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The National Aquatics center, also known as the "Water Cube" and the "Ice Cube", is located
Beijing
Chaoyang District
Beijing Olympic Park
Inside (No. 11 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing), was built on December 24, 2003, officially completed in January 2008, November 27, 2020, the National Aquatics Center Winter Olympic curling venue renovation project through the completion of acceptance, "water Cube" into "Ice Cube". The National Aquatics Center is
2008 Beijing Olympic Games
The boutique venues and
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
It is also the only Olympic venue built with donations from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese
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The total construction area of the National Aquatics Center is 65,000-80,000 square meters, of which the construction area of the underground part is not less than 15,000 square meters, and the length, width and height are 177×177×30 meters. The appearance of the venue is like an ice crystal cube, with a simple and modern shape. Inside the venue is a six-story building with a square plan. The main facilities include competition hall, warm-up pool, multifunctional hall and large water park. The "Ice Cube" ice sports Center is located in the underground space of the South square of the National Aquatics Center, with an overall construction area of about 8,000 square meters, consisting of a standard ice rink of 1830 square meters and a standard curling venue of four 45×5 meters and supporting service facilities.
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The National Aquatics Center is an internationally advanced center that integrates swimming, sports, fitness and leisure, and will become a water entertainment center for Beijing citizens. The National Aquatics Center uses the underground space of the South square to establish two ice sheets, one for the standard ice rink and the other for the curling venue, which will serve as a
Olympic Games
The central curling project experience base provides an open platform for the public and helps 300 million people participate in ice and snow sports.
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President of the International Olympic Committee
Thomas Bach
"Ice Cube" is a model of sustainable development of Olympic venues.
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- Chinese name
- National aquatics center
- Foreign name
- National Aquatics center
- Geographical position
- Beijing Olympic Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing [4] (11 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
- Service time
- January 9, 2008
- Opening hours
- Peak season 9:00-22:00 (clearance time 21:30); Off-season 9:00-19:00 (clearance 18:30) [10]
- Chief designer
- Zheng Fang [28]
- Floor area
- 65000 to 80000 m² [19]
- First opening hours
- April 16, 2022 [37] (To the public)
On January 15, 2003, the architectural design proposal was open to global bidding; On July 28 of the same year, the design scheme was officially determined, referred to as "Water Cube"; On December 24 of the same year, the foundation earthwork and foundation treatment works of the "Water Cube" began.
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On April 7, 2004, the earthmoving and foundation treatment works were completed.
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On March 17, 2005, the science and technology research project passed the expert demonstration in Beijing; In June of the same year, steel structure installation began.
On April 10, 2006, the main structure was capped and the steel structure was installed. On May 30 of the same year, all welding was completed; On June 16 of the same year, the steel structure support system was successfully unloaded; On August 1 of the same year, the installation of the membrane structure air pillow officially began; On November 4 of the same year, the outer wall film was completed; On December 26 of the same year, the last air pillow on the top was installed, and all external installation was completed.
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In December 2007, interior decoration, outdoor paving and other finishing works were carried out.
In January 2008, it was officially completed, and testing work such as water testing and light adjustment was carried out
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At the beginning of 2017, the scientific research team carried out a curling venue conversion structure test and ice surface test in the Water Cube; In March of the same year, the president of the World Curling Federation sent a letter to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, indicating that it still preferred to choose the concrete in the swimming pool, but was willing to consider the proposal put forward by Beijing, and further proposed the requirements of the all-ice structure testing under Olympic competition conditions, including all tracks are laid and maintained for 1 month, 3 games per day.
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In August 2018, the ice events of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games were hosted, and the renovation plan of the venues has been initially formed.
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On December 26, 2018, the National Aquatics Center launched the Winter Olympics transformation project from "Water Cube" to "Ice Cube", and added new curling venue functions in the competition hall through the transformation project to meet the needs of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In December 2019, the National Aquatics Center completed the ice making work of the "Olympic standard" ice surface for the first time.
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In July 2020, the permanent facilities of the venue will be renovated to meet the needs of the test events of the Winter Olympics.
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On November 27, 2020, the renovation project of the Olympic curling venue at the National Aquatics Center was completed and accepted.
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On December 13, 2021, the "Ice Cube" ice sports center invested by Beijing State-owned Assets Company successfully passed the completion acceptance and was officially delivered to the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee for use.
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In January 2022, after the Winter Olympic Games, the National Aquatics Center will do the conversion of "water season" and "ice season".
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In January 2022, under the dispatch of the operation command room of the Ice Cube venue, the ice making work of the curling competition of the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube" is progressing smoothly, and the four tracks have been basically completed.
