During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, parks in Beijing received 3.26 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 61%. Culture | Visitors | 3.26 million visitors, a year-on-year increase
During this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, parks throughout Beijing received a total of 3.26 million visitors, an increase of 61% compared to the same period last year. Among them, the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven Park, Beijing Zoo, and Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park rank high in terms of tourist reception.
On June 23rd, tourists visited the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Photo by Ju Huanzong, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
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According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Greening, during the holiday period, the city's parks will hold a total of 69 various cultural activities around traditional customs, science popularization exhibitions, and other themes, meeting the diverse needs of citizens and tourists.
On June 22nd, tourists watched dragon boat races at Longtan Lake Park in Beijing. Photo by Ju Huanzong, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
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According to the Beijing Park Management Center, Beihai Park has launched activities to popularize knowledge about the Dragon Boat Festival and showcase intangible cultural heritage, using modern illustration forms to depict a series of traditional customs during the festival; Xiangshan Park holds a cultural boutique market called "Midsummer Incense", which facilitates citizens and tourists to experience traditional culture.