Northeast China Tourism Promotion Fair
Location: Badaling Hot Spring Holiday Resort
Tel: 6917-1168

3rd Third West Beijing Grand Temple Fair
April 22- June 30
Themes: Magnolia and lilac temple fairs at Tanzhe Temple and Jietai Temple.

Yuanmingyuan Festival Green Green Day

Festival

Themes: Book market, "Animal is people's friends" charity activity

Third week of April
Themes: Exhibition on birds, birds adoption
Location: Bird Park in Chaoyang Park
Bird Park in Chaoyang District
Tel: 6237-9927

Spring of Great WallPartyArt show at Great Wall"
Spring of Great Wall" art performance
Concert at Badaling
Time not yet decided
Tel: 6912-1383

Peach Blossom Festival

Through April
Beijing Botanical Garden
Tel: 6259-1561 ext. 2213

Muskmelon picking month

Through May
Themes: having peasant food, do farmwork, pick muskmelon
Location: Yanhe Township Agriculture Model Area, Shunyi District
Tel: 8147-3803 (Yanhe), 6942-9918 (Shunyi Tourism Bureau)

10,000 People Great Wall Hiking

MAY 1-June 30
Themes: BTA organizing 10,000 people hiking from Simatai to Jinshanling. Participants clean the wall along the way.
Location: Starting point: Simatai Great Wall at Miyun
Tel: 6903-1051

End of July
Location: Lakeview Garden of Huairou County
Tel: 6066-1066

Daxing Watermelon Festival

June 28-July 2
Themes: watermelon fair, folklore performances, fireworks, one-day tour to watermelon village, watermelon eating competition.
Location: Huangcun Town, Daxing County
Tel: 6924-5166

International Dragon Dance Festival

Exact date not decided yet.
Themes: Internationally-famed dragon dance teams to take part
Location: Yanqing Town
Tel: 69142394

Yuanmingyuan Lotus Festival

Through August
Themes: Lotus culture and lotus snack
Location: Yuanmingyuan, Haidian
Tel: 6261-8501

Dragon Boat Competition

August 8
National dragon boat competition
Location: Ming Tombs Reservoir
Reservoir, Changping County
Tel: 6071-3399

National Parachute Competition

Mid-August
Location: Jingdong Great Canyon Jingdong Great Canyon, Pinggu County
Tel: 8997-1708

September 1

Qinglongxia Extreme Sports Competition

Themes: rock-climbing, bungee jumping, water sports
Location: Qinglongxia, Huairou County
Tel: 6966-17871781

Third International Gliding Contest

September 18-30
Location: Simatai Great Wall
Tel: 6903-1051

Golden Autumn Fruit Picking Festival

More than 20 spots around Beijing to pick fruit,Tanzhe Temple: 6086-2244, Jietai Temple: 6980-2232, Miaofeng Mountain: 6188-2936, Lingshan: 6981-5094, Baihua Mountain: 6085-6110, Zhenzhu Lake: 6183-8322, Heilong Pond: 6905-0028, Yunmeng Mountain: 6162-2481, Huairou Tourism Bureau: 6964-6250, Fenghuangling: 6245-5933, :

Beijing Tourism & Culture Festival

Late September

Large parade, tourism promotion fair, art shows, outdoor performances.
Tel: 6515-8844 ext. 3006Daxing Dingfuzhang: Pinggu County:
6999-1186, Zhangfang: 6133-9709, Weihe& Zhangshanying, 6113-1888,

Aviation Festival

November 11
Light plane stunt shows, hot baloons, powered parachute.
Location: China Aviation Museum
Tel: 6178-4882, 61787-4883

Chrythansmum Exhbition

Location: Beihai Park
Tel: 6403-12026403-1102

Ice & Snow Festival

December 15 to January 2001
Locations: Lingshan, Zhenzhu Lake, Longqingxia
Tel: 6981-5094 (Lingshan), 6183-8322 (Zhenzhu Lake), .Zhenzhu Lake

Welcoming the new Mellennium