The Garden Expo Park - Nanjing

The Garden Expo Park covers an area of 3.45 square kilometers, about 5,175 acres. It is a new cultural and tourism complex in the Yangtze River Delta region and a humanities demonstration base for the cultural and creative transformation of industrial heritage sites in East China. The park was designed by many well-known domestic and foreign architectural design masters based on the characteristic landscape resources such as "gardening and gardening", "industrial heritage", and "mine cliffs". Four exquisite gardens have been created: Cliff Flower Valley, Time Art Valley, Suyunhui Valley, and Yunchi Dream Valley.

In addition, the Garden Expo Park has introduced well-known boutique hotels such as Banyan Tree, Marriott Westin, Autograph, Radisson Collection, and InterContinental Indigo, and has created experiential projects such as Coca-Cola. At the same time, the underwater botanical garden that combines innovation and nature will also become a highlight. Various elements have created a one-stop cultural and tourism complex for tourists that integrates leisure, retail, Dining, cultural exhibitions, and amusement experiences.

Behind the Garden Expo Park

Jiangsu Garden Expo Park is built as a brand-new tourist and holiday destination that integrates natural landscapes, family travel, in-depth experiences, and leisure vacations. It pursues a high-quality lifestyle that is different from urban living and a one-stop travel attitude that is different from conventional travel, allowing people to feel the unique and new experience brought by the Garden Expo Park during their "garden" tour.

Featured Attractions

Nanjing Time

The characteristic clock tower where visitors can check in is here, projecting Nanjing's past, present and future onto three clock faces. China's first clock was made by Nanjing native Ji Tanran and is called Nanjing Bell. The clock tower with three clock faces stands on a high-rise building in the main exhibition hall area of the Garden Expo Park. Shicang and the Big Ben in the UK are designed by the same company. An LED screen is built on the wall, and Chen Gang, the author of the Liang Zhu violin concerto, was invited to compose the music for the hourly time announcement.

Main Exhibition Hall

The main exhibition hall was originally the abandoned factory buildings of Yinjia and Kunyuan white cement factories. After being designed by Academician Cui Kai of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the main exhibition hall now integrates various functions such as industrial heritage protection, exhibition display, office meetings, and leisure services, becoming an industrial-style political and commercial center. In the future, 10,000 square meters of commercial space will be reserved here, and the Coca-Cola Museum, Camera Museum, Pioneer Bookstore, etc. will become surprises for tourists during their visit.

Featured Tours

If you want to experience a different way of sightseeing, you can choose to take the Garden Expo Park’s unique train tour. The new way of sightseeing and new perspective will bring more new and surprising experiences.

Small train (tickets required)

In addition to traveling through the flowers in the woods, the "special train" of the Garden Expo Park can also travel in the air, through tunnels, etc. The unique train tour experience is worth revisiting again and again.

Featured Experiences

The Garden Expo Park brings together a large number of fashionable and cultural check-in spots. Whether it is the Coca-Cola Brand Pavilion or the Pioneer Bookstore, they all attract visitors from all over the world with their strong cultural connotations.

Coca-Cola Brand Pavilion

The Coca-Cola Brand Pavilion showcases the history of Coca-Cola's development and innovation over the past century. It also sells various Coca-Cola Souvenir products over the years, allowing people to experience the charm of the magic water that has swept the world.

Pioneer Bookstore

Pioneer Bookstore is one of the top ten bookstores in Asia selected by National Geographic and has become a cultural symbol of Nanjing's humanities.

Featured Hotels

Hotels under the world-renowned resort hotel groups such as Banyan Tree, Marriott, Radisson, InterContinental, and Westin are gathered here, each with its own characteristics. Some face the mountains, some are by the lake, some are close to Jiangnan gardens, and some have a view of the sea of flowers when you open the window... The trouble with a wonderful holiday is which hotel to choose to stay in?

Suyun Thirteen Gardens - Immersive Jiangsu Cultural Garden Experience

Project Introduction:

Suyun Thirteen Gardens was designed by Professor Chen Wei, an expert on ancient architecture from Southeast University. Adhering to the design concept of "recreating the fine Jiangsu gardens with the ancient in a new way", it reproduces the classic ancient garden architecture of thirteen prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu in its original flavor, allowing visitors to enjoy all the classic gardens of Jiangsu in one day.

The full-time and full-area immersive traditional Chinese performance tour "Su Yun Xun Fang" is performed every day in the Su Yun Thirteen Gardens. Under the guidance of Jiangsu talent Li Yu, tourists meet historical literati, feel the unique charm of different cities, and embark on a Su Yun cultural journey in a dreamlike journey through the Jiangnan gardens.

