand Canal, which have accumulated hundreds of years of cultural connotation, are arranged on the right side of the ancient road. In the first year of Yuan Dynasty, Guo Shoujing, the governor of water, designed and carved the town water beast, which is even more precious. Looking at the giant anchor sculpture of ancient ships, visitors can see that there are thousands of miles of water back and forth in the navigation city, and there are hundreds of sails in the race. In the past, it was prosperous, and the eternal dream garden along the Hangzhou Canal gathered in Lucheng, which is more beautiful today.
2. Water recreation area: the park takes water as its soul, and the lake water connecting the canal and Chaobai River is sparkling and runs through the whole scenic spot. The main tourist area reaches 6.5438+0.8 million square meters. Windmills and waterwheels are long, and fishing on the island is boring; There are green corridors, three waterfalls, underwater painting boats, pedal boats, bumper boats, bamboo rafts and yachts by the lake. More than ten small bridges and ancient pavilions with different shapes stand on the lake, forming a faint picture of Jiangnan water town.
3. Natural Scenic Area: The park is rich in vegetation, green grass, wild flowers everywhere, towering old trees by the roadside, swaying reeds by the lake, weeping willows on the shore, paved with bluestones around the lake road, and tea houses in the forest are even more amorous. More distinctive are Hu Lin Caotang and Baibu Gallery, where you can enjoy the natural beauty and the artistic exhibits with strong tea culture. The wooden house covered with blue tiles on the ancient street is facing the lake, fanning, and the business is high and antique. Take a nap in your seat, have a drink of tea and wine, which is quite a charm of Jiangnan water town. Kingfisher sings about 100 acres of lotus ponds, 100 acres of reeds and wetlands with unique scenery.
4. Ethnic folk custom area: Kangyao cave with unique northern Shaanxi style, warm in winter and cool in summer, telling anecdotes about the top ten monsters in northern Shaanxi; There are Mongolian grassland camps integrating catering, entertainment, accommodation, singing and dancing, offering sacrifices to Aobao and lighting bonfires. There are traditional folk customs such as wrapping jiaozi, stepping on annual rings, offering sacrifices to stoves, setting off firecrackers, spreading snuff and wrapping zongzi with reed leaves.
5. Pastoral Experience Zone: Vegetables, fruits, flowers and other crops are planted in different areas of the park. In addition to entertainment, you can go to the picking garden to experience the fun of picking various crops by hand, and you can also adopt fruit trees and small poultry and engage in micro-pastoral planting. There are traditional stone mills, stone mills, mills and windmills to draw water, as well as activities such as riding camels, donkeys, driving ox carts and carrying sedan chairs. Pastoral areas also have the performance of recording work points and distributing food rations in the people's commune era, which makes you remember the past and the past. There are Xiangweiju and Maixiang Village, which can accommodate 300 people. Birthdays, celebrations, wedding banquets, etc. It can be held, and it will definitely feast your eyes.
6. Water conservancy science popularization exhibition hall: focusing on the development history of water conservancy and the physical objects of modern water-saving scientific and technological facilities. With its unique landscape effect, the 2000-square-meter exhibition hall integrates the display of water conservancy tradition and evolution history into the beautiful ecological landscape. High mountains and flowing water, small bridges and flowing water, slim pavilions, brick wells and pulleys, and water wells. All kinds of small scenes are scientific, educational, informative and interesting, allowing tourists to participate, interact, learn, travel and entertain. There are also book galleries that attract calligraphers, photographers and celebrities to create exhibitions, functional areas for holding various small meetings, celebrations and organizing activities, and leisure areas for drinking coffee, drinking tea and enjoying short films.
7. Children's play area: There are peacock, pigeon, bird, flower cow, Xiao Lv, lamb and other ornamental animals in the small zoo. Visitors can touch, feed and take photos with small animals. Feeding goldfish and fishing in troubled waters are children's favorite activities. Trampolines, slides, swings, balance boards, sand piling and digging holes are more attractive to children. The goldfish pond is within reach, and the small square in the shade of the tree, cars coming and going, makes the children intoxicated with happiness.