This National Day holiday, Binhai New Area's cultural and tourism feast is in full swing, with weapons models, fully immersive VR, Chinese-style roaming, and coastal sightseeing trains... A rich variety of themed activities are taking turns at major scenic spots and venues, as residents and tourists come together for a wonderful holiday rendezvous.

Cutting-Edge Military Models Make a Splash at TEDA Aircraft Carrier Park

Since the holiday began, TEDA Aircraft Carrier Theme Park has continued to heat up with rising popularity. With its diverse cultural and tourism offerings and a strong festive atmosphere, the park has attracted visitors from all over the country to experience hardcore national defense power. Among the highlights, the "Sharp Sword Soaring to the Heavens: National Heavyweights" active-duty and retired weapons exhibition is the most eye-catching, allowing the public to receive national defense education and draw inspiration through immersive viewing. This exhibition displays shipborne helicopters, main fighter jets, missile equipment, and other land, sea, and air weapons models, including the Z-9 shipborne helicopter, Z-20 tactical utility helicopter, as well as Dongfeng-26, Dongfeng-41, Dongfeng-15B and other missiles, and J-10, J-15, J-20, J-35 and other air force fighter jets. Among them, the Z-20 tactical utility helicopter is China's self-developed 10-ton-class utility helicopter, which made its first flight in 2013, and its improved variant Z-20J was displayed on the deck during the 2025 Fujian aircraft carrier commissioning ceremony. During the National Day holiday, the park also added a "Military Bearing Tribute" honor guard interactive performance. On Medal Square, former Tiananmen National Flag Guard members dressed in standard military dress uniforms marched in neat steps, escorting the Five-Star Red Flag slowly toward the flagpole, while nearby tourists stood quietly, creating a solemn scene alongside the marching formation. As the stirring national anthem melody played, the flag raiser firmly grasped a corner of the flag and swung it vigorously, the bright banner tracing a graceful arc through the air, and tourists spontaneously sang the national anthem along with the melody. At the same time, white-haired veterans and children wearing red scarves in the crowd simultaneously gave the most solemn military salute and Young Pioneer salute to the rising flag. It is reported that during the holiday, the park integrated national defense science popularization, live-action performances, Chinese-style parades, and fun interactions into a diverse offering, allowing visitors to explore the aircraft carrier fleet on site, enjoy live performances such as "Aircraft Carrier Storm" and "Stunt Driving," participate in the "Interactive Challenge: Win Military Supplies" themed game in the park, and interact with parades such as "Auspicious Beasts Emerge from Paintings to Praise the Splendid Chapter" and "A Thousand Years of Silk Road Camel Bells Ring." "The overall activities are closely aligned with the core positioning of national defense education while incorporating popular Chinese-style culture and interactive experiences, fully covering the needs of visitors of all ages. We hope visitors can spend a National Day holiday at the park that combines cultural substance with a joyful atmosphere," said a relevant person in charge of the park.

Jinxiang Wildlife Park Offers Adorable Companionship

On October 3, the third day of the National Day holiday, Jinxiang Wildlife Park continued to draw high crowds. Many families took advantage of the fine weather to travel together, unlocking a relaxed and warm parent-child experience. This holiday, Jinxiang Wildlife Park launched five new special themed performances in the walking area, deeply integrating animal science knowledge with entertaining stage performances to bring visitors an immersive viewing experience. The most popular among parent-child families is the adorable pet interaction zone in the walking area. On site, visitors can feed ring-tailed lemurs, alpacas, deer, rabbits, and other cute animals up close, and many parents raise their cameras to capture the moment their children make eye contact with the animals. Children who were originally shy, after more than ten minutes of interacting with the pets, smiled and shared their joy with their parents. This holiday, the park also specially introduced an intangible cultural heritage monkey show performance, where performers with well-trained monkeys had adults and children in the audience laughing together. Park staff explained that to ensure a quality experience, dedicated personnel are arranged to guide visitors in civilized interaction, and sufficient animal food has been prepared in advance to ensure the health of the animals. In the remaining holiday period, the park's special performances and pet interaction programs will continue to be available, allowing visitors of different ages to find their own fun here.

National Maritime Museum Launches "Whale Song Echo" Fully Immersive VR Project for National Day

