Happy Valley: General Introduction

Happy Valley is one of the best theme fairylands in China and includes eight theme areas, i.e. the Spanish Square, the Cartoon City, the Venture Mountain, the Happy Island, the Gold Mine Town, the Shangri-Las Forest, the HurricaneBay and the Sunshine Coast, as well as the funny Mayan Water Park. It is really the fairyland for your children. The Mine Train will let you experience the heart-quaking scene of miners fleeing for life during flood outburst; the Space Shuttle will eject you into the 60m air within 1.8s at high speed and then fall down vertically as free falling body, venturing, stimulating and challenging; the 4D Cinema, relying on the real exteriors of the Happy Valley, is the first one large above-water scene integrating sound, light, electricity, film and special effect, which you cannot miss.

Happy Valley Travel Tips

Admission Fee: CNY170

Opening Hours: 09:30-22:00

Splendid China-Folk Culture Village

It is the micro version of the scenic spots over China. In the park, about 100 scenic spots are distributed according to the territory of China and the whole park looks like a large map of China. Although, in terms of accuracy, they cannot compare with the actual scenic s, in a range of tens of footsteps, you can feel the solemn and majestic Ming Tombs and the smooth Lijang Landscape like poem and picture, look with reverence the grand Potala Palace at the highest altitude, experience the steep, tall and straight Yangtze River Three Gorges, look up to the largest figure of Buddha Leshan Giant Buddha and feasts eyes on the longest grotto gallery-the Dunhuang Mogao Caves, etc. In a small area, you can see everything of the whole China, conveniently and fantastically.

The Chinese Folk Culture Village that is separate from Splendid China with a wall has gathered the architecture styles of the 56 ethnic groups in China. One ethnic group has one village, which is unique from another. In the village, at any time, you can see different ethnic performances free of charge by real performers of every ethnic group. You can feel the original traditional folk flavors. In particular, Oriental Rainbow-colored Costumes at the central theater in the afternoon and Dancing with the Dragon and Phoenix in the Phoenix Theater in the evening are the most wonderful.

Splendid China & China Folk Culture Village Travel Tips

Address: Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

http: //www.cn5000.com.cn/

Tel: 0755-26606526,26602043,26602111-2071

Opening Hours: 9:00--21:00

Admission Fee:  RMB 120O

Shenzhen Window of the World: General Introduction

Shenzhen Window of the World is one of the scenic spots in Shenzhen that you cannot miss when you come to Shenzhen. Window of the World covers an area of 480,000m2. According to regional structure of the world and tourism activity content, it is divided into the World Square, Asia Area, Oceania Area, Europe Area, North America Area, World Sculpture Park and International Street. As a large cultural and tourist scenic area publicizing the world cultural essence, Shenzhen Window of the World has accumulated the soil of human beings’ cultures of thousands of years, including historic relics, key points of interest, natural scenes, world wonders, folk’ housing, sculpture etc, totally more than 130 scenic spots. Here, you can see such entertainment programs as garden arts, Folk Cultures, folk songs and dances, large performances and hi-tech-involved entertainments etc. With its rich cultural connotation, natural, graceful and grand layout and design, fantastic landscape items and extraordinary art performances, dynamic and stimulating entertainment programs, Shenzhen Window of the Word brings the tourists at home and abroad a beautiful and wonderful world.

Shenzhen Window of the World Travel Tips

Admission Fee: CNY120

Opening Hours: 09:00-22:30

Splendid China-Folk Culture Village

It is the micro version of the scenic spots over China. In the park, about 100 scenic spots are distributed according to the territory of China and the whole park looks like a large map of China. Although, in terms of accuracy, they cannot compare with the actual scenic s, in a range of tens of footsteps, you can feel the solemn and majestic Ming Tombs and the smooth Lijang Landscape like poem and picture, look with reverence the grand Potala Palace at the highest altitude, experience the steep, tall and straight Yangtze River Three Gorges, look up to the largest figure of Buddha Leshan Giant Buddha and feasts eyes on the longest grotto gallery-the Dunhuang Mogao Caves, etc. In a small area, you can see everything of the whole China, conveniently and fantastically.

The Chinese Folk Culture Village that is separate from Splendid China with a wall has gathered the architecture styles of the 56 ethnic groups in China. One ethnic group has one village, which is unique from another. In the village, at any time, you can see different ethnic performances free of charge by real performers of every ethnic group. You can feel the original traditional folk flavors. In particular, Oriental Rainbow-colored Costumes at the central theater in the afternoon and Dancing with the Dragon and Phoenix in the Phoenix Theater in the evening are the most wonderful.

Splendid China & China Folk Culture Village Travel Tips

Address: Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

http: //www.cn5000.com.cn/

Tel: 0755-26606526,26602043,26602111-2071

Opening Hours: 9:00--21:00

Admission Fee:  RMB 120O

Shenzhen is one of the newest cities in the world with a very short history of only over 30 years. Since it is a new city, there are people migrating to Shenzhen from all over China including lots of Muslims. There is only one mosque in Shenzhen. Local people call it Shangmeilin Mosque. The Shenzhen Muslim Hotel offers Halal restaurants as well as prayer halls. IslamiChina has summarized the following Shenzhen Muslim travel tips to our Muslim brothers and sisters to travel Shenzhen during a short period of time.

