One of the things I like best about Beijing is the beautiful parks. One that is less well-known by Western visitors is called Taoranting. It    1    (lie) to the west of the Temple of Heaven.    2    (open) in 1956, Taoranting was the    3    (early) modern city park constructed after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. Some 60,000 visitors come here every day.

The park gets    4    ( it) name from the Taoran Pavilion, which    5    ( build) in 1695. Scholars often gathered in this pavilion to read and write poetry. In the 20th century several famous revolutionaries (革命家) were    6    (close) associated with the Taoran Pavilion.

In common    7    other Chinese parks，this one also has a “park within a park” —Huaxia Mingyuan. The mini-park contains 36 pavilions in all, 10 of    8    are full-sized copies of famous pavilions in 10 Chinese cities.

One of the things I also love about Chinese parks is the way people come together to sing and dance and practice    9    (tradition)Chinese martial arts such as tai chi.

All in all, Taoranting is a joyful park    10    (experience) at any time of the year, and at only RMB 2 to get in, it has to be one of the best value places to visit in the entire capital.