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On February 1, 2022, the "Ice Cube" completed the pre-match broadcast rehearsal, and the opening match of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games - curling mixed pairs will be started in the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube" on the evening of February 2.
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In March 2022, the National Aquatics Center "Icecube" entered the venue conversion after successfully completing the curling competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Shuey Rhon Rhon has replaced Bing Dwen Dwen, "Icecube" will become the venue for wheelchair curling of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
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On March 6, 2022, the National Paralympic Committee and the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee jointly held a regular press conference for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. It was revealed at the meeting that 2022 will be maintained at least until mid-to-late May, close to the beginning of June, during which curling experience and tourism will be open to the public, and the mass ice rink in the South Square will also be open to all citizens in due course, and will continue to operate.
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On April 16, 2022, the National Aquatics Center (" Water Cube "/" Ice Cube ") owned by Beijing State-owned Assets Corporation was opened to the public, which was the first time that the "Ice Cube" was opened to the public after the competition.
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National aquatics center
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summarize
National Aquatics center planning construction land 62,950 square meters, the total construction area of 65,000-80,000 square meters, of which the underground part of the construction area of not less than 15,000 square meters, length, width and height of 177 meters ×177 meters ×30 meters. The appearance of the venue is like an ice crystal cube, with a simple and modern shape. The internal and external mask structure of the Water Cube consists of a total of 3065 air pillows, of which the smallest 1-2 square meters, the largest up to 70 square meters, covering an area of 100,000 square meters, and the expansion area of 260,000 square meters. More than 10,000 steel components with different positions form a rigid circular space steel frame structure. Inside the venue is a six-story building with a square plan. The main facilities include competition hall, warm-up pool, multifunctional hall and large water park.
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Water Cube HD image
The "Ice Cube" ice sports Center is located in the underground space of the South square of the National Aquatics Center, with an overall construction area of about 8,000 square meters, consisting of a standard ice rink of 1,830 square meters and four standard curling venues of 45 meters ×5 meters and supporting service facilities. After the Winter Olympic Games, the Ice Sports Center will become a comprehensive ice sports platform integrating seven functions: holding high-quality ice events, mass ice fitness, professional ice training, sports tourism landmark, ice performance platform, curling promotion, and Winter Olympic cultural base.
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Olympic hall
Olympic Games
The competition hall is the core area of the Water Cube, the whole hall is 116 meters long, 70 meters wide, 30 meters high, an area of 8,120 square meters, there are two swimming pools, swimming pools 25 meters ×50 meters, the water depth of 3 meters; Diving pool 25 meters ×30 meters, water depth 4.5-5.5 meters. The seating area has more than 5,000 standard seats, and the seats are colored like layers of spray splashing out of a pool of blue water. The excellent air quality in the hall and the beautiful combination of natural light, sound effects, architectural structure and color create a comfortable, pleasant and exciting integrated indoor environment.
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Olympic hall
Olympic hall
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Fok Ying East Hall (warm-up Pool)
Fok Ying East Hall (warm-up pool) is located in the west side of the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) venue. It is a 50-meter standard swimming pool built in full accordance with international competition standards. It is divided into deep water area (5 lanes) and shallow water area (5 lanes). All the water in the pool is sterilized by ozone disinfection and chlorine preparation, which ensures the quality of the pool water to the maximum extent. The ventilation system adopts the whole air system, and the temperature of the pool bank is maintained between 22-26 degrees Celsius all year round.
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Fok Ying East Hall (warm-up Pool)
Fok Ying East Hall (warm-up Pool)
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Multifunctional hall
The multi-functional hall is located in the comprehensive functional area in the west of the Water Cube. The hall is 60 meters long, 40 meters wide, 17 meters high, covers an area of 2,400 square meters, and can accommodate about 1,000 people. The venue is equipped with three standard indoor tennis courts, and the wide area and sufficient height provide a display and exchange platform for the colorful exhibition design, domestic and international cultural and artistic exchanges.
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Water park
Covering an area of about 20,000 square meters, the water park is an indoor water park with advanced facilities and better comfort, and is known as the model of post-competition operation of Olympic venues. The Water park is one of the largest indoor water parks in China and the most advanced in the world, with a number of water rides debuting in the world. Through bold cultural creativity, the park plans part of the area of the Water Cube as a relatively independent indoor water playground, providing rich cultural leisure and recreational consumption products and services for the broad masses of the people, not only inheriting the "water" theme color of the "Water Cube", but also meeting the growing needs of the people's cultural life. It has become one of the most unique and effective market-oriented business models for the post-competition operation of Olympic venues.
