Honor guards at Minsk World

The CITIC Minsk World theme park will hold a military honor guard festival during the weeklong National Day holiday. Performers will stage honor guard marches from China, the United States, Britain and Russia. A female honor guard team will make its debut, and a gala show will feature Cossacks.

Add: Jinrong Road, Shatoujiao, Yantian District

Hours: 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Tickets: 100 yuan

(HK currency accepted)

Buses: 68, 202, 239, 358

Ukrainian folk culture week at Window of the World

The Ukraine Bavirski folk dancing troupe will perform at the miniature Ukraine town at the Window of the World theme park during the National Day holiday.

Visitors can join the performers in flowery scarves and checked skirts. They can also taste authentic Ukrainian food and drink, including Kiev meat cake, duck stuffed with fruit, borscht and vodka.

Add: Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District

Tickets: 120 yuan (9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.)

30 yuan (7:40 p.m.-10:30 p.m.)

Buses: 20, 21, 26, 204, 209, 210, 222, 223, 101, 105, 113, 301, 310, 311, 320, 324, 328, 329

Metro: Shi Jie Zhi Chuang Station (Window of the World Station) Exits I, J

Farm games at Evergreen Resort

Guests at Evergreen Resort over the holidays will have the chance to compete in games inspired by rural life.

Transporting hay and three-legged races are part of the schedule. As part of the fall harvest season, visitors can pick melons and pumpkins.

They can also join staff members in making traditional Chinese handicrafts.

Tourists can participate in an environmentally friendly symphony banging on pots and pans with bamboo branches.

Add: 1 Qingqing Street,

Nanshan District

Buses: 42, 51, 76, 81, 350

Ice park opening in Shenzhen Safari Park

An ice park combining activities and sculpture will open Oct. 1 at Shenzhen Safari Park. Kept at a comfortable 20 degrees Celsius, the 500-square-meter ice park includes ice slides, ice sculptures, bowling, golf and target practice.

Newly arrived penguins from South America will join the Safari Park elephants, tigers, lions, birds, tiglons and ligers.

Hours: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tickets: adults, 100 yuan; children 1.1-1.4 meters, 50 yuan; children under 1.1 meters, free.

Add: East to Xili Lake, Xili Township, Nanshan District

Buses: 66, 101, 104, 226, 237, 240, 361

Sand sculpture at Dameisha

Thirty giant sculptures are being built along the Dameisha beach during the Dameisha International Sand Sculpture Festival through Dec. 24.

Since some factories only take three-day holidays, the beaches are expected to be most crowded the first three days of the holiday. Beachgoers are advised to go later in the week.

Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Add: Dameisha beach, Yanmei Road, Yantian District

Buses: 103A, 103B, 208A, 360, 364, 380A, 380B

(Li Dan, Cao Zhen)

New adventure game, magic festival at Happy Valley

A new adventure game where visitors play the role of archaeologists and explore an ancient site will open Oct. 1. The game features four sections where adventurers can get tips from a giant glass jar, visit an archaeological dig, and encounter a world of beasts, monsters and ghosts.

At the same time, more than 30 magicians from seven nations and regions will perform at the Seventh International Magic Festival during the weeklong holiday.

The program includes evening parades and daytime and evening street magic shows, where visitors can try the tricks themselves.

Tickets: 140 yuan (9:30 a.m.-10 p.m.), 50 yuan (7 p.m.-10 p.m.)

Location: Opposite Window of the World

Edutor: Donald