Thanks to a combination of Typhoon Doksuri and the local school holidays kicking in, it looks like we’re still in for more gray weepy skies and fewer family-friendly events than usual. But fret not, there are still places to go and things to do in Beijing this weekend that will keep the whole family happy!

Firstly, if you haven’t yet visited these free museums in Beijing, why not take advantage of this rainy weather to go?

Beijing Museum of Natural History 国家自然博物馆 （Guójiā zìrán bówùguǎn): It’s a great family-friendly place to spend a morning or afternoon at, with kids exploring the colorful exhibitions and you brushing up on your knowledge of the diversity of life on earth. The three-story building’s most fascinating area probably has to be the ancient reptiles hall located on the first floor. The permanent exhibition displays dinosaur skeletons and fossils, some of them intact and very realistic. There’s also a dinosaur park where kids get to see a lifelike exhibit with massive, head-shaking, roaring, blinking dinosaurs in their natural habitats. The rest of the exhibitions feature mammals, animals from all over the world, plants, and aquatic animals. The “Amazing Africa” exhibition was pretty cool for the kids to see with all the life-sized wild animals in vivid African scenery. There is also an aquarium in the basement as well as a 4D cinema on the third floor and a gift shop on the second. Even though the museum is extremely kid- and family-friendly, there are a lot of stairs, so strollers are a no-go.

The best part – admission is free for all! Do note that you must make online reservations at least one day before the visit. The easiest way to do it is through the museum’s website or official Wechat account. You’ll need to choose the date and provide your passport number.

Location: 126 Tianqiao Jie, Dongcheng District 
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm 

National Art Museum of China 中国美术馆 (Zhōngguó měishù guǎn): In one previous editor’s opinion, NAMOC remains one of the best state-run museums in the country (despite its programming occasionally being hijacked for more nationalistic purposes). Its bimonthly rotating exhibitions usually highlight masters in the Chinese cannon while its permanent collections focus on Chinese traditional and folk arts (including kites, toys, and puppets), as well as the occasional foreign artist. The museum is currently celebrating its 60th anniversary and featuring pieces from some of its most prominent exhibitions. For more info about the museum’s ongoing exhibitions, click here.

NAMOC is big, so we don’t recommend trying to see the whole thing in one day, especially if you are with very small children, but as it’s free of charge you can take it in bite-sized chunks, and come back as often as you like. Engage older children by asking them to describe the feelings and colors that they spot in various artworks, and play color bingo with little ones, asking them to find five artworks with blue in them, five with red, and so on. Once you’re all done, you can even cap it all off with a family meal at Jing-A Taproom in the nearby Longfusu complex.

Location: 1 Wuxi Jie, Dongcheng District
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, last entry at 4.30pm

China Science and Technology Museum 中国科学技术馆 (Zhōngguó kēxué jìshù guǎn): For the little astronaut, and by far the hottest ticket this summer for educational fun. Since China put its first robotic lunar rover on the moon in 2013 the space program has been growing at an … astronomical rate. This museum also houses the country’s first permanent fully functioning space station so kids can get as close to the real deal as possible. Visitors can become an astronaut for the day and experience such unique activities as seeing how people sleep, eat, work, and train in space. Located inside Olympic Village, this state-of-the-art facility will provide hours of hands-on entertainment for the entire family. Best part? Kids under 8 years old or 1.3m enter for free! 

Location: 5 Beichen Road, Chaoyang District
Hours: Tue-Sun 9am-5pm, last entry at 4.30pm
Tickets: From RMB 326 for one adult and child (> 8 years old or 1.3m enter free)

Next, we’ve got a couple of upcoming dog-friendly and family-friendly events!

Riverside Tails & Trails Scouting Trip

Join Dominic from Our Beijing on a 7km dog-friendly trail walk in the natural outskirts of Miyun District this Sunday afternoon. The price is reduced to RMB 300 per person on this special scouting trip and dogs are free! Do note that the maximum group size is limited to ten people, so register early. Don’t forget to pack enough water and snacks for the 7-hour journey, including travel.

