A number of tourist sites in Beijing have temporarily closed their doors due to recently implemented traffic regulations ahead of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. [Special coverage]
The National Museum of China recently announced that it will be closed from August 22 to September 3. Also staying closed during this same period is the Palace Museum and the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao Zedong.
Neighboring the Palace Museum, Zhongshan Park was not open to the public on Saturday causing performances scheduled to be held in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, which is located inside the park, to be postponed to September 5 and 6.
Beijing's Lama Temple will close on September 3 and reopen the next day.
Six public parks - Chaoyang Park, Longtan Park, Taoranting Park, Honglingjin Park, Yaowahu Park, Lianhuachi Park, and Yuyuantan Park will be closed on the morning of September 3 and will reopen after 2 pm on that same day.
Preparations for a military parade on September 3 has shut down a number of roads throughout the capital.