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Water park
Water park
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Overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan support the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Memorial Pavilion
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Compatriots Overseas Chinese support Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Memorial Pavilion to the audience shows the Water Cube as the only Olympic stadium built by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots donated money, a comprehensive reflection of the heart of the Chinese at home and abroad to the Olympic Games, for the construction of the Olympic stadium generous donations moving picture, fully reflects the blood is thicker than water.
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Beijing Olympic Games Water Cube swimming memorial pavilion
Beijing Olympic Games
The Water Cube Swimming Memorial exhibition reproduces the wonderful moments of Chinese swimming and the epic magnificence of the Beijing Olympic Games, reflects the colorful swimming activities of the masses, enables the audience to share the peak moments and glory of the Chinese swimming corps with empathy, inspires strong patriotic consciousness and feelings of serving the country, and deeply understands the humanistic concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature and being close to water.
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Water Cube Exploration Hall
The Water Cube Exploration Hall shows the construction process of this magical building. Through rich physical exhibits and high-tech display means, the audience is guided to discover and experience the three concepts of "green, science and technology, and humanity" contained in the Water Cube building itself, feel the unique charm of the building, and then eulogize and remember the great achievements of the Water Cube builders.
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Water Cube Exploration Hall
Water Cube Exploration Hall
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Water drop theatre
With an area of about 200 square meters and 150 seats, the Water Drop Theater adopts the cutting-edge laser digital projection equipment developed by the Institute of Laser Research and Development of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which can play 3D movies, laser high-definition movies, etc., and can also be used for commercial and cultural activities such as conferences and conferences.
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Water drop theatre
Water drop theatre
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Xiao Lou
The south building has four floors, and the north building has three floors, with a water bar, a cafe, a bubble bar, a studio, and a small multi-function hall.
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Xiao Lou
Xiao Lou
The seemingly simple "square box" of the National Aquatics Center is "built" by traditional Chinese culture and modern science and technology. Chinese people think: no rules can not be square, in accordance with the rules to work out, you can obtain the overall harmony and unity. In traditional Chinese culture, the design idea of "a round sky and a round place" gave birth to the "Water Cube", which echoes and complements the circular "Bird's Nest" - the National Stadium. Square is the most basic form of ancient Chinese urban architecture, which reflects the social life rules represented by ethics in Chinese culture. And this "square box" can best reflect the multi-functional requirements of the national swimming center, so as to achieve the perfect combination of traditional culture and architectural functions.
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The National Aquatics Center features a highly sustainable building with translucent
ETFE
Coated with an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene) membrane that weighs only one-hundredth as much as glass of the same size, it is like an insulated greenhouse, and about 20% of the solar energy is used to raise the temperature of the pool and the room. These translucent, recyclable membranes give the Water Cube plenty of light during the day, plus the appropriate artificial light sources inside, giving a visual pleasure. The membrane structure air pillow covers the whole building like a skin, the largest air pillow is about 9 square meters, the smallest one is less than 1 square meters.
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In terms of building energy efficiency, the design of the National Aquatics Center is also unique. Many energy recycling systems are added to the design, such as heating the cold air (fresh air) outside with warm exhaust and other heat recovery systems, in the "Water Cube" a total of 80,000 square meters of construction area, 30,000 square meters of roof will make the rainwater collection rate of 100%, and this rainwater water is equivalent to the water consumption of 100 households in a year. 80% of wastewater is recovered from rooftop catchment, pool return system and pool overflow. These measures aim to reduce reliance on and pressure on local water intake and urban water supply systems by reducing direct drainage to the sewer system; In terms of light utilization, due to the use of special membrane materials and corresponding technology, the "Water Cube" makes the venue can use natural light for 9.9 hours per day, and the leisure pool will save up to 55% of the lighting energy consumption in a year.
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The internal design of the National Aquatics Center pays attention to details, fully considers the needs of athletes and spectators, and embodies the three concepts of "Green Olympics, science and technology Olympics, and People's Olympics". The fine requirements of the design, construction level and temperature of various swimming pools in the Water Cube create good conditions for the stable play of athletes. The humanized treatment of the stand design enables the audience to clearly watch the exciting game from all angles. In the design of the indoor environment, the needs of athletes and spectators are also fully considered, and details such as the installation of lighting equipment on the roof are taken care of.
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Surrounded by the original landform soil, the ice sports center is basically in a constant temperature state. Above the standard ice rink is a large lighting well with a diameter of 13 meters and a number of light guides to achieve natural lighting by introducing outdoor light. It is estimated that this lighting method can save about 26,000 degrees of electricity per year. The construction and construction of Ice Sports Center is based on building information modeling (BIM) technology, combined with cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile communication and other information technology and equipment, to achieve the all-factor intelligent construction covering progress, quality, safety, cost and other project management, and become a high-quality project integrating green, wisdom, science, economy and other characteristics.