Meet Up: Liangmaqiao
Date & Time: Sun, Aug 6, 1-8pm 

Mommy & Me Bilingual Yoga With SENIA

SENIA, an organization led by a group of international teachers, educational psychologists, parents, and other professionals working with children with special educational needs, will be hosting a series of four events for kids and parents with the goal of fostering a harmonious and inclusive community atmosphere. This is their third event in this series and it is a bilingual mother and child yoga event. For details and to sign up, please scan the third QR code on the poster.

Where: DangDai MOMA, Dongcheng District
When: Aug 10, 4-6pm
Price: RMB 50

Last but not least, don’t forget these ongoing family-friendly exhibitions!

EPSON teamLab Massless Art Exhibition 

This kid-friendly exhibition has been extended to Sep 30, so catch it if you haven’t yet!

Becoming part of the artwork and understanding how alive the world around us really is is the main idea behind this awesome exhibition. There are floating clouds you can walk through, an infinite crystal universe to experience, and typhoon light balls that continuously move and change color when pushed by another light ball. One of the really awesome parts of the showcase is the Sketch Ocean exhibit, where visitors get to draw a fish on a special piece of paper and see their fish swim out into the ocean with fish drawn by others!

Location: Joy City Mall (Chaoyang)
Time: Tuesday to Friday – 10.30am-6pm (no admission past 5pm)
Weekends and Holidays – 10.30am-8pm (no admission past 7pm)
Price: RMB 138 for kids, RMB 198 for adults, free for kids under 2

The World of Peter Rabbit at UCCA

Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s most popular children’s authors. For more than 100 years, her beautifully illustrated stories and her legendary life have captured our imaginations.

When: May 27- Sep 5
Where: UCCA Lab
Price: RMB 139 for a family of three

Images: Courtesy of vendors, Pexels, Sanja Stojkov

Photography has become a huge part of our life. With social media people are taking more and more pictures. If you have run out of places to go to, here’s a list!

Red Brick Art Museum

This place is perfect during autumn. With red and orange leaves surrounding the outside it gives a captivating environment. Red bricks surround the outside, while inside is a museum.

Find it:
Cuigezhuangxiang, Hegezhuangcun, Shunbai Road, Chaoyang District
朝阳区崔各庄乡何各庄村马泉营
8457 6669

The Hutongs

If you prefer taking pictures at an older and more traditional place, here you will find what you need. From vintage shops, to local delicacies, they have it all.

Find it:
South Luogu Lane Hutong, Dongcheng District
东城区前圆恩寺胡同 28号

Galaxy SOHO

This building is a perfect fit for a more modern take on Beijing. Even though there are many older landmarks here, it also has very developed ones. With the interior it will feel as if you are entering a dystopian movie. It is also a great hangout place with many shops and restaurants available nearby.

Find it:
2 Nanzhugan Hutong, Dongcheng District
东城区南竹竿胡同2号银河

798 Art Zone

This is a more artistic part of Beijing. Streets here are filled with artwork painted on walls, from graffiti to drawings. Many statues decorate the surroundings, making it the perfect place for photography. For art lovers museums with every kind of painting can be explored. There are a variety of cute cafes, restaurants, and vintage shops. People can even visit pet cafes, with many different animals to be seen.

Find it:
2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
朝阳区酒仙桥4号798
Tel: 5978 9114

Art Shopping Centre

This is a perfect place to go shopping and to take pictures. The architecture will have you mind-blown. It’s a great place to buy home decor and furniture, too.

Find it:
Chaoyangmen Outer Street No.99, Chaoyang District
朝阳区朝阳门外大街99号1-2层

The Orchard

For people who love nature, this is the place to go. A mesmerizing park with a bridge like the one in a Monet painting is what you will see. It is a great place for afternoon walks. If you get hungry, restaurants are available too.

Find it:
Cuigezhuangxiang Hegezhuangcun, Inside Beikou Guo Park, Chaoyang District
朝阳区何各庄
Tel: 6433 6270

Beijing International Flower Port

A perfect way to spend your summer is to go to a flower park! Here you will find every flower color you can think of. It’s great for taking pictures to post.

Find it:
Yangzhen No.9, Xianhuagang South Road (Baima Road North Side) Beijing International Flower Gangnei, Shunyi District
顺义区园区南路

Luo Hong Art Museum

This is a very popular place. Hundreds of people come here during the weekend to see this splendid atmosphere. Inside, there is a museum with photography. If you’re hungry,  a café and restaurant are available.

