Guhua Park

Guhua Park is one of the top ten tourist attractions in Fengxian District of Shanghai. It is located in the center of Nanqiao Town, Fengxian District. It is a large comprehensive park with antique garden. The park is free of charge. The park has been reconstructed and expanded for many times. At present, the park covers an area of more than 60 mu. Guhua Park has collected many allusions in Fengxian history, moved in and rebuilt a large number of historical buildings, so that the park has a strong historical and cultural charm and Jiangnan water scene.

Guhua Park

Shanghai Guhua Park is located at 220 Jiefang Middle Road, Nanqiao Town, Fengxian District, starting from Tangnan road in the East, Guhua mall in the west, Xinjian East Road in the north and Jiefang East Road in the south. The area is more than 100 thousand square meters, designed by Chen Congzhou, a famous architect, and collected from the essence of Jiangnan gardens. It was formally opened to visitors in 1984.

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Development history

In October 1982, the people's Government of the county reported to the city to build a 122000 square meter Park in Nanqiao town by stages. In March 1983, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of capital construction approved the plan for the construction of the park. In July of the next year, the land for the first phase of the project was approved by the Municipal Bureau of urban planning and construction, and the land of Shuguang village and Nanxing village in Jianghai township was requisitioned, totaling 50100 square meters. The overall planning and design of the park is in the charge of Sima Quan and Chen Jiukun from the landscape teaching and Research Office of the Department of architecture of Tongji University, and is constructed by Wuxi garden classical architecture company and Zhejiang Shangyu Gaibei construction company.

The construction started in October 1984. In the following year, 28500 cubic meters of earth were dug and piled, 1128 meters of lakeshore revetment, 733 meters of wall, 600 meters of stone slab and stone road were built. One old bridge was moved from outside the park, and 11 new arch bridges, flat bridges and curved bridges were built. In 1986, it completed the South Gate Scenic Area, autumn water park and park management room, restaurant and sales department. On October 1 of the same year, the garden was initially completed and opened to the public. It was named Guhua garden after Fengxian County, which originally belonged to Huating county. After the opening of the park, construction continued. Xingyuan scenic spot, children's paradise, sannu temple, Huanxiu bridge and Wanghai Pavilion were successively built. By June 1992, the first phase of the project was basically completed, with a total investment of 4.516 million yuan. In the same year, it was renamed Guhua Park.

Features of scenic spots

Guhua Park has a unique concept, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, platforms, buildings and pavilions, flowers, plants and trees. It has formed a clear architectural style, giving people a simple, elegant, quiet, comfortable and complete beautiful image, and has become a beautiful scenic line of Shanghai suburb tourism Shinkansen.

Guhua Park collects many allusions in Fengxian history. "Sannu Temple" is a simulation building, which is based on the historical event of "Wu Yue contending for needs". King Gou Jian of Yue led his troops to approach Suzhou, and King Wu ordered his three daughters to flee south. When they arrived at beierli of Nanqiao town in Fengxian, they were afraid to fall into the hands of Yue soldiers and hanged themselves on the spot. A large number of historical buildings, such as "the first bridge in Nantang" and "Xingyuan", have been relocated and rebuilt, which makes Guhua Park show a simple and elegant historical and cultural style. People have a different interest in exploring archaeology here. These "main" scenic spots with deep historical and cultural imprints also attract a number of tourists

Another group of tourists sightseeing, so that people linger "magnetic field".

Main attractions

The park is simple and elegant, mainly based on traditional gardening techniques, imitating natural landscape. The East and west parts of the park are rectangular. A park lake, which accounts for nearly 17% of the total area of the park, lies in the middle of the park. On the island in the lake, there is a park named Qiushui park. In the southeast of the lake, there is another park named Mingxing park. Hubei is sannvgang scenic area, and the west of the lake is a children's playground. The square outside the south gate is paved with stone slabs, covering an area of 790 square meters. A pair of stone lions stand in front of the door. Inside the door, there is a screen wall with granite base and green glazed tile top. It is 5 meters high and 14 meters wide. On the front of the screen wall is a square brick with clear water, engraved with the name of "Guhua garden" in the book of song Richang, and inlaid with blue stone relief on the back. The theme is taken from the origin of Fengxian's place name, that is, the legend of Confucius' student Yan Yan coming here to give lectures. There is a pool in front of the screen wall, covering an area of 96 square meters. In the pool, there is a lake stone peak. In 1994, 25 colored lights and 50 sprinklers were installed in the pool. Behind the screen wall is a platform. On the outside of the platform, a wall spring is built near the lake. The spring water flows into the lake from five blue stone taps.

West Lake

Located in the center of the park, covering an area of about 8000 square meters. Weeping willows and peach trees are planted all over the lake. There are 11 bridges on the islands in the lake and around the lake, all of which are made of granite. Most of the bridges are named after the original ancient bridges in the county, such as "Qixiu bridge", "Jiexiu bridge", "Xianghua bridge", "Huanxiu bridge", "Fushou bridge", etc. One of the largest is "Nantang No.1 Bridge", which was originally located on the East Street of Nanqiao town across the nanqiaotang (River). It was originally named Leshan bridge, but was renamed in 1736. The bridge was rebuilt in 1862, 25.8 meters long and 3 meters wide, with an arch span of 7.6 meters and 27 stone steps on both sides. In front of wulongbi spring in Hunan Province, there are three pavilions named Shuixiu, shuinuan and Shuilv. The finished pavilions are in the shape of a square mixed structure, with small green tiles and spikes, covering a total area of 27 square meters. There is an 11 curved flat bridge connecting three pavilions on the side of Biquan.