Tour Itinerary Planning

For Muslim Business Travelers

Shenzhen is a very new city without any historical places to visit. The places of interests in Shenzhen are all recently constructed, such as Window of the World and Splendid China. You may arrange a day trip to Spendid China and Window of the World in the day time and after tour is over, you may perform Salat prayer at Shangmeilin Mosque with local Muslim brothers and sisters.

For Muslim leisure travelers

3 Days and 2 Nights Shenzhen Muslim Tour is the best choice for Muslim leisure travelers because this tour itinerary allows you to have enough time to know both Shenzhen’s culture heritages as well as Muslim heritages. You are not in a hurry to get around Shenzhen from one place to another. Please check IslamiChina’s Shenzhen Muslim Tour 3 Days for details.

Accommodations

Shenzhen Muslim Hotel was built for Muslim business travelers as well as leisure travelers. It offers a few Muslim restaurants and a prayer hall. Shenzhen Muslim Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Huang Bei Ling MRT Station and a 10-minute drive from Luohu Railway Station. Air-conditioned guest rooms are fitted with a work desk, a minibar and cable television. The en suite bathroom comes with toiletries and shower facilities

Halal Restaurants in Shenzhen

As a booming economic center of China and adjacent to Hong Kong, Shenzhen is city with many Chinese and international Muslim business travelers. Halal restaurants can be easily found in Shenzhen including Arabian cuisine, Southeast Asian Cuisine, Turkish Cuisine, local Guangzhou Halal cuisine and Xinjiang Uyhur Cuisine. The easy way is to dine at Shenzhen Muslim Hotel.

Mosques in Shenzhen

With many Muslims migrated to Shenzhen since the city was established as a Special Economic Zone in China in 1979, there has been a strong demand for a Mosque to be built in Shenzhen for Muslims to perform Salat. Therefore Shenzhen Mosque was constructed in a place named Shangmeilin. Local people also call it Shenzhen Shangmeilin Mosque.

Money Exchange

You can exchange traveler's checks or cash at most banks, and most 5-star and 4-star hotels always have a money exchange counter. You can also get a cash advance on your credit card on ATM machine. The exchange rate all over China are the same fixed by Bank of China. To change money, you have to have your passport at hand. If you want to change money in a hotel, you usually have to be a guest there. Sometimes if you are not a guest in a hotel but need to change money there, you can just say a random room number, but this doesn't always work. Remember to keep the exchange slip well because you need this slip to change the Chinese Yuan back to your currency if you do have this need at the end of the tour. At present, the RMB is not exchangeable on the International market, so it is only usable within the country. So when you are changing money, don't change too much, because it is difficult to change back into other currencies. To change RMB back into your home currency, you must retain the exchange slips that are given to you at the bank or money exchange counter.

Shenzhen is a shopping paradise for both residents and visitors. On weekends, crowds of Hong Kong shoppers pour into the city searching from luxury stores to street stalls for various things from international brands to local products. Following is a list of the most popular shopping areas in the city. North Huaqiang Area (Hua Qiang Bei) is the most prosperous shopping area in Shenzhen; it is home to dozens of market places for electronic products, home appliances, timepieces, clothing and jewelry. Some market places each house hundreds of shops, from flagship stores selling big brands to small boutiques where you can bargain. It is also a great place to dine, with plenty of restaurants offering various Chinese cuisines and foreign brands like Pizza Hut, Hagen Daas and AijiSen. Luohu Commercial City is the shopping area closest to Hong Kong, usually crowded on weekends. The five-story building houses many stores selling clothes, jewelry, fashion accessories and traditional craftworks. Dongmen Area is one the oldest commercial centers in Shenzhen which highlights a walking street flanked by humming stores. It is a good place to buy clothes, handbags, fashion accessories, jewelry, handicrafts, toys and small electronic gadgets.

Shenzhen Dongmen Commercial Area

It is normally called “Laojie ” (old street), being the commercial area with longest history in Shenzhen, integrating shopping ,recreation and sightseeing. It is a commercial area in Shenzhen with largest scale, most concentrated shops and most complete business categories, covering a land area of 176,000 m2 and composed of over 20 small streets.

Shenzhen Huaqianbei Commercial Area

Located on Huaqiang Road North in Futian District, it is the nation’s commercial area with the largest transaction volume. It is most well known as the largest electronic market in Asia, and visitors can buy teh most advantageous electronic products here.

Shenzhen Zhongying Street

Zhongying Street is located in Shatoujiao Town, Yantian District, Shenzhen City. The boundary tablet that was erected in the center of the street in 1898 with the inscription of "CHINESE BOUNDARY 1898 NO x ", splitting the original Shatoujiao Town into two sections with the eastern part called Shaotoujiao of the Chinese Boundary.