Capital Gymnasium

Capital GymnasiumThis is the biggest indoor stadium in China. It was built in 1968, with a seating capacity of 18, 000. Table tennis, basketball and volleyball tournaments and gymnastic contests are held here, and even ice hockey and figure skating performances can be organized all the year round.Rock ClimbingThe indoor rock-climbing centre of the Capital Gymnasium opened on June 8, 2000 to rock climbing enthusiasts in Beijing. Jointly designed and constructed by the Chinese National ... View Detail

Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium

Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastic venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)Location: Beijing University of Technology, BeijingTotal land surface (sq m): 22,269Seats: 7,500Competitions: Badminton and Rhythmic GymnasticsPost-Games use: The Gym will provide spaces for activities of students and faculty, whilst facilitating the training of the badminton teams affiliated with the International Badminton Federation and the General Administration of ... View Detail

Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium

The USTB Gymnasium belongs to the Olympics, but moreover, it belongs to the university, emphasized Zhuang Weimin, the venue's designer. Zhuang, the dean of the Architectural Design and Research Institute at Tsinghua University, explained that since the early stages of designing the gymnasium, a major goal was to have the gymnasium complement its green surroundings.The gymnasium takes full advantage of sunlight, rainwater, fresh air, and other renewable resources to address the power, air ... View Detail

Beijing Shooting Range Hall

Venue: Beijing Shooting Range HallLocation: Shijingshan District, BeijingTotal land surface: 45,645 sq mCompetitions: Qualifications and finals of 11 shooting events, consisting of all 10-meter, 25-meter, and 50-meter range shooting events. The shooting sport of the 2008 Paralympic Games will also be held in the venueGroundbreaking date: July 13, 2004The Beijing Shooting Range Hall is a shooting hall located in Shijingshan District, Beijing. It hosted the qualifying rounds and finals of ten ... View Detail

Laoshan Velodrome

Venue: Laoshan VelodromeLocation: Laoshan, Shijinshan DistrictTotal land surface (sq. m.): 32,920Seats: 6,000Sports: Cycling (track)Although the Laoshan Velodrome looks like nothing special from here, it would look like the biggest flying saucer you've ever seen if you were to see it from the sky.Located in west Beijing suburbia, the Laoshan velodrome was completed at the end of 2007 after a three-year construction.The huge dome is supported by twenty-four "V"-shaped posts, which the ... View Detail

China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Location: China Agricultural UniversityOpened: 2007Owner China Agricultural UniversityArchitect South China University of Technology Institute of Architectural DesignCapacity: 6,000Tenants China Agricultural UniversityThe China Agricultural University Gymnasium is an indoor arena located on the campus of the China Agricultural University in Beijing. It hosted the wrestling events of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Gymnasium's rooftop has a staggered, stair-like design. It covers an area of 23 ... View Detail

Mei Lanfang Memorial

Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), the outstanding exponent of Beijing Opera, was the great master of China's dramatic art. With patriotism and a deep love for his people, Mei Lanfang dedicated his whole life to the art of Beijing Opera.During his stage career over half a century, he showed great skill inheriting the best traditions of the past and adapting them to alnew stage To enrich and ameliorate the Chinese stage he constantly and conscientiously sought to improve his art and created many lively ... View Detail

Former Residence of Lu Xun

What was originally Hongkou Park (1905), once a foreigners' park opened to the Chinese only in 1928, has been renamed for China's best-known 20th-century writer, Lu Xun (1881-1936), who lived in this neighborhood from 1927 until his death. Known as the "father of modern Chinese literature" because of his role in developing the modern style of Chinese prose as well as in helping simplify the Chinese script, Lu Xun was a prolific writer who translated science-fiction novels into ... View Detail

Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall

Cao Xueqin, the author of the world famous novel A Dream of Red Mansions, gave us the most wonderful literary work in the Qing Dynasty. Having gone through the changing from prosperity to depression, Cao Xueqin also tasted the bitter of the coldness of people. The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters (most of them female) and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy ... View Detail

Former Residence of Li Dazhao

The former residence of Li Dazhao was designed under a very typical Chinese traditional architecture designs with overall area of about 550 square meters. There are three rooms on the north with two side rooms each on both ends, and three rooms each on the east and west of the yard. The east room of the north building was the bedroom for Li Dazhao couples, the east side room of the north building was the room for Li Xinghua, the eldest daughter of Li Dazhao while the north room of the east ... View Detail