Chaoyang Park () is a park located on the site of the former Prince's Palace in

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's Chaoyang District. The park's construction began in 1984 and it became Beijing's largest park. It is approximately 2.8 km in length and approximately 1.5 km in width. It has a total area of 288.7 hectares, and a water surface area of 68.2 hectares. The majority of land in the park is used as green space. It features

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s, fairground with rides, including a roller coaster, landscaped areas and several large swimming pools. Bicycles and boats may also be hired at various locations in the park. The Beijing Great Wheel, a tall giant

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, was to have been constructed at Chaoyang Park, but went into receivership in 2010.Beijing Ferris wheel company in receivership
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Events

Since 2005, the Beijing Pop Festival, featuring Chinese and international musical acts, has been held at Chaoyang Park each September. A temporary beach volleyball stadium was constructed at Chaoyang Park to host the beach volleyball events of the 2008 Summer Olympics, using sand shipped in from

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island.

Artworks

* ''Non-Violence'' (sculpture)

References

External links

Chaoyang Park official site
(Chinese)

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