The park features several exhibition areas -- including a site museum that opened in November last year, a palace complex, an observation platform and an astronomy pavilion -- and aims to reproduce the Taosi relics site, which is the site of a Neolithic settlement in the Yellow River basin dating back about 4,500 to 3,900 years.

　　Wandering through the park, visitors can imagine the lives of their ancestors as they pass by the remains of a storage room, kitchen and icehouse, experience the ancient method of observing the sun from the observation platform, and touch digital devices in the astronomy pavilion to take a virtual journey through the vast cosmos.

　　“What impressed me most was the observation platform, which vividly illustrated the origins of the 24 solar terms,“ said Zhang Shiyue, referring to a time knowledge system developed by Chinese people through the observation of the sun's periodic movements. Zhang had traveled thousands of kilometers from China's southwestern Yunnan Province to visit Taosi.

　　“This trip has deepened my respect and love for the Chinese civilization,“ Zhang said.■

　　Visitors take photos of exhibits at Qinhuangdao Museum in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province, May 3, 2025. During the five-day May Day holiday, museums across China recorded more than 60.49 million visits, setting a new record and marking a 17 percent increase year on year. (Photo by Cao Jianxiong/Xinhua)