Visited the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park in Beijing today. Except from the sore feet it was kind of interesting. Some of the things I knew existed, like the Mongolian Tents (called a Yurt). Actually this is due to the last book I read mentioned earlier in my posts. Others I’ve already visited before I visited this park. Upon entry we first went to the southern part of the park which let us cross replica’s of Yunnan province. These where very familiar as I’ve visited Kunming, Dali and Lijiang last year with my girlfriend. The buildings looked very familiar because of that, except I didn’t find a stone forest as there was near Kunming, but that’s not really part of any culture I guess. On the other hand the performance of the Naxi minority was. The last performance I’ve seen being on a boat on Erhai lake, if memory serves me right. Some others I recognized as well, like the Tibetan and Korean parts of the park. All in all it was an interesting experience. So for those who do not travel througout the whole country, you can experience a lot of the country in this park. Kind of like Madurodam in The Hague, I guess. You can experience Holland in a single day. Except this one comes with real size buildings and live performances.