Recently, six motion-activated lanterns in Beijing’s Ritan Park have been drawing visitors, who stop to experience them. When you stand beneath one, it blooms. Shaped like morni ...

In the heart of Beijing's urban sprawl lies a much-needed area of green space. Ritan Park offers locals a brief respite from the pace of city life and the notorious air pollution. While the park has ...

Ritan (The Sun God Altar) was also known as Chaori altar, located in the southeast of Chaoyangmenwai in Beijing. The altar was built in the ninth year of Emperor Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty (AD ...

Postcard from China: Ritan Park Beijing, a bustling city of 20-million, may be better known for traffic, pollution, or the formality of its communist central government, but in Ritan Park, it shows ...