One city, one garden, one story, one step, one scene, one surprise. The Thirteen Gardens of Suyun innovatively integrates experiential commercial scenes with immersive cultural exhibitions, including Chinese clothing and makeup, Kunyin coffee, oriental tea, and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts... Visitors can feel the classic aesthetic philosophy of Jiangsu gardens, depict the colorful Jiangsu cultural landscape, and experience the natural, humanistic, and beautiful Suyun elegant life in the interweaving of artistic life and cultural imagination.

Highlight 1: Master design - Professor Chen Wei, an expert in ancient architecture at Southeast University, presided over the design

The Suyun Thirteen Gardens were designed by a team led by Professor Chen Wei, an expert on ancient architecture at Southeast University. Adhering to the design concept of “recreating the fine Jiangsu gardens with the ancient in a new way”, the gardens are ingeniously conceived, combining the geographical and cultural characteristics of the thirteen cities with traditional garden culture for an overall layout, while creating twenty-four scenes, forming a seamless and picturesque Jiangsu fine garden against the background of distinctive geological features.

Highlight 2: Su Yun Xun Fang - a dreamlike all-time and all-region immersive performing arts tour

"Su Yun Xun Fang" uses gardens as its natural stage and unfolds in the form of an immersive traditional Chinese performance tour. Through diverse forms of expression such as situational interpretation, art installations, stage art displays, drama, dance, acrobatics, music, interactive talk shows, etc., we invite you to join us on a performance journey full of cultural heritage and poetic feelings. In the interweaving of artistic life and cultural imagination, it depicts a colorful picture of Jiangsu culture and realizes a dreamlike, full-time, five-sense immersive viewing experience.

Highlight 3: Cultural Gardens - See all the classic ancient gardens and architectures in Jiangsu in one day

The gardens in the south of the Yangtze River are the best in the world. The Thirteen Suyun Gardens reproduce the classic representative gardens of thirteen cities in Jiangsu in their original flavor. Taking the five major cultural veins of Jiangsu as the starting point, the gardens in Yangzhou and Taizhou with distinct canal culture; the Suzhou Garden, Wuxi Garden and Changzhou Garden with distinct south of the Yangtze River culture; the Xuzhou Garden and Suqian Garden with distinct Chu-Han culture; the Lianyungang Garden, Nantong Garden and Yancheng Garden with distinct coastal culture; and the Nanjing Garden and Zhenjiang Garden with distinct Six Dynasties and Jinling culture. In the Thirteen Suyun Gardens, you can see all the famous gardens in the south of the Yangtze River in one day.

Highlight 4: Ingenious gardening - Gardening and horticulture in Jiangsu

Suyun Thirteen Gardens not only strives for excellence in design, but also adopts traditional gardening techniques such as lacquer and one-shun-one-ding, and uses authentic building materials such as bluestone and small blue tiles. The construction of the ancient buildings is undertaken by two ancient building processing factories with a long history, Dongyang and Xinxiang, and the landscape is personally designed by garden landscape masters from Hangzhou and Shanghai.

Highlight 5: Suyun Aesthetics - Oriental Garden Aesthetics with a Scene at Every Step

Each city, each garden, each story; each step brings a new scene and a new surprise. Climbing up and looking down, you can see the 13 city exhibition gardens connected by flowing water, each built according to the terrain, with scattered pavilions, winding corridors, and high eaves. It is a culmination of Su-style gardens and landscapes, and the essence of the culture of rivers, lakes, and seas. Walking through it, the scenery changes with every step, as if you are traveling through a thousand-year-long river of history.

Highlight 6: Su Yun Xie Yi - a cultural exhibition space with innovative interpretation

Explore the charm of Jiangsu culture through the beauty of gardens. From outdoor gardens to indoor exhibitions, every space is a cultural scenic spot. Jiangsu culture is meticulously implemented in the exhibition space, injecting vitality into the Thirteen Gardens and bringing tourists a brand-new living cultural experience.

Highlight 7: Suyun Shili - a humanistic business experience space integrating exhibition and business

Chinese clothing and makeup, Kunyin coffee, oriental tea, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts...Suyun Thirteen Gardens innovatively combines experiential business scenes with immersive cultural exhibitions. Each venue integrates business, exhibitions, sightseeing and experience, forming a unique Suyun elegant life experience.

Highlight 8: Hualin Xunfang - Nanjing sunset viewing point

As a landmark building and unique cultural symbol in the Nanjing Garden Expo Park, Jingyang Tower, with its beautiful scenery of mountains, forests and trees, reproduces the elegant aesthetics of Tsinghua University during the transformation period of Chinese classical gardens. Climbing the tower, you can have a panoramic view of the park and it is a good spot to watch the sunset in Nanjing.

