Millennium City Park

Qing Ming Shang He Yuan (Millennium City Park or Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden) is a historical and cultural theme park which recreates “Qing Ming Shang He Tu (Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival)” according to the ratio of 1: 1. “Qing Ming Shang He Tu (Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival)” is a representative work of Zhang Zeduan, a famous painter in Song Dynasty.

It is a great treasure of traditional Chinese art. Qing Ming Shang He Yuan (Millennium City Park or Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden) covers an area of more than 500 mu (about 33.33 hectares), 150 mu (10.00 hectares) are water with over 50 big or small ships in ancient style. Those make up the largest and grandest ancient buildings of Song style.

Green grass can be seen everywhere, ancient music heard everywhere, making the park full of ancient charm and elegance.

The main buildings in Qing Ming Shang He Yuan are Cheng Men Lou (City Gate Tower), Hong Qiao (Rainbow Bridge), Jie Jing (Street Scenes), distinctive shops, rivers, docks, ships and so on. The whole park is arranged exactly as the original layout of “Qing Ming Shang He Tu (Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival)”.

Here, people can see the Jiu Lou (like restaurants today), Cha Si (teahouse), Dang Pu (pawnshops), and the working process of Bian Xiu (Kaifeng Embroidery), mandarin porcelain, new year picture and so on. Buildings in Qing Ming Shang He Yuan are elegant and of ancient style, with beautiful scenery. Furthermore, there are a series of operas, performances and entertainments showing the customs, habits and town culture of people in Northern Song Dynasty, which can be appreciated, entertaining and taken part in.

Main entrance to the park: The opening ceremony of the park is held here every day. Opening ceremony is a routine work. It is also the most ceremonious performance in the park. At 9:00 am every day, horses stand in queues, drums beaten. Bao Zheng (999-1062, an upright official known for his stressing the dignity of law) steps out of the fence gate quickly, followed by his guards Wang Chao, Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and so on. They clasp their hands to greet the audience sincerely.

How to Get There: Bus 1, Bus 15 and Bus 20 can reach Qing Ming Shang He Yuan directly.