Beijing's Water Supply Museum

The original intake pavilion built in 1908, which contains a shrine to the Buddhist goddess Guanyin

Inside the actual museum, there are interesting displays of how this place purified the water and then distributed it around Beijing. There are also displays of correspondence and official seals relating to the start-up, as well as items marking key moments in the history of the capital's piped water system, including architectural models tracing its development.

There's even a display showing buckets of water standing next to a public water tap, stationed at the end of a hutong, or alleyway. By 1910, outdoors taps had been installed all around Beijing, supplying clean chlorinated water. Residents could buy tickets and draw water straight from the taps, or have the water delivered to their homes in wooden buckets on carts.

In summary I would have to say that Beijing's Water Supply Museum is certainly one of the more unusual tourist attractions gracing the city, but I would certainly take issue with Ms Catherine Price. It will definitely be on my list of places I recommend to visitors that they visit before they leave Beijing.