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46 ❯❯ The Top 10 of Everything

Off The Beaten Path

White Cloud Temple
Ancient Observatory
1 3
Located in a watchtower, this
Built in AD 739, Beijing’s
only Taoist temple houses is one of the world’s oldest
the China Taoist Association observatories. Among the
and 30 monks with their many artifacts on display
distinctive navy-blue robes are replicas of the
and top knots. It usually navigational tools that
sees more pilgrims enabled Ming dynasty
than tourists and has explorers to see the
elaborate halls and world (see p89).
gates, as well as Sundial, Ancient Observatory
World Park
three stone monkeys 4
– finding them all is said to 158 Dabaotai,
bring good luck (see p95). Huaxing Township, Fengtai District •
Subway: Dabaotai; Bus 477, 480, 692,
840, 912, 967, 969 to Shijie Gongyuan
station • Open 9am–9pm summer;
8am–5pm winter • Adm, free
for children under 4 ft (1.2 m)
Presenting the best of five continents
in miniature form, World Park
contains more than 100 replicas of
world-famous cultural landmarks.
These include the Egyptian pyramids
and the Temple of Luxor; Rome’s
Inside the Watermelon Museum Colosseum and the Leaning
Tower of Pisa; the Acropolis
The Watermelon
2 of Athens; the White House
Museum
and the Statue of Liberty; and
Pangge Zhuang Town, Daxing District the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang.
• 8928 1660/1181 • Subway: Tian
Beijing Botanical
Gong, then bus 28, 30 or 55 to 5
Pangge Zhuangqiao • 9am–4.30pm Gardens
winter; 9am–5pm summer • Adm If the hustle and bustle of the city
Located to the south of Beijing, gets to be too much, surround
the Watermelon Museum is a yourself with Chinese roses, peach
surrealist example of modern blossoms, and peonies. The massive
Socialist museums. China is the greenhouse here displays more than
world’s biggest exporter of water- 3,000 varieties of flora, ranging from
melons, and self-pick farms tropical to desert (see p100).
surround this gleaming temple
to the famous fruit. Beijing Botanical Gardens in full bloom

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