A Thailand Food Festival is currently underway at the Square Restaurant and will run through August 31 at Novotel Beijing Peace hotel.

Water basin mutton uses mutton and prepared soup as its main material. Other secondary materials include vermicelli, garlic sprouts, and coriander. In Shaanxi Province, people are most likely to eat the dish with baked buns or hard flour pancakes.

Located at the southwest corner of the west park of Beijing International Sculpture Park, Taiwan Street is the first street in Beijing with the theme of Taiwan culture and will become the sister street of Taipei's famous Shihlin Street in Taiwan.