Blue Zoo Beijing was the first walk-through aquarium established in Beijing, the capital of China. It is also the largest aquarium of its type in Asia. Blue Zoo Beijing's aquarium is a world-class complex featuring the latest in aquarium technology. In the year following its grand opening by the Prime Minister of New Zealand in November 1997, more than a million people visited the attraction.

Go to see fish from all over the world in China's largest aquarium or, if you call in advance, you can even go swimming with dolphins or sharks. With professional staff and a recent renovation, and over 6,000 sea creatures, the Blue Zoo is a good way to spend an afternoon in Beijing with children.

Covering an area of 20,000 square meters, the Hi Space(温都水城水空间) is a real water world, namely a recreational space with the theme of water, which is advanced in Asia. It’s equipped with man-made waves, surfboard, standard indoor swimming pool, space basin, sand beach, competitive slide, paddling pool for children, 12 outdoor hot springs, interactive castle, dinning area, leisure area, VIP area and coffee house. The large area can accommodate 5,000 persons simultaneously. Besides, the original lift stage in water provides an area where parties with rich national characteristics, weddings and other large-scale activities can be held. In the north of Hi Space, there is a large parking lot where 586 passenger cars and 23 buses can park.

Take No. 23 or 23 buses, and then get off at the station of Wendu Water City.

With the area of 35,000 square meters, Morui Water World (摩锐水世界) is a compressive indoor water park in Beijing, featuring fashion, abundance and stimulation.

As a large-scale top-grade luxurious play field, Morui Water World boasts the most stylish water curtain film, China’s highest indoor water slide, exciting surfing, stimulating vortex, a river for going rafting, cartoon paddling pool for children, slate bath for easing fatigue and 20 kinds of spas.

Created by Tulip Hot Spring Garden Resort, the Morui Water World is a 0.35-hectare indoor water recreational park built in the idea of "Northern Hawaii."

The park claims to house the coolest water-screen film in Beijing, the highest indoor water slides and the most thrilling spiral pool in China.

Fun recreational pools and castles are available for kids. Slate baths and spas are also offered to ease the fatigue of the day.

Take bus routes No. 672 or 640 and get off at Yujinxiang Garden Station.

The Water World in Qingnianhu Park is a 1.5-hectare activity paradise for tourists who want to enjoy the great outdoors and soak up the sun. The spacious park can accommodate as much as 3,000 visitors at one time. For its numerous features, the Water World in Qingnianhu Park was recognized as one of the top 8 water theme parks in China alongside the Water World in the Water Cube and Sun Park.

The Water World is just one of the many features of Qingnianhu Park, which literally means “lake of youngsters. It was excavated in 1960 by a young brood of lads with the help of the local government. In total, Qingnianhu Park occupies 16.9 hectares of land, 6.38 hectares of which is occupied by water.

Whether you’re a foreign tourist or a weary worker in search of rest and relaxation, the Water World in Qingnianhu Park is the perfect destination for you.

The Water World in Qingnianhu Park is a 1.5-hectare outdoor paradise of water recreations, with a maximum capacity of more than 3,000 tourists. It features slides in different shapes, kids' water slides and other entertaining facilities for kids.

The Water World is also a perfect place for daytime office workers to relax and cool down after work. The floodlit pools at the Water World keep the park open into the evenings during the peak summer months.

Tuanjiehu is home to downtown Beijing's best and most hygiene-conscious water park, which is great fun on weekdays but crowded on weekends. Tuanjiehu also features a roller-skating park, several rides and boats.

Tuanjiehu Park is an ideal spot for great summer fun. The park features a large swimming pool with a wave machine and a tiny but hot man-made yellow sand beach surrounding the pool.

The park is so clean that it attracts many families with kids. Additional kids activities at the park includes boating and roller skating.

The park has free locker, but showering at the park is a big challenge, because only cold water is offered here.

Beach: RMB 20, RMB 15 (kids). Pleasure boats: RMB 30-60/hr, RMB 50-100 (deposit). Roller-skating: RMB 5 (entrance), RMB 10 (skate rental).

Do not be confused the park with the Water Cube at the Olympic Village in Beijing. The Happy Magic Watercube, located on the far west side of the capital city, opened this summer.

Occupying an area of 33 hectares, the park claims to be the biggest water park in the world, with a maximum capacity of 30,000 people. It houses more than 50 waterslides and 18 attractions like "The Tornado" and the "Octopus Racer."

The park mixes up the traditional Chinese architectures with the modern American breath-taking water entertainment items and a European classical spa concept.

Take Line 1 on the subway to Yuquanlu Station and come out from Exit D2. Walk to the south to take bus No. 338 or 507 and get off at Meishikou Station.

The Yunju Temple Stone-Carved Scriptures Exhibition Hall is located in Yunju Temple, at the foot of Mount Baidai, in Fangshan District in the southwestern suburbs of Beijing, 70 kilometers from downtown. It is famous for its 14,278 stone slabs carved with the Buddhist scriptures known as the Tripitaka.

The stone-carved scriptures are imbued with great academic and cultural value. Their academic value lies in the fact that they are the best compilation of various versions of the Tripitaka, and of particular importance is the fact that the collection includes scriptures that have never been found in other versions of the Tripitaka. The cultural value of the scriptures lies in the skilful carving and beautiful calligraphy.

National Art Museum of China is located on Wu Si Street. It is a national level art museum focused on displaying, collecting and researching the works of the artists in China modern times. Chairman Mao Zedong wrote the name of the museum.

With 13 exhibition halls and a collection of 60,000 works, the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) is an excellent venue for an introduction to traditional Chinese artwork. Its exhibition program emphasizes and introducing China to Western artistic traditions, as well as exhibiting contemporary Chinese masters.

The Museum of Beijing Stone Inscription Art is located in the grounds of Five-Pagoda Temple, 200 meters north of Beijing Zoo. The Stone Inscription Museum, arranged on all four sides of the pagoda, is divided into six sections, namely: comprehensive stone inscription, tablets of merits and virtues, of epitaph, of calligraphy, of temples and guildhalls, and stone carvings.

In the comprehensive stone inscription area, there are two huge carved tables that were made for emperors Qianlong and Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty. The 12 tablets of merits and virtues applaud famous officials and nobility of the Ming and Qing dynasties for their good deeds and upright behavior.

In the epitaph section, there are 300 inscriptions on tombstones from the Tang to Qing dynasties that had been carved for imperial family members and high officials.

The tablets on calligraphy record works by famous calligraphers in the last two imperial dynasties, and those for temples and guildhalls collect inscriptions from provincial, industrial and commercial associations.

Lastly in the stone carving section are the Yuan Dynasty dragon and phoenix slabstones, as well as other statues from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

World Art Museum is hidden inside of the China Millennium Monument, a wonderful architectural splendor built to welcome the new millennium. World Art Museum provides a self-contained environment for high-level art exhibitions, with its modern displaying equipment and high-tech system integration progressing with the world.

Run by Gehua, a state-owned corporation committed to "the reform and development of China’s cultural industry," the World Art Museum typically hosts exhibitions of foreign classical art. The ongoing exhibitions include "Great World Civilizations," covering ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, India and the Americas, six ancient civilizations. It will end after 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The new exhibition info can be found at its website.