Autumn water garden

Located on Huzhong Island, covering an area of about 1300 square meters, it was built to imitate the abandoned Qiushui garden in xizhuangxing town of the county by brothers surnamed Zhang in the Qing Dynasty. There are Nantang first bridge, Xianghua bridge and Jiexiu bridge in the north and south of the island. The main building in the garden, Chaoran hall, is a three Bay, brick and wood structure, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, covering an area of 137 square meters. The hall was written by Chen Congzhou. In the hall, there are large-scale wood carvings such as the outline of ancient Chinese scenic spots and the sculpture of Confucius' disciple Yan Yan. Between the Chaoran hall and its moon accompanying Pavilion in the south, the tingliu Pavilion in the East chamber, and the hanbixuan in the west chamber, the courtyard is surrounded by cloisters and whitewalls. There are moon cave doors and leaky windows connecting with the outside. In the center of the courtyard, there is a pool and a rockery with lake stones. Two osmanthus plants and a pomegranate over 100 years old are planted. Osmanthus fragrans, Wutong, bamboos and plantain are planted elsewhere on the island.

Xingyuan

Located in the southeast corner, covering an area of about 2000 square meters, it was built by imitating the abandoned ancient garden of the same name in the northwest of Wuqiao county. The original guxingyuan was built in the Ming Dynasty, and its owner was Gu Fu, a Gongsheng. It was rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) and then abandoned. The garden is centered on a pool, and the houses are built near the water. The pool is long, narrow and zigzag from east to west. There is a river course connecting with the West Lake in the northwest. The main building yiwantang is located in the north by east of the pool, with three Ying, single eaves and hard peak, covering an area of 106 square meters. The hall is adjacent to water in the South and has doors in the East, West and North. Large scale wood carvings with the themes of "happiness" and "longevity" are displayed in the hall, as well as wood carvings with the themes of "Jiulong Xizhu", "Songhe Yannian", "Eight Immortals crossing the sea" and "Twelve hairpins in Jinling". The baofeixuan in the east of the pool has two floors, covering an area of 72 square meters. The Yangzheng Library in the south of the pool covers an area of 55 square meters. There are gull boats in the southwest of the pool. Although they are famous, they are not near the water. All the buildings in the park are of mixed structure, and there are corridors connecting the buildings. In addition, there are fan Pavilion (also known as Zhulin Qinghe) and Duhe Pavilion in the west of the pool. There is an island in the pool, on which there is a rockery. A lot of plum and bamboo are planted in the scenic area.

Sannugang

Winding in the north of the garden, it is 25 meters long from east to west and 14 meters high, with three main and secondary peaks. In the north of Nanqiao Town, there is Qiu mingsannvgang. It is said that King Wu fuchai buried sannvgang (or three concubines), which is a scene of ancient Huating county. The rockery got its name from it. Black pine is planted on the mountain, and Cinnamomum camphora, maple, Pittosporum, Sophora japonica, Myrica rubra, Pyracantha fortunei, Osmanthus fragrans, camellia, Rhododendron, zhongshanbai and bamboo are intercropped. The 13 meter high Wanghai Pavilion on the top of the mountain is a two-story building with octagonal double eaves and a sharp top. It is built by Xia Zhengnong and covers an area of 85 square meters. At the foot of the west mountain, there is a courtyard style building, named sannu temple, which is arranged on the north-south axis and consists of the gate, corridor, main hall and ear room. There is a pair of stone drums in front of the gate, with 10 stone steps. On the east side of the courtyard, there are rockeries and waterfalls made of Yellowstone.

Green planting

The main tree species are Cinnamomum camphora, Magnolia grandiflora, Pinus thunbergii, Ligustrum lucidum, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, weeping willow and oleander. Weeping willow, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, peach blossom, hibiscus mutabilis and Huangxin are planted beside the lake and river. The children's Park is covered with tall camphor trees, and the door is surrounded by Wisteria. 4677 trees were planted in the whole garden, the ratio of arbor to shrub was 1 ∶ 1.44, and the ratio of evergreen to deciduous was 1 ∶ 1.71.

In the northeast corner of the garden, there is a flower garden with an area of 6000 square meters, mainly cultivating bonsai and potted flowers.

Service facilities

The children's Park is located in the west of the park, covering an area of about 6600 square meters. The park is surrounded by walls, with Wisteria trellis and fountains at the entrance. There are pavilions in the garden, round, mixed structure, double eaves, small green tiles and sharp roofs, covering an area of 28.45 square meters. In the west, there is an antique corridor, and in the outdoor, there are water airships, electric motorcycles

Music toys, electric train, inflatable bounce, spiral slide, swing and other amusement facilities. Camphor, Albizzia, peach, Cryptomeria fortunei and Huangxin are planted in the garden. The lake is equipped with electric yachts for tourists. In the south of the park, there is a restaurant and sales department with an area of 75 square meters and sales department of 50 square meters.

Address: 220 Jiefang Middle Road, Nanqiao Central District, Fengxian District, Shanghai

Longitude: 121.467590332

Latitude: 30.917306900024

Tel: 021-57426892

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