Haidian Park (
海淀 公园; pinyin: Hǎidiàn Gōngyuán) is a
city park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...
located in the northwestern
Haidian District
Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District.
It is 431 square km in a ...
of
Beijing
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,
China
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. It is 40 hectares in area, and is located at the northwest corner of the
Wanquanhe Intersection of the Northwest
Fourth Ring Road.
The park comprises
Changchun Park
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,
Xihua Park Xihua may refer to:
* Xihua County, in Henan, China
*Xihua University
Xihua University (西华大学: "XHU（West China University)) is a public comprehensive university located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Approved by the State Ministr ...
,
Quanzong Temple, and several other royal park sites. It contains several gardens, which contain rare species of plants.
Haidian Park is the location of the
Midi Modern Music Festival
The Midi Music Festival, sometimes also called Midi Modern Music Festival or simply Midi Festival () is among China's largest rock music festivals and is hosted by the Beijing Midi School of Music. Since its inauguration in 1997 it has been held ...
, and the 2007
Beijing Jazz Festival
The Beijing Jazz Festival () is China's first and largest jazz festival. It was founded in 1993 by Udo Hoffmann, a German national living in China. The festival is hosted by the Beijing Midi School of Music and Beijing Midi Productions.
The fe ...
was held there in September 2007.
External links
Haidian Park WebsiteHaidian Park (English page)
Parks in Beijing
Haidian District
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