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During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the National Aquatics Center was used as one of the competition venues.
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During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the National Aquatics Center will be one of the venues in the Beijing region.
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Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Kate Kesness, President of the World Kettle Federation, pose for a photo with the staff of the National Aquatics Center venue operation team and watch the curling Mixed doubles bronze medal match on February 8, 2022.
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Photo taken on February 8, 2022
Photo taken on February 8, 2022
On the morning of February 20, 2022, Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, and Mr. Juan Samaranch, Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, visited Icecube to watch the games. Great Britain and Japan competed for gold in the women's curling final at the Ice Cube, the national Aquatics centre.
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↑ On February 20, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, visited Icecube [29]
↑ On February 20, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, visited Icecube [29]
In February 2022, the National Aquatics Center entered the transition stage of the Winter Paralympic Games. The "Ice Cube", which successfully held the curling event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, has begun to "transform" into a wheelchair curling venue for the Winter Paralympics.
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In 2010, the National Aquatics Center won the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering Outstanding Structure Award.
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In 2019, the National Aquatics Centre was awarded the annual "Building for Sport and Sustainable Development" award by the International Olympic Committee.
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On April 2, 2022, the Office of the Leading Group for the Commendation of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games announced that it was the object of the collective commendation for outstanding contributions to the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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In April 2022, he was selected as an outstanding tribute at the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
A list of donations.
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The National Aquatics Center is an internationally advanced center that integrates swimming, sports, fitness and leisure, and will become a water entertainment center for Beijing citizens.
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The National Aquatics Center uses the underground space of the South Square to establish two ice sheets, one for the standard ice rink and the other for the curling venue, which will serve as the curling experience base in the Olympic Central area, providing an open platform for the public and providing assistance for 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports.
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In the construction and renovation of the Winter Olympic venues, we adhere to the implementation of the concept of sustainable development, contribute to the "Chinese plan" of the construction and renovation of the Olympic venues, and realize the gorgeous turn of the "Water Cube" to the "Ice Cube" through the "water ice conversion". During the Winter Olympics, Ice Cube organized 147 games for 30 teams and served more than 10,000 spectators, which ensured smooth and orderly competition organization, good infrastructure operation, strict epidemic prevention and control measures, warm and caring service, and successfully realized the safety and smooth operation of the Winter Olympics events and the smooth and orderly operation of the venues.
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As the largest curling venue in the history of the Winter Olympics, the "Ice Cube" will be open to the public in April 2022
View the original appearance of the Winter Olympic stadium.
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As of February 4, 2024, two years after the Beijing Winter Olympics,
The three major venues, the National Stadium, the National Aquatics Center and the National Speed Skating Hall, have held hundreds of large-scale events with high-quality products and carriers to serve the new demand for sports and sports consumption, and received more than 7 million people in total, writing the "China Answer Sheet" for the sustainable use of Olympic venues.
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The National Aquatics Center is located
Beijing
Chaoyang District
Beijing Olympic Park
Inside (No. 11 Tianchen East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing), the main building is close to the central axis of the city, and with
National stadium
Balanced position with respect to the central axis.
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National aquatics center
Admission fee
The full price is 30 yuan, half price is 15 yuan.
Half price preferential policy
(1) The elderly aged 60 (inclusive) - 64 (inclusive) enjoy half price discount with their valid ID card or senior citizen card;
(2) Active Chinese soldiers (including armed police) with their "Police Officer Card", "Military Officer Card", "Civilian cadre card" and "Soldier card", fire rescue personnel with their "firefighter card" and "Fire cadre Card" enjoy half price discount;
(3) Students in primary and secondary schools and colleges can enjoy half price discount with their student ID.
Free admission policy
(1) Water Cube donors, retired cadres, disabled people, elderly 65 years old (including) with their valid ID free admission.
(2) Children under 6 years old or 1.2m (inclusive) are free of charge and must be accompanied by an adult.
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Visiting hours: Peak season 9:00-22:00 (clearance time 21:30); Off-season 9:00-19:00 (clearance time 18:30).
Ticket sale time: Peak season 9:00-20:50 (latest entry 21:00); Off-season 9:00-17:50 (last entry 18:00).
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Public transportation
Take Beijing Bus 81, 82, 510, 839 to Beichen Xiqiao North Station, or Express 113, 689, 611, 658, 386, 407, 656, 660, 740, 753, 939, 944, 983 to Beichen Xiqiao West Station.
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Traffic guide
Traffic guide
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