Find it:
Yanglin Toll Gate, Zhulin Road, Tianzhu, Shunyi District
顺义区开发街6号

Images: Zhirong Liu, Canva

Beijing’s an urban jungle, and in any jungle, we need tools to survive and thrive. As urban jungle dwellers, we’ve managed to blend practicality with style, resulting in the modern bag. Here, form meets function, and what looks stylish and fashionable on the outside contains all our essential survival tools on the inside. Inspired by this, we ask expat parents each week, “What’s in your bag?” and get insights into which essentials they keep on hand when out and about in the capital city.

I’m Dr. Tom Stidham, and I am a research professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After a decade of exploring everything that Beijing, and China, have to offer with my wife Ying, I’m still discovering new hidden gems from the hutongs to the hills.

When I am not spending time researching and writing papers on the fossil record and evolution of birds and dinosaurs, I organize and lead science and nature educational outreach programs and activities at Beijing schools, scientific/nature sites, and museums about birds, insects, dinosaurs, human evolution, and climate change. My “Peking Man and the first Beijingers” activity at the UNESCO Zhoukoudian Site and Museum is quite popular with both kids and adults. I also host guided dinosaur tours of the Paleozoology Museum of China for school groups and students. “Night with the Dinosaurs” is very popular. Be on the lookout this summer for my new program at the Beijing Zoo called “Birds: the flying dinosaurs.”

While my keys and wallet go in my pockets, nearly everything else is in my trusty SWISSWIN backpack. It has been a nearly daily accessory since I arrived in Beijing. From hauling groceries home to carrying “old” treasures found at Panjaiyuan or water bottles to hiking in the Beijing hills, a versatile backpack is essential for Beijing life. My backpack has been everywhere in China, from wandering the seemingly random network of alleys in Lhasa’s Old Town and camping in the middle of nowhere in the sun-baked Gurbantunggut Desert, to searching for rare birds and snow leopards. The backpack has served me well carrying everything I need, and includes a great little internal pocket that perfectly fits my passport.

What’s in my bag nearly every day?

My computer – It is the heavy item for my typical Covid-era weekday walking commute to and from home.

An extra surgical mask or two, or three, in different styles.

A partial roll (or two) of toilet paper – This essential item has many uses beyond the obvious, like wrapping up a delicate find or creating improvised earplugs. All active Beijingers need some.

Various plastic bags – From a used grocery bag to a variety of Ziploc baggies, these can hold an exciting rock found while exploring the hills, or just some leftover food from a meal in a restaurant.

Fossil hyena poop – Anyone on my tours of the Peking Man site and museum at Zhoukoudian or dinosaur programs at the Paleozoology Museum of China learns the word coprolite (the scientific word for fossil poop).

Green Laser Pointer – This once-ubiquitous laser pointer, formerly sold along sidewalks all over Sanlitun and Houhai, is standard equipment for pointing out features of fossils behind glass in museum exhibits and cave formations in the UNESCO Zhoukoudian cave sites.

Activity booklet – I always have extra copies of the activity booklets I wrote for dinosaurs or Peking Man along with the expert sticker prizes for the children.

Feathers – From kids’ activities making “fossil” casts of feathers to talking about how dinosaurs were feathered, everyone needs some pheasant feathers handy.

Small notebook and pens – For making notes during scouting trips to the zoo or museum for new educational program development.

You can reach out to Dr. Tom and learn more about his tours via WeChat: ccpcultureplus or email: info@chinacultureplus.cn

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Images: Tom Stidham

Do you remember reading Alice in Wonderland when you were young? Or perhaps you know it as the Disney remake with wide-eyed Alice in her sky blue dress.

Originally written in 1865 by author Lewis Carroll, it’s a story that’s been retold and re-imagined by many over the decades, and it’s as if every generation has their own Alice. Why are we still so fascinated by Alice after all these years? The story itself is filled with puzzles, riddles, and conundrums that are open to so many interpretations. What’s more, each character has become a star in their own right – from the White Rabbit to the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, they’ve all become a part of pop culture for every generation.

