China Ethnic Culture Park 中华民族园

If your interest in non-Han cultures is piqued, head off to the China Ethnic Culture Park, whose name was once famously mistranslated as formerly
mistranslated as“Racist Park”. Really.
This 50 hectare-complex features the “traditional
dwellings” of 44 (and counting) of China’s 56 offically-recognized ethnic minorities, some of which have been transported brick and stone from far-flung regions. You’ll move through a whirlwind of displays, including Dali pagodas, the Disneyesque Dai Baanfeilong Pagoda, the Dong Wind-Rain Bridge (风雨桥) and Tibetan stupas to … the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube, just next door! Kids can run around in wide open space, especially along the two lakes which frame each half of the park.
Grown-ups won’t be left out though. Insightful
signs will improve your understanding of the culture, religion and food of China’s diverse people. Who knew that ethnic Korean women are good at the swing and springboard? For the full experience, take in some of the regularly
scheduled song and dance performances. Words fail to describe the wonder of a patriotic hip hop number.