Seeing China has never been easier. Splendid China Folk Culture Village in Shenzhen promises to deliver the highlights of China with a walkable amusement park. Splendid China exhibits mini-versions of all the main natural and historical attractions of China.
Precise miniature of Xian Terra Cotta Warriors, The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, The Old Summer Palace, Ancient Observatory of Beijing and many others are encompassed, allowing for some great photo ops. There are Chinese speaking guides available at the entrance who ramble endlessly in very quick heavy accented Mandarin. Be prepared to part from 120yuan, which would grant you entrance to both Splendid China and the nearby China (minorities) Folk Village. I’ll get to that a bit later.
Here are some of the highlights from my 80 minutes walk across China. Try and see how many of those you can make out.
A great little place. I really liked it.
Great photos and update Fili. Shenzhen rates high in our travel books for cool cities in China. We really enjoyed it and I can confirm that Splendid China was well-worth our time. There are some really great attractions both in and outside of the city.
Carrie – thanks. Yeah, it’s wonderful having Shenzhen half an hour away on an MTR ride from HK. Great for shopping and taking cheap flights to other destinations in China. ^_^
Hey Fili, Your pictures take me down memory lane to when I lived in Shenzhen in 04/05. I tool my Mom and Father-in-law to this park on Boxing Day 05. It was really clean then and still looks pretty good from your pics. As I recall there were also some small animals and birds around there. As for what Carrie says, yeah maybe its changed since I was there but I never really thought much of Shenzhen – I muched preferred the travelling the interior of China and as a visitor much preferred Chendu and Nanjing. But the minature park… Read more »
Paul – thanks. Shenzhen is making big steps forward, but it will probably always stay the urban jungle that it is, somewhat lacking character. Yet, there are more boring cities in China, and they are constantly trying to improve…