This National Day holiday, the National Maritime Museum, building on its existing regular exhibition halls such as "Ancient Ocean, Today's Ocean, Age of Dragons, Ocean and Astronomy, Future Ocean," launched immersive experience projects and multiple performance activities, creating a content-rich maritime cultural and tourism feast for visitors from all over the country. On October 1, the "Whale Song Echo" fully immersive VR experience project went online. This experience project is jointly produced by the National Maritime Museum, Tianjin Bincheng Marine Culture Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and GECHUANG Vision (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd., with whale rescue as the main storyline, comprehensively using virtual reality VR, mixed reality MR, and real-time positioning technology to build a brand-new deep-sea experience space and product that integrates historical, educational, and entertaining elements for visitors. The story in the product is based on the real history of a giant whale stranding discovered in Chengtougu, Binhai New Area in 1919, when the newly established Tianjin Museum organized a "Whale Viewing Exhibition" at Jinhua Mall in Tianjin Da Hutong, and the April 23, 1919 edition of Yishi Bao published the news "Giant Whale to Be Displayed." Combined with the finless porpoise plastinated specimen from the National Maritime Museum's top ten collections, the creative team, under the guidance of Tianjin cultural and historical scholars and marine science experts from the National Maritime Museum, cleverly combined these two themes to create "Whale Song Echo," the National Maritime Museum's first fully immersive VR experience work. The project replaces traditional walk-through experiences with a seated viewing experience. After putting on VR glasses and equipment, participants feel as if they have entered a submersible, sitting at the control panel and personally initiating the dive procedure from a first-person perspective, continuously traveling into the deep sea. It is worth mentioning that during the deep-sea journey, participants must personally complete a series of interactive tasks such as cleaning up marine debris and untangling ghost fishing nets wrapped around whales, ultimately helping the trapped whale swim back to the open depths of the ocean. "The entire experience process has no rigid preaching, but through first-person rescue actions, it allows the audience to intuitively feel the serious harm that marine debris causes to marine life, conveying the concept of marine ecological protection to every participant." It is understood that in terms of content innovation, "Whale Song Echo" is the first fully customized VR digital experience product combined with the National Maritime Museum's precious collections, aiming to allow visitors to appreciate the harmonious relationship between humanity and nature through touring the National Maritime Museum, thereby arousing everyone's reverence for and protection of the ocean, nature, and all marine life. It is reported that this project is a beneficial attempt to bring museum artifacts to life, promote Binhai New Area's marine culture, and empower cultural tourism through technology. Next, the National Maritime Museum plans to promote the "Whale Song Echo" fully immersive VR digital experience project to natural history, maritime, and cultural history museums domestically and internationally. The project will continue until mid-2027, during which the project team will continuously enrich the product's digital content and digital scenes, creating versions with greater educational significance and entertainment value for visitors. It is reported that during this holiday, the National Maritime Museum extended its opening hours to 20:00 daily. Fun activities such as museum exploration and decoding, perler bead experiences, and postcard messages change every day. In addition, the venue simultaneously released multiple new 3D and 4D films during the holiday, further enriching cultural offerings and carrying the spirit of science popularization, fun, and festive atmosphere throughout the entire holiday.

Day-and-Night Coordination Creates a Cultural Tourism Feast, Tianjin Fangte's Chinese-Style Roaming Draws Big Crowds

Riding attractions, participating in interactions, watching performances... Since the National Day holiday began, Tianjin Fangte Happy World has launched a series of special activities under the theme "Celebrate the Double Festival with Tianjin Splendor, Happy Family Outings," with a newly upgraded Zhenhai Fang Chinese-style street district, extended-hours amusement projects, and day-to-night entertainment activities attracting parent-child families and young tourists from across the country. The most popular new highlight this holiday is the Ming Dynasty market-style Chinese cultural street district centered on "Zhenhai Fang." The district replicates the Ming Dynasty market atmosphere, with ancient-style alleys arranged in a scattered pattern, ancient lanterns and market decorations visible everywhere, and performers dressed in Ming Dynasty military attire and market clothing moving about. Visitors can interact with performers in the district or roam through it, experiencing traditional culture up close and enjoying highly distinctive Chinese-style cultural tourism projects. Inside the scenic area, every visitor's face is beaming with smiles. The reporter learned that during the holiday, the scenic area opened its night session, and on the basis of extending the operating hours of signature amusement projects, also launched performances that combine entertainment and interactivity to enrich visitors' park experience. During the day, performances such as "Bear Fun Harvest: Happy Meet-and-Greet," "Circus Training Camp," "Qi Family Army Recruitment," and "Fisherman's Inquiry" bring joy to visitors; in the evening, "Stepmother's Tea Party," "The King's Ball," and "Dream Mic King" offer close interaction with visitors; at night, "Castle Concert" and "Fangte Night Show" take the stage in succession, giving visitors unforgettable holiday memories. It is reported that all activities in the scenic area balance childlike fun and interactive experiences with general audience entertainment, providing visitors with an immersive, multi-layered experience through a "daytime Chinese-style roaming, nighttime lights and revelry" mode. A tourist from Liaoning said in an interview: "Walking through the district with my child, stopping and going, playing games and interacting with performers, my child was very happy and relaxed. When the castle lights came on at night, the atmosphere of the entire scenic area was very different from the daytime, both dreamy and romantic."

Coastal Tourism Heats Up, East Bund "Little Train" Proves Popular

During the National Day holiday, coastal tourism in Binhai New Area continued to heat up. Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City East Bund Park, with its frontline coastal scenery, attracted many tourists who drove specially to slowly roam along the coastline, feeling the sea breeze and watching the waves, maximizing the holiday relaxation. The entire coastline of East Bund Park offers an open view, connecting to Guanlan Corner Park in the south and Mazu Cultural Park in the north. The "Sea View" little train, highly popular among visitors, has its tracks laid tightly along the coastline, with retro purple and white carriages moving along the track, and the moving windows forming natural picture frames, allowing visitors to casually take comfortable photos without deliberately finding angles. It is reported that in addition to the "Sea View" little train taking visitors to enjoy the seaside scenery, the park's Azure Coast Campground is open to the public, with 40 tents meeting camping and sea-viewing needs, where parent-child families can spend a pleasant holiday.