Xining Botanical Garden

Located in Xishan Bay of Xining, it is a natural park. Originally, it was only a nursery of Xishan Forest Farm. In 1980, it was expanded into Xining botanical garden, covering an area of more than 1000 mu. It is mainly a terrace, and is divided into two tourist areas: the upper and lower mountain. The mountain is a forest area with more than 1000 mu of tree species. The main tree species are spruce, Pinus tabulaeformis, etc. Tall fir trees, like green towers, stand tall. The dense pine forest blocks the sky and the sun. At the foot of the mountain, there are nine gardens in the garden, including bonsai garden, Dingxiang garden, rose garden, pine and cypress garden, Dingxiang garden and rock garden, among which the bonsai garden is the most attractive. There are hundreds of bonsai of 54 families, 110 genera and 415 species. Its unique shape, architectural style has Suzhou garden charm, known as "not a famous garden, not Jiangnan, Jiangnan". Many foreign tourists are attracted to it. Dingxiang garden is the second largest landscape in the garden. In April, the lilac in the garden exudes fragrance under the breeze, which intoxicates the tourists. Because of this, lilac is known as the city flower of Xining. In the apple garden, visitors can do it by themselves under the apple tree, and sit around the table, tasting "covered bowl tea", drinking highland barley wine and eating "hand grasping mutton". It is called "wild drinking garden" because of its high interest. Here you can experience natural life and comprehend nature.

Xining Botanical Garden

Xining botanical garden is located in Xishan Bay of Xining. It is a natural park. Originally, it was only a nursery of Xishan Forest Farm. In 1980, it was expanded into Xining botanical garden, covering an area of more than 1000 mu. It is mainly composed of Tableland and is divided into two tourist areas: on the mountain and under the mountain. Xining botanical garden is a large-scale modern garden green space integrating sightseeing, popular science research, garden art exhibition, garden plant breeding and promotion, and endangered plant protection. It reflects the unique plant landscape of the plateau, creates the garden plant configuration art with plateau characteristics and local ethnic characteristics, and introduces domestic and foreign cultivated plants adapted to the local climate characteristics to enrich the garden Forest tree species and varieties, to provide the citizens of Xining elegant, beautiful rest and sightseeing places.

Development history

In order to adapt to the development of the times, improve the urban environment, enrich the greening tree species, make full use of the plant resources in the province, actively introduce the excellent plant varieties from other places, and meet the growing needs of people's leisure and recreation, Xining botanical garden was established in May 1981 with the approval of Xining Municipal People's government.

The botanical garden has built five functional areas: introduction and domestication area, science exhibition area, plateau plant ecological area, garden plant configuration demonstration area and garden management area, and six gardens in the garden: introduction garden, pine and cypress garden, huicao garden, Dingxiang garden, rose garden and bonsai garden, and has carried out a lot of research and demonstration work on tree planting and domestication, afforestation, landscaping and art configuration Xining botanical garden was basically completed and officially opened to the outside world.

The botanical garden now covers an area of 798 mu, located at the foot of the west mountain, 3 km away from the city center, with convenient transportation. It has a plateau continental climate with long cold winter and cool summer. It is located at 101 ° 46 ′ E and 36 ° 37 ′ n. The altitude is 2261-2325m. At present, 662 species of plants belonging to 286 genera and 97 families are collected and displayed in the garden, including more than 140 woody plants belonging to 69 genera and 37 families, and more than 100 herbaceous plants belonging to 35 genera and 22 families. It is a modern large-scale garden green space integrating science popularization, scientific research, sightseeing function, garden plant breeding and promotion, and endangered plant protection. It has formed a special park with beautiful environment, lush trees, colorful scenery and unique plateau characteristics. With lush trees, colorful flowers and elegant environment, the park is known as one of the eight new sceneries in Xining City - "early spring in Xishan", which is deeply loved by the public. Since 2011, in accordance with the work deployment of the municipal Party committee and the municipal government, our park has carried out a series of preparatory work for free opening: mainly to improve the effect of plant landscape in the park and increase the park infrastructure, a total of 44204 perennial flowers, 30900 grass flowers, 7584 flower shrubs, 5118 trees, 782m new lawns have been planted, and the bare land at the gate has been greening and planting There are 2914 flowering shrubs. 40 garbage cans were updated, 103 new ones were added; 64 ecological log stools, 32 cast iron stools, 4 round chairs around trees, 28 old chairs were replaced; 363 small plant signs, 154 large plant signs, 694 grassland signs, and 6 Introduction boards of special gardens were added. Meanwhile, the management of the Park was standardized, and the post responsibility, the assessment methods of botanical garden group and the management system were formulated and improved "Environmental health management assessment methods" and other rules and regulations. In September of the same year, on the basis of "three no reduction", the park was open to the public.

