11 Tiger Beach Playground in Dalian
Located in the southeast of the Dalian urban district, Tiger Beach Playground is composed of Tiger Beach Park, the Polar Region Exhibition Hall, the Spherical Screen Cinema, Submarine World and the Bird Singing Forest.
12 Dalian Forest Zoo
Established on May 24th, 1997, the Dalian Forest Zoo has six zones for pandas, kangaroos, tigers, lions, etc. It boosts both natural scenery and animal beings.
13 Dalian Ice Valley Tourist Resort
Ice Valley attracts visitors with its unique and intriguing landscape. Legend has it that Lee Shimin, a Tang Dynasty Emperor, led his expedition there and stopped in the valley during the spring. He was surprised to see that outside the valley was lush with green woods and colorful flowers, while inside the valley was a space of ice and snow. The emperor named the place of wonder "Ice Valley".
14 Dalian Xinghai Park
Located in the southwest part of Dalian, Xinghai Park features a 150000 square meter verdant garden comprised of lawns, trees, flowers and fountains.
15 Dalian Sun Asia Sea World
Located in Xinghai Park, Sun Asia is the only passageway-style aquarium for marine animals. The passageway, 118 meters long under the sea, is the longest one in all of Asia. Along the arched-type passageway under sea, one can enjoy the unusual submarine scenery and the natural habitat of over 200 kinds of marine animals, totaling more than 10,000 creatures.
16 Lvshun Museum
Lvshun Museum, a historical site and a world-class art museum, founded in 1917, stores over 3000 cultural relics.
17 Dalian Changshan Islands
With a history of more than 6000 years, the Dalian Changshan Islands are composed of 112 islands. In this fantastic island park with rural scenery, seawater is clear and the sand is clean.
18 Snake Island-Laotieshan Natural reserve
The development of eco-tourism on Snake Island is predicated on unified planning, scientific management, protection which claims precedence over all others, reasonably controlling the quantities of tourists and tourists’ activities, and augmenting scientific research.
19 Jade Buddha Temple in Anshan
Jade Buddha Temple is located in the urban district of Anshan city. The Jade Buddha, made of 260 tons of Xiuyan Jade, is the biggest Jade Buddha in the world. It was honored as the Biggest Jade Buddha in the world by the Guinness Records in 1997.
20 Mount Qianshan in Anshan
Mt. Qianshan, covering an area of 44 square kilometers, is in the south-east of Anshan, 18 kilometers away from Anshan city. It has 999 mountain peaks, nearly one thousand, so it is called “Mt. Qianshan” (“qian” means one thousand in Chinese). The highest peak, Xianrentai, is 708.3 meters high.