China is a world-renowned destination for exciting theme parks. In 2016, out of the twenty largest and most popular amusement parks in the world, 4 are located in China (including Hong Kong)! China's theme parks usually offer a mixture of Western and local culture, exciting rides, theater or circus performances, and hotel resorts. Here are the top 11:

1. Ocean Park in Hong Kong

China's first and second most popular theme parks according to attendance are in Hong Kong according. Ocean Park has about 7 and a half million visitors a year and ranks as the 13th most visited in the world. Young people in the region like going there for the rides and animals.

It's main attractions are the dolphin and sea mammal acts. It also has pandas to see. It has one of the world's largest aquarium domes with thousands of sea animals.

• The Summit area has world class thrill rides such as the Hair Raiser.

• The Waterfront has Amazing Asian Animals and Aqua City. The Grand Aquarium has one of the world's largest aquariums.
• Old Hong Kong is a new mock-up of old communities of bygone eras.
• Marine World is the favorite with dolphin and killer whale shows.
• The Gondola ride is for amusement and transportation. You can see the park and the ocean from high above.

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2. Flying Kiss Theme Park in Wulong, Chongqing

Flying Kiss Theme Park

Flying Kiss Theme Park is a newly built (2020) entertainment facility in Wulong Baima Mountain Scenic Area, around 2½ hours by car from downtown Chongqing. Its feature ride is composed of two giant moving statues (52 meters or 170 feet high) at a cliff that overlooks the Wu River, a Yangtze tributary, from more than 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) above it.

The design of Flying Kiss comes from a romantic love story popular in Wulong, Chongqing. The male statue represents Chaofeng, the third son of the Dragon King, the king of the sea. The female statue is the Purple Fairy (Zhang Tianyang), the ninth daughter of the Jade Emperor, the king of the sky.

Chaofeng and Zhang Tianyang fell in love at first sight when the Purple Fairy played beside the river. However, when they were dating, they made the Queen Mother angry because they hit her carriage accidently, and she changed them into two hills with the Wu River in between them. Since then, they could only look at each other from across the gorge.

The “Flying Kiss” ride expresses a fond wish in the hearts of local people that lovers will finally be together. It is on Baima Shan (‘White Horse Mountain’, where the Purple Fairy is said to have been banished). The giant figures of Chaofeng and Purple Fairy begin bent down to the platform with the passenger pavilions in their outstretched hands. They stand gradually bringing passengers to a height of 52 meters where they can enjoy a panoramic view of the whole scenic area. Then Chaofeng and the Purple Fairy get closer and finally say goodbye, bending down to return passengers to the ground — all in 7 minutes. For lovers or couples, you can choose to ride separate statues to experience the romance.

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