Introduction to the scenery
The Great Western Hills, the capital's green crown and Beijing's famous ecological conservation zone, includes such natural scenic spots as the Phoenix Ridge, Yangtai Hill and Jiu Peak, the Cheerying, Qiwangfen, Xugezhuang and Guanjialing Villages and the 1000-year old temple of Dajue. With a profound history, rich culture and beautiful natural landscape, it has long been a good resort for having leisure and finding interests in Beijing's suburbs. The about 6.6-km long "Western Hill landscape corridor" finished in October 2009 connects all scenic spots of the Great Western Hills tourist area directly and lays a good foundation for forming a unified quality brand for the area. Moreover, the Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism Festival, 2010 entitled "Touring the Western Hills happily and enjoying a green and dynamic life" builds a beautiful scene for "high-tech Beijing, humanistic Beijing and green Beijing" by orienting itself to high-end leisure tourism, taking environmental protection and low carbon as the guideline and taking advantage of the festival just based on the above factor and in light of the features of all scenic spots of the Western Hills.

Organization of the event
Organizer:  People's Government of Haidian District, Beijing
Undertaker: Tourism Administration of Haidian District, Beijing　
People's Government of Sujiatuo Township
Duration of the event: September 20 to October 20, 2010

Theme of the event: Touring the Western Hills happily and enjoying a green and dynamic life

Composition of the event
Touring the Western Hills happily and enjoying a green and dynamic life -The opening ceremony of "The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010" and touring the beautiful Western Hills happily

Climbing up at the Double Ninth Festival and getting to know the Western Hills - All families climb up at the Double Ninth Festival in "The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010"

The closing ceremony of "The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010" and Forum on Development of Culture and Tourism in Western Hills

A series of activities
Activity I: Appointment with the soul—tour to discover the impression of the Western Hills
Activity II: Endless life—tour to preserve health and enjoy delicacies in the Western Hills
Activity III: Pray for and receive happiness—tour to learn the doctrines of the Chan sect in the Western Hills
Activity IV: Accelerate enthusiasm—tour to experience modern sports in the Western Hills

Schedule of the 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival　 

Item	Time	Introduction to contents
Tour the Western Hills happily and enjoy a green and dynamic life—the opening ceremony of “The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010” and touring the beautiful Western Hills happily	September 20	A leader announces the opening of “The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010” and four walking teams embodying the educational, high-tech, cultural and tourist features of Haidian respectively are organized on the spot for an interesting walking competition. Venue: Yangtai Hill, scenic corridor in the Western Hills
Climb up at the Double Ninth Festival and get to know the Western Hill—All families climb up at the Double Ninth Festival	October 16	Carry forward traditional culture and reexperience the scenes and features of the Great Western Hills through climbing up and praying for happiness.
The closing ceremony of “The 2nd Great Western Hills Autumn Tourism and Climbing Festival, 2010” and Forum on Development of Culture and Tourism in Western Hills	October 20	Summarize gains in the climbing festival by exhibiting the wall of beautiful pictures and issuing postcards about the beautiful Western Hills and invite industrial experts to talk about the future of the Western Hills in a salon.
Activity I: Appointment with the soul—tour to discover the impression of the Western Hills	September 20 to October 20	Guide tourists to take the historic sites in the Dajue Temple, Phoenix Ridge, Jiu Peak, Yangtai Hill and other scenic spots as the main visit routes, discover the scenes of the Western Hills through itinerant visits and record them by camera, DV or notes. Excellent works will be solicited and broadcast on TV.
Activity II: Endless life—tour to preserve health and enjoy delicacies in the Western Hills	September 20 to October 20	Exchange on and show diversified food and drinks in the Western Hills and the ways of preserving health by drinking Buddhist tea, etc. in the Dajue Temple, pick seasonal fruits in folk custom villages, taste dishes with special flavors in resorts, taste Dajue Buddhist tea in the Dajue Temple or make moon cakes in farmyards, which are all interpretation and extension of the ways of preserving health and having leisure.
Activity III: Pray for and receive happiness: tour to learn the doctrines of the Chan sect in the Western Hills	September 20 to October 20	Visit the Longquan Temple on the Phoenix Ridge, Taoyuan Temple and other venues where the ancients preserved life and held religious ceremonies and pray for happiness and do other religious activities by virtue of Buddhist meetings in these temples.   Fully tap the religious, cultural and historical characteristics of the Dajue Temple on the occasion of the autumn gingkgo festival in the temple, demonstrate the historical origin of the Western Hills and go to the ancient temples to appreciate the moon and drink tea in the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.
Activity IV: Accelerate enthusiasm—tour to experience modern sports in the Western Hills	September 20 to October 20	Let tourists experience different leisure time in the Western Hills by taking part in karting races in the hurricane paradise, interesting matches in the golf course, off-road motorcycle races and other modern outdoor sports.