[2025 Taihu County Attraction] Travel Guide for Five Thousand Fair Park (Updated Apr)

Address: East of Taihu Toll Station, Renmin East Road, Taihu County, Anqing City, Anhui Province Tour routes: One-day tour: Main Gate → Ancestral Roots Garden → Chinese Filial Piety Garden → Dragon Roams the World → Three Religions Unity Square → Five Thousand Years Cultural Corridor → Huabiao Square, etc. Two-day tour: The first day is the same as the one-day tour route. On the second day, you can visit the Zhuangyuan Building → Zhuangyuan Culture Wall → Wanfo Pagoda in Huizhou Cultural Village, etc. Notes: The Five Thousand Years Cultural Expo Park has two scenic areas: "A Thousand-Year Dream" and "Ten Mile Gallery." Ticket prices are as follows: Scenic Area Price (RMB/person) A Thousand-Year Dream Scenic Area 120 (night tour 80) Ten Mile Gallery Scenic Area 140. The main attraction here is the cultural landscape. The scenery inside is quite good, and there are many interesting attractions. You can bring your family and children here to enjoy the scenery and climb the mountains. Many exhibits in the cultural halls can also broaden your horizons and help you understand folk culture and traditional crafts. I saw many old objects here that are becoming increasingly rare. The museum is interesting! It's excellent.

Cultural Expo Park, a fantastic journey of humanistic art Taihu Cultural Expo Park in Anqing, Anhui, is a national 4A-level scenic spot. It perfectly integrates traditional culture and modern creativity to create a soul-stirring cultural feast. If you want to visit the Cultural Expo Park, you may refer to this guide. - Travel plan: It is recommended to spend 1–2 days there. On the first day, start from the "A Dream of a Thousand Years" scenic spot in the morning, step into the long river of history, admire the Hui-style architecture, feel the gentleness of the water towns in Jiangnan, visit the Zhuangyuan Tower, Magpie Bridge, and other iconic attractions, and experience the imperial examination culture and romantic legends. In the afternoon, stroll along the "Ten-mile Gallery" and admire the miniature buildings from all over the world, such as the Egyptian pyramids and the Arc de Triomphe in France, and enjoy the global customs in a short distance. On the second day, go to the "Century of Storms" scenic spot, which is based on historical events from 1840 to 1949. Through sculptures, scene restoration, and other forms, it vividly reproduces the magnificent years, allowing you to gain an in-depth understanding of modern Chinese history during the visit. - Transportation guide: If you choose to drive, you can directly navigate to the "Taihu Cultural Expo Park Visitor Center". If you take public transportation, you can first arrive at Taihu County Bus Station, and then take a taxi or a county bus to the park, which is very convenient. - Tickets and opening hours: The ticket price is usually around CNY 120, subject to the official price of the scenic spot. The opening hours are 08:00–17:30. It is recommended to plan your trip in advance to avoid missing the admission time. - Dining and accommodation: There is a food street in the scenic area where you can taste Taihu's special food, such as Taihu Douba, which is smooth in taste and paired with delicious soup, leaving a lasting aftertaste. In terms of accommodation, there are various hotels and homestays around the scenic area, ranging from budget to luxury, which you can choose according to your needs. - Travel tips: There are many attractions in the Cultural Expo Park, so it is recommended to bring comfortable shoes. If you encounter an attraction you are interested in, you may want to stay longer and listen to the tour guide's explanation, so that you can have a deeper understanding of the cultural stories behind it. In addition, photography is prohibited in some venues, so remember to follow the rules and visit the park in a civilized manner.

Five Thousand Years Culture Expo Park is a theme park that replicates and condenses the brilliant civilization of 5,000 years of Chinese history and classic historical stories and figures. 📍Detailed address: Five Thousand Years Culture Expo Park 🎫Tickets: Phase 1: 120, free for locals; Phase 1 and 2: 200 ⏳Duration: 3 hours 🗓Attractions: ✅Theme attractions of each dynasty: From Pangu, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties; ✅Root Carving Museum The root carvings are lifelike, with the theme of the four great classical novels, various animals, large dinosaurs, large lions, and facial expressions, gods, Buddhist culture, etc., all carved from wood, red pear, yew, camphor, and other large precious wood. ✅Hundred Years of Folk Art Museum There are ancient wooden beds, sedan chairs, daily necessities, and farming tools. ✅Pyrography Art Museum Various folk pyrography. ✅Terracotta Warriors It is worth seeing, so you don't have to go to Xi'an to see the crowds. Anyway, both places are replicas. ✅Strange Stone Museum There are rare stones of various shapes, and the Fossil Museum has rare fossils. ✅Ancient Tea Horse Road Museum Miniature glass windows show the entire journey of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, with miniature trees and mountains and rivers built in proportion, realistic and beautiful, and the ruins of the Ancient Tea Horse Road are replicated on the hillside; ✅Along the River During the Qingming Festival On both sides of the road, the scenes are built in proportion, vivid and interesting. ✅Hundred Years of History Museum From the Opium War to the founding ceremony, wax figures of several important historical events are displayed. 🍲Food: There is not much food inside. ❤Review: ✅Dilapidated You can vaguely feel the glory of the past on site. During the Spring Festival, there are few people, and the wind is strong. The outside is spectacular and clean, but the inside is dilapidated and desolate, with grass everywhere, broken tiles, and mottled equipment. ✅Good meaning The park presents 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through classic historical stories and figures in this theme park, which is not easy. ✅🎫Expensive tickets Although a huge amount of money was spent in the early stage, the 200 ticket is very expensive nationwide, and now many have already declined, and the maintenance has not kept up; ✅Test of cultural background: Those with a shallow cultural background and insufficient knowledge to understand these things. Chinese characters, dragons, Laozi, root carvings, dragon and phoenix, and Along the River During the Qingming Festival, etc., all require accumulated historical and cultural knowledge to understand.

Five Thousand Years Cultural Park is located in Taihu County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, on the west side of the Taihu County toll station of the Hu-Yu Expressway. The park aims to be a 'Chinese Cultural Theme Park' and is planned to be built in five phases: 'A Dream of a Thousand Years', 'Ten Miles Gallery', 'Hundred Years Cloud', 'Millennium Caravan', and 'Same Root for Ten Thousand Generations'. (Currently, only two phases are open) Visit Preparation Tickets: A Dream of a Thousand Years 105, Ten Miles Gallery 88, Night Ticket 39, children under 1.2 meters free, seniors over 60 have discounted tickets. Parking: 10 yuan, park near the South Gate entrance parking lot, and walk 10 minutes to reach the park entrance. Park Attractions The park features a Five Thousand Years Cultural Corridor, Laozi the Greatest, Huangmei Opera Art Street, Panlong, Ancient Cultural Walkway, Four Great Classical Novels Cultural Park, Chinese Filial Piety Park, Chinese Love Culture Park, and other cultural attractions. From the creation of the world by Pangu, to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, there are themed attractions for each era. There are also the Pyrography Art Museum, Five Thousand Years Root Carving Cultural Park, and Hundred Years Folk Art Museum, among which the Five Thousand Years Root Carving Cultural Park is a highlight and worth seeing. Overall Evaluation Overall, the park's concept and goals are very ambitious, and it is said to have cost a lot, but the overall production is not refined enough. The special activities are not prominent and need in-depth planning and exploration. Many park buildings also need maintenance and redevelopment. It is suitable for a self-driving trip to nearby attractions.