{"id":376,"date":"2009-08-05T17:46:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T09:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdnphoto.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2009-08-05T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T09:46:46","slug":"tuanjiehu-an-urban-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2009\/08\/05\/tuanjiehu-an-urban-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuanjiehu: An Urban Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme01.jpg\" alt=\"A local gangster sports his dragon-encircled Buddha tattoo in the main pool at Tuanjiehu Water Park.\" title=\"A local gangster sports his dragon-encircled Buddha tattoo in the main pool at Tuanjiehu Water Park.\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Located in the heart of Beijing&#8217;s central business district, just north of the newly completed CCTV Tower, Tuanjiehu Park easily takes the cake for a convienent respite from the summer heat. While certainly not a fountain of youth, it still draws all walks of life from across the city &#8211; tattooed gangsters and children share inner tubes while lady boys in banana slings contest for sand space with the elderly. There is always a motley crew trying to catch a little sun or enjoy a quick run down a water slide. Just be wary of friends trying to bury you in the sand. Still, if you close your eyes and listen closely to the wave generator, you might as well be at the beach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme02.jpg\" alt=\"Located in the heart of Beijing&#039;s Central Business District, just north of the newly completed CCTV Tower, Tuanjiehu Water Park easily takes the cake for a convenient respite from the summer heat.\" title=\"Located in the heart of Beijing&#039;s Central Business District, just north of the newly completed CCTV Tower, Tuanjiehu Water Park easily takes the cake for a convenient respite from the summer heat.\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme09.jpg\" alt=\"A local gangster is fed a meat stick\" title=\"A local gangster is fed a meat stick\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-384\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme03.jpg\" alt=\"Enjoying a smoke in Tuanjiehu after exiting the water\" title=\"Enjoying a smoke in Tuanjiehu after exiting the water\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-378\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme05.jpg\" alt=\"The enclosing billboards at Tuanjiehu Water Park set the tropical feel in the midst of Beijing&#039;s burgeoning Central Business District.\" title=\"The enclosing billboards at Tuanjiehu Water Park set the tropical feel in the midst of Beijing&#039;s burgeoning Central Business District.\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-380\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme06.jpg\" alt=\"The fake beach is a Tuanjiehu highlight\" title=\"The fake beach is a Tuanjiehu highlight\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme07.jpg\" alt=\"The &quot;lady boys&quot; who frequent Tuanjiehu Water Park favor children&#039;s underwear to show off their goods and work on their tan lines.\" title=\"The &quot;lady boys&quot; who frequent Tuanjiehu Water Park favor children&#039;s underwear to show off their goods and work on their tan lines.\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-382\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme08.jpg\" alt=\"Thanks to the one-child policy, many of the kids at Tuanjiehu Water Park are doted upon by multiple sets of grandparents and enjoy only the finest swim accessories.\" title=\"Thanks to the one-child policy, many of the kids at Tuanjiehu Water Park are doted upon by multiple sets of grandparents and enjoy only the finest swim accessories.\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20090801_tuanjiehu_water_park_theme04.jpg\" alt=\"Swimmer cram against the wave generator\" title=\"Swimmer cram against the wave generator\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the heart of Beijing&#8217;s central business district, just north of the newly completed CCTV Tower, Tuanjiehu Park easily takes the cake for a convienent respite from the summer heat. While certainly not a fountain of youth, it still draws all walks of life from across the city &#8211; tattooed gangsters and children share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[39,79,178,236,309,358,382,387,428],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society_category","category-youth_category","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-gangster","tag-leisure","tag-photography","tag-society","tag-swimming","tag-tattoo","tag-water-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}