Public parks in Chinese cities offer visitors a great way to spend a morning, an afternoon, or an evening. No matter what time of day it is, there are few places in Chinese cities where visitors can get a better idea about how the locals spend their leisure time. As such, China's parks are a paradise for people watchers.

Rarely empty, parks in the morning bustle with early birds out getting their daily exercise. Joggers throng the pathways, while supple octogenarians practice Taichi, swordplay or shuttlecock. In the afternoon, they might be filled with young romantics taking a stroll or paddling around the lake in a small boat. And in the evenings, they burst into life again, as families bring their kids out to play football, and the senior citizens return again, this time to sing some Beijing Opera.

In this edition of Chinese Lessons on www.echinacities.com, we're going to equip you with the vocabulary and expressions you need to get the most out of your visit to a public park in China.

Vocabulary and useful expressions

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