With an area of 11 square kilometers, the Milu Park (Elk Park or Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve) was declared a protected area in 1986. It is the largest wetland park and among the four largest city parks in Beijing. It is was once a deer hunting ground during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Today, it is a captive breeding park for the herds of elk that exist here. The park also has landscaped gardens, forests, palaces, marshes, rivers, and grasslands since ancient times. The Milu Park is a wonderful tourist attraction and the best place to spot elk and other wildlife.
Other Things to See in Beijing
Great Wall of China at Shixia Guan |
Huguosi Snack Street |
Underwater Great Wall at Panjiakou Reservoir |
Ding Ling Ming Tomb |
Chang Ling Ming Tomb |
Water Cube Water Park |
Dino Dream Park |
Monument to the People's Heroes |
Great Hall of the People |
Traditional Chinese Medicine Museum |
Cuandixia |
Great Wall of China at Gubeikou |
Great Wall of China at Huanghua |
Great Wall of China at Jiankou |
Green Wall of China |
National Peking Opera Theater |
Peking Opera Art Museum |
Baihe (White River) |
Beijing Art Museum |
Beijing Bell Tower |
Houhai Hutong |
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong |
Wofo Si (Temple of the Recumbent Buddha) |
Poly Theatre |
Poly Art Museum |
Beijing Workers' Stadium |
798 Art Zone |
Nan Luo Gu Xiang |
Olympic Green |
Wangfujing |
Python Mountain National Forest Park |
Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts |
Bird's Nest - Beijing National Stadium |
CCTV Tower |
Water Cube - National Aquatics Center |
Blue Zoo Aquarium |
Great Wall of China at Jinshanling |
Taoranting Park |
Imperial Ancestral Temple |
Capital Museum |
Shijingshan Amusement Park |
Shichahai (Houhai) |
Youth Lake Park |
Niujie Mosque |
Ming Dynasty Waxworks Palace |
White Dagoba (Miaoying Temple) |
Mei Lanfang Memorial |
Guangji Temple |
Miaofeng Shan |
Longtan Park |
Jing Shan Park |
Huashi Mosque |
Beijing Drum Tower (Gulou) |
Prince Gong's Mansion |
Fenghuang Ling Scenic Area (Phoenix Hill Scenic Area) |
Fahai Temple |
Dongyue Taoist Temple |
Sanlitun |
Panjiayuan Market |
Yunju Temple and Shijing Mountain |
Yanqi Lake |
Tanzhe Temple |
Great Wall of China at Simatai |
Beijing World Park |
Shihua Cave |
Shidu |
Qinglong Gorge Holiday Resort |
Great Wall of China at Mutianyu |
Nanshan Ski Resort |
Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge) |
Longqing Gorge |
Kangxi Grasslands |
Jingdong Canyon |
Hongluo Temple |
Beijing Ancient Observatory |
Beijing Zoo and Aquarium |
Bailongtan Scenic Area |
Badachu Park (Eight Great Sites Park) |
Great Wall of China at Juyong Guan (Juyong Pass) |
Lama Temple (Yonghe Gong) |
Old Summer Palace (Yuanming Yuan) |
Tian'anmen Square |
Temple of Heaven |
Summer Palace |
Ming Tombs |
The Great Bell Temple |
Fragrant Hills Park |
Forbidden City |
Beihai Park |
Great Wall of China at Badaling |