Main attractions

Introduction to scenic spots

Located in Xishan Bay, Xining botanical garden is a natural park. It is a large-scale modern garden green space integrating sightseeing, popular science research, garden art exhibition, garden plant breeding and promotion, and endangered plant protection. It reflects the unique plant landscape of the plateau, creates the garden plant configuration art with plateau characteristics and local ethnic characteristics, and is suitable for introduction at home and abroad Local climate characteristics of cultivated plants, in order to enrich the landscape tree species and varieties, to provide the public with elegant, beautiful leisure and sightseeing places. It covers an area of more than 1000 mu, mainly on the platform, and is divided into two tourist areas, i.e. on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain. The mountain is a forest area with more than 1000 mu of tree species. The main tree species are spruce, Pinus tabulaeformis, etc. Tall fir trees, like green towers, stand tall. The dense pine forest blocks the sky and the sun. At the foot of the mountain, there are nine gardens in the garden, including bonsai garden, Dingxiang garden, rose garden, pine and cypress garden and rock garden, among which bonsai garden is the most attractive. There are hundreds of bonsai of 54 families, 110 genera and 415 species. Its unique shape and architectural style are full of Suzhou garden charm. It is known as "not a famous garden competing with a famous garden, not Jiangnan competing with Jiangnan". At the entrance of the main entrance, the couplet of "a bay of green willows, Western Hills, early spring, a hundred scenic gardens, different states and paths" stands on both sides. Many foreign tourists are attracted by it.

Xining garden botanical garden is a professional botanical garden serving for urban landscaping. It is located at the foot of Xishan Mountain in the middle of Xining Nanshan Mountain, with a total area of 150 hectares. The whole garden is planned to be divided into five functional areas, namely introduction and domestication area, science exhibition area, plateau plant ecological area, garden plant demonstration area and garden management area. Xining botanical garden is a large-scale modern garden green space integrating sightseeing, popular science research, garden art exhibition, garden plant breeding promotion and endangered plant protection. It reflects the unique plant landscape of the plateau, creates the garden plant configuration art with plateau characteristics and local ethnic characteristics, and introduces plants adapted to the local climate at home and abroad Plant cultivation, in order to enrich the landscape tree species and varieties, to provide the public with elegant, beautiful rest and sightseeing places.

Dingxiang garden is the second largest landscape in the garden. In April, the lilac in the garden exudes fragrance under the breeze, which intoxicates the tourists. Because of this, lilac is known as the city flower of Xining.

In the apple garden, visitors can do it by themselves under the apple tree, and sit around the table, tasting "covered bowl tea", drinking highland barley wine and eating "hand grasping mutton". It is called "wild drinking garden" because of its high interest. Here you can experience natural life and comprehend nature.

With the improvement of people's living standards, the spiritual life is also improved correspondingly. During holidays, the botanical garden provides a tourist place for the people of Qinghai, and has become one of the new eight sceneries in Xining.

Sightseeing tower

Built in Xishan botanical garden of Xining City, the multifunctional sightseeing tower, 188 meters high, integrates radio and television transmission, tourism and other functions, becoming a new landmark of this ancient plateau city. "The Pearl of Puning" is located in the mountain area with an altitude of 2395 meters, covering an area of 20000 square meters and a construction area of 5800 square meters. The total investment of the project is 100 million yuan, including 50 million yuan from Pudong district government and 50 million yuan from Xining Municipal government.

The design conforms to the trend of the ridge and fully embodies the perfect combination of modern