Resort: Nanhaizi Wetland Park
Ticket: Free
Location: Da Xing District along the No. 5 Ring Road
Attractions: a glade landscape zone, an imperial culture zone, an ecological zone for leisure and a preserve for milu, a species of deer unique to China.
Numbers: Once a royal garden for hunting for 5 dynasties.
The 1st phase cost 600 million yuan,opened free to the pubilc on Sep 26.
Covering 11.65 square kilometers with the 2nd phase competition in 2012.
Beijing Naihaizi Wetland Park, part of which-the first phase was converted from a landfill, opened to the public on Sept. 26.
The whole park, which is located in the south of Beijing and covers 11.7 square kilometers, will be the largest wetland park in Beijing upon the completion of the second phase in 2012. The first phase cost 600 million yuan.
Nanhaizi Park is located in the Da Xing District along the No. 5 Ring Road and it includes a glade landscape zone, an imperial culture zone, an ecological zone for leisure and a preserve for milu, a species of deer unique to China.
This wetland area will aid in water filtering, enhance the quality of downstream water and be a supplement to groundwater,.
The first phase of the park is combined with the original Milu Garden to create an ecological zone for milu covering 2 square kilometers. Wire gauze, instead of the original wall, allows tourists to watch milu in the distance or enter for free.
Before construction, the pond in Nanhaizi was filled with garbage, which polluted soil and underground water. In creating the park, the garbage was stacked to make hills and scenery to avoid pollution.
Construction waste was separated to be reused. Debris with a diameter length longer than 20 centimeters was used to form a hill. Waste between 10 centimeters and 20 centimeters was used for road bed construction and waste shorter than 10 centimeters for pavement.
The hole, which was once used to bury garbage, was excavated, waterproofed and filled with purified water. Fish and water plants were then added.
Next they will reconstruct the New Palace, Old Palace and South Palace based on historical records.
Nanhaizi Park, where a wide range of wild animals lived, once was a royal garden for hunting for 5 dynasties, but it was changed into Southern Farm after New China was established.
Nanhaizi Park is the first important ecological project of the South Beijing Plan, including subway construction, education, medical care, shanty town transformation and ecological transformation.
Editor: Susan
Date: Nov 12, 2010