Su Yun Xun Fang - All-time and all-region immersive Chinese style performing arts tour

Project Introduction:

"Su Yun Xun Fang" unfolds in the form of an immersive traditional Chinese performance tour. Through various performance forms such as situational performances, traditional Chinese parades, science and technology performances, square singing and dancing, water performances, martial arts acrobatics, interactive talk shows, etc., combined with floating stages, artistic displays, interactive large screens, fog forests and other stage design methods, it realizes a dreamlike, full-time, five-sense immersive viewing experience.

Under the guidance of Li Yu, a talented scholar from Jiangsu, tourists step into thirteen cultural gardens with different styles, meet historical literati, feel the unique charm of different cities, and embark on a Su culture journey in a dreamlike way through the gardens of Jiangnan.

Highlight 1: Global immersion - a tour of traditional Chinese performing arts

The performance is divided into three themed performance areas: Seeking Elegance in Jiangnan, Asking about Etiquette in the Palace, and Military Exercises on the Battlefield. There are seven chapters in total and sixteen performance locations, covering major indoor and outdoor nodes, creating a dreamlike experience of being entertained all the way for tourists.

Highlight 2: Full-time tour - Garden performances are performed all day long

The performances are linked in a circular manner to create a intensive all-day experience of a hundred plays. Led by the protagonist Li Yu, visitors meet historical celebrities and travel through time and space for thousands of years, creating a full-time dramatic experience.

Highlight 3: Aesthetic immersion - Immersion in the oriental aesthetics of Jiangsu gardens

The performance is integrated into the classic ancient garden architecture and scenes of Jiangsu Province, where one step at a time brings out a different scene. Walking through the gardens, the scenery changes as you move, as if you are traveling through a thousand years of history. The beauty of the performance and the beauty of the garden complement each other.

Su Yun Xun Fang - All-time and all-region immersive Chinese style performing arts tour

Project Introduction:

Highlight 1: Global immersion - a tour of traditional Chinese performing arts

Highlight 2: Full-time tour - Garden performances are performed all day long

Highlight 3: Aesthetic immersion - Immersion in the oriental aesthetics of Jiangsu gardens

Highlight 4: Culture as the soul - innovative performance of Jiangsu culture

The performance focuses on the essence of Jiangsu culture, highlights the inheritance of Jinling's cultural heritage, takes performance as the body and culture as the soul, and innovatively interprets and performs Jiangsu culture, bringing tourists a cultural performance feast of Jiangsu style.

Highlight 5: Soul Enlightenment - Experience the Elegant Life of Humanistic Suyun

The performance combines viewing, interaction, touring and experience. During the immersive viewing process, cultural dialogues are carried out, aesthetic philosophy is felt, and tourists are given spiritual immersion and the understanding and inheritance of Suyun cultural life.

Hug Paradise - A natural healing parent-child paradise on the cliff

Project Introduction:

With the panda Baobao as its IP, Baobao Park covers an area of 91 acres and consists of two parts: "Natural Hill" and "Healing Valley", integrating multiple experiences such as nature, exploration, science, sports, and games. The park has many amusement facilities such as the Brave Tower, Water Power Factory, Water Book House, Xingqi Twin Towers, Slope Challenge, Cloud Slide, Linmeng Climbing Net, Baobao's Belly, Gummy Pillow, Qi Net Crossing, and Dali Panic Rope. Baobao IP theme parent-child restaurant - Baobao Restaurant, a one-stop happy experience for parent-child families aged 4-12. In this natural healing parent-child park, children can enjoy the charm of nature and Unlimited joy, feel the beauty of nature in exploration, and grow happily in love and hugs.

Highlight 1: Hug IP - cute and adorable characters can be seen everywhere in the park

Giant panda Baobao brings more panda friends to Baobao Park and becomes the new residents of the park, filling the park with colorful new energy. Look for Baobao friends everywhere, at the door, in the sea of flowers, under the umbrella, on the fence... Embrace the Unlimited childlike fun and embrace the fun of nature.

Highlight 2: Natural cliff - a non-powered paradise beside the cliff

A non-powered park built on the edge of a cliff in Nanjing, it retains the natural cliff and water landscape, creating a unique play experience immersed in nature. Children can run and jump on the grass, swing and laugh on the swings, and enjoy the joy of exploration in nature.

Highlight 3: Hug Restaurant - Panda Hug IP parent-child restaurant

At the Bobo Restaurant, you can taste delicious and nutritious children's themed meals, enjoy the wonderful Bobo Afternoon Tea, customize a dreamy and childlike themed birthday banquet, and enjoy a pleasant parent-child dining time while having fun.