Now, the newly opened U2 museum by UCCA is hosting an interactive Alice in Wonderland exhibition titled “Alice Curiouser & Curiouser,” which will be on display until Jun 11.

The exhibition takes visitors through a bit of the history of the novel with illustrations and manuscripts. But you’re not just there to look at old stuff. The exhibition is curated by U2 in collaboration with Samsung, adding an interactive dimension to the whole thing.

It’s filled with videos of various Alice in Wonderland remakes over the years, as well as installations that make for beautiful photo backdrops such as the iconic mushroom that the caterpillar sits on, the Queen of Hearts’ garden complete with her army of playing cards, and the Mad Hatter’s tea party.

Before leaving the exhibition, Samsung has created a green screen room where you get to fall down the rabbit hole and go on Alice’s adventure yourself.

The newly opened U2 by UCCA also happens to be at the entrance of the newly opened Vesta restaurant. Originally from Shanghai, Vesta is an all-day dining spot featuring food from various parts of the world. They don’t claim to be authentically anything. What they want to do is cook up great food that people from all walks of life will be able to enjoy and remember.

The restaurant’s high ceilings feature warm natural lighting and the greenery-filled interior decor gives off the garden party vibe that’s ever so fitting next to an Alice in Wonderland exhibition.

Averaging RMB 193 per person, Vesta is a great new addition to the Beijing F&B scene for casual date nights. Amongst my personal favorites is their chef-recommended scampi with noodles in scallion oil which, at RMB 238, is definitely one of the most expensive items on the menu.

The noodles in scallion oil is a Southern Chinese favorite and the sweet langosteen brings a fresh delicate flavor to an otherwise classic local dish.

Also worth noting is their signature roast chicken (RMB 88/half, RMB 158/whole) on a bed of mushroom risotto. This one is definitely shareable and a bite into the juicy meat combined with the crispy seasoned skin alone is worth a trip to Vesta.

Find it:
10/F Chaoyang Joycity, Qingnian Lu
青年路朝阳大悦城10楼U2美术馆旁边
Tel: 18510883015

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Images: Mina Yan

Draw a Dinosaur Day started nine years ago as a fun way to share all the different ways that kids – and let’s face it, their grownups – can draw a dino. Even though it was on Jan 30, there’s no end to the fun of these giant creatures. Dinosaurs are one of the earliest obsessions with most kids, and it’s always the cutest day when they first learn how to sound out the word “eks-teek-int”.

A fascinating tie between Beijing and dinosaurs is that local fossils “opened a window on the moment when birds broke away from other dinosaurs and evolved new forms of flight and ways of feeding. They reveal details about most of the digestive, respiratory, skeletal and plumage adaptations that transformed the creatures from big, scary meat-eating dinosaurs to something like a modern pigeon or hummingbird,” according to a May 2018 Smithsonian Magazine article. Well, you learn something new every day, and now your whole family can learn and draw together.

Maybe the best way to draw a dino is to take a little field trip to the Beijing Museum of Natural History and sketch what you see, but if you’re huddled at home, here are cool tutorials you can use for family drawing time! And don’t forget to throw some bird drawings in there too to learn a little history while you draw!

Step by Step Online Drawing Lessons

I found this one, along with a number of other tutorials, on a simple website called Online Drawing lessons. I find these step by steps easy to follow and a great way to show kids how to make larger or bigger shapes depending on the body part. It’s also a cool way to illustrate the parts of one’s body in relation to a dino’s!

How to Draw Dinosaurs

Easy Drawing Guides

These shapes are a little more complex, but the finished product has a cartoon feel all littles are sure to enjoy. Either download each lesson one by one or use their downloadable book of drawing lessons.

https://easydrawingguides.com/draw-cartoon-dinosaur/

Art For Kids Hub

The YouTube channel Art for Kids Hub is super fun, with a dad and son teaming up for their drawing adventures. They used black markers at first and allow a lot of space for creative expression within a structured format. Their Pinterest Page also outlines each drawing tutorial for you in very simple and magical ways!

www.artforkidshub.com/how-to-draw-a-stegosaurus/

Hello Kids

I found this site while looking specifically for how to draw a triceratops. These are easy to draw and look like they’re made with a crayon, which broadens the appeal for younger kids who might feel intimidated using markers. Plus, they have all of the dinosaurs!

Drawing a really lovely way to both connect with your children and see how they express themselves. No matter your talent level, simply taking a blank piece of paper and following these steps to create a dino can be quite the relaxing bonding experience after stressful days of e-learning!

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Photos: Beijing Museum of Natural History, courtesy of websites

After many months of music performances being canceled or postponed due to COVID-19, the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) returns in full force and combines forces with musicians in Wuhan to showcase 240 online and offline musical performances from Oct 10 – 20. Since 1998, the BMF has presented the best musicians, composers, orchestras, and singers to become one of the premier cultural events in China.

Their outreach programs shine through the many musical offerings in the festival, and this year the BMFl highlights two special events for and by children.

Bangkok is famous for many things; however, you’d have to say that “family-friendly holiday location” isn’t one of them. For us, it was just a stage along the way to Myanmar (of which much more in future posts). Since our flight to Mandalay would have involved a stopover in Thailand’s capital, we decided to break the journey and have a couple of days looking around.

We stayed at the eccentric but lovable Atlanta Hotel, which was established in 1952 and preserves its original Art Deco interior. Maintaining its genteel status in Bangkok involves some strict rules, including a sign at the entrance proclaiming “No sex tourists!” Which, of course, led to our 10-year-old asking “What’s a sex tourist?” And they’re fussy about who they take. You don’t so much book a room at the Atlanta as apply for one, ideally recommended by someone who’s stayed there before, and wait to hear whether you’ve been deemed worthy.

The Atlanta Hotel has kept its Art Deco stylings

On seeing the Atlanta’s rooms you may ask yourself who they think they are, to be so picky. The facilities would have a Spartan warrior writing to Tripadvisor and complaining of the lack of frills. While the rooms are clean and well-kept, only the air-conditioning seems to have been changed since the 1950s. Don’t expect a TV or a fridge (though the Wi-fi is adequate). On the other hand, the Atlanta is centrally located, and very cheap. And it’s the only hotel I’ve ever stayed at with a scriptorium.

Perhaps most importantly for us, it was the first hotel in Bangkok with a swimming pool, and this remains its crowning glory. We as a family are budget travelers, preferring to see the world than to sit around a posh hotel. However we have decided that a pool is essential for any city break with kids. Trailing around temples and museums will try the patience of the most studious of children, so unless you’re going to spend your time in a soft play center or theme park which could be anywhere, some compromise is necessary. For us this means “sightseeing in the morning, then you can swim after lunch.”

A clock tower in Lumphini Park

So we went easy on day one, with a stroll around Lumphini Park. This is the green heart of Bangkok, with a lake, paths for jogging and cycling, and statues and monuments dotted around. From there we headed up to Erawan, a Hindu holy shrine at the very center of the city. Here worshippers pay, and patiently wait their turn to pray while the dancers perform a ritual around them.

Ancient and modern: the Erawan Shrine below the Skytrain and giant video screens of 21st century Bangkok

Worshippers pray while the dancers perform ritual dances around them

On the second day we had hoped to visit the Presidential Palace, but discovered too late that tickets need to be booked 24 hours in advance. Instead we decided to check out the National Museum. Surprisingly, Bangkok’s most important sites are not directly connected to its Skytrain/metro system. So we took the Silom Line to the river pier at Saphan Taksin, then a boat up the Chao Phraya.

A river trip is a great way to see Bangkok

This turned out to be one of the highlights of our time in Bangkok. First though we had to get past the touts around the pier, and negotiate the baffling profusion of lines and ticketing systems. In our confusion we nearly took the free shuttle boat to the mall across the river. The rule seemed to be that the further we walked the lower the price became, from the RMB 100 we were first quoted, to a mere RMB 20 each.

But the river is a great place from which to see the city, as well as being a fun trip in its own right. We landed at the Royal Palace after about 45 minutes, and from there it was a short walk to the museum. The Bangkok National Museum occupies what was once the “Front Palace”, the abode of Siam’s “deputy king”, at the time a very powerful office akin to a modern Prime Minister. The buildings and grounds are worth seeing in their own right.

A Buddhist monk’s pulpit

When we visited some of the exhibitions were closed, but the museum is still home to extraordinary treasures, from musical instruments, to royal furnishings and chess sets, to robes and religious icons. My kids were particularly fascinated by the howdahs, seats for riding on elephants in war and peace. Even more spectacular were the vast golden chariots on which the Kings of Thailand are hauled to their coronation,

One of the magnificent golden chariots on which the kings of Thailand travel to their coronations

Bangkok is an attractive place, relatively undamaged by war, imperialist pillaging, and civil upheaval, which have robbed so many Asian cities of their glories. On our last night my wife and I went out for a drink, and stumbled into the red light district, which turned out to be right next to the city’s premier hotels (if you book into the Holiday Inn with your kids, be prepared to explain more than just signs…) People were wheeling strollers up the street and carrying toddlers past the ladyboys and ladies of the night, without any concern. So perhaps Bangkok is a family-friendly holiday location after all.

Photos: Andrew Killeen, www.cnn.com, Karen Killeen

As we prepare for leaving China next summer, my family and I have been trying to tick off the remaining sights that we want to see before we go. It was in that spirit that we headed off for a couple of days in Nanjing, and we were pleasantly surprised. The city which was China’s capital in the early years of the Ming Dynasty and under the Nationalist government before the Japanese invasion has much of its historic city wall still standing, and its tree-lined streets are lined with many attractive older buildings.

However despite its long history, Nanjing is perhaps most famous – or rather notorious – for a horrific period during the invasion, known as the Nanjing Massacre. I’ve written before about our decision not to take our children to the Killing Fields Museum when we visited Cambodia, but on this occasion we took the view that paying our respects at the Memorial Hall was essential.

The Hall stands just outside exit 2 of Yunjinlu station on line 2 of Nanjing’s metro system. Entrance is free, but you’ll need to go through a stringent security check. It’s a large, open area dotted with statues and memorials, with the main exhibition underground. As you head downwards you pass rows of books, like a library: these contain the names of all the known victims of the massacre.

Rows of books contain the names of victims of the Nanjing massacre

The Japanese army marched into Nanjing, then the capital of China, in December 1937. A planned retreat by the Nationalist army fell apart in the chaos, so most of the Chinese soldiers went into hiding in the city. The Japanese began searching house to house for them. They were not careful in distinguishing soldiers from civilians, and were not taking prisoners – anyone they suspected was simply marched to the river and shot, or beheaded. Over the next six weeks, the relentless bloodshed seems to have induced a sort of collective insanity in the Japanese occupiers. All military discipline, and any pretense at a rationale for their behavior, collapsed, and they embarked on a frenzy of murder, looting, arson, and abuse.

Exhibits recreate the bombed and burning city

It’s a distressing story, and my younger child had to go outside before we had finished looking around the hall. Parents should also be aware that the systematic sexual abuse of Chinese women and girls was one of the more horrifying aspects of an incident once known in the West as “the Rape of Nanking”, and the exhibition does not gloss over this. However it’s important that such atrocities are remembered. As with the Holocaust, the extent of the Massacre, and even whether it took place at all, has been questioned by Japanese nationalists, despite the plethora of detailed eyewitness accounts, not only from the victims, but from foreign Nanjing residents who reported on and tried to prevent the brutality at the time, and even from the Japanese soldiers themselves. The Memorial Hall not only commemorates the victims but also attests to what took place.

It’s done with dignity and restraint, avoiding flag-waving and demonization of the Japanese. Particularly moving is the room dedicated to pictures of the survivors. Those still alive when the Hall was opened were photographed for the occasion, with the lights behind their pictures being turned off when they pass away. Already half the photographs have gone dark. Those with more sensitive children will want to be aware that the Hall was built on the site of one of the larger mass graves, and many of the skeletons still lie where they were found.

The hall includes mass graves which have been excavated to reveal human remains

We left the exhibition quiet and thoughtful, and it’s certainly not for younger children. However it does older children no harm to understand the terrible things that human beings are capable of when they are persuaded to consider others less than human, and helps them to appreciate the time of peace and plenty in which (for the most part) we live. In my next post I’ll show the other side of Nanjing, with a visit to the tranquillity of Purple Mountain.

Photos: Kevin Dooley via Wikimedia Commons, Andrew Killeen, Ken Marshall via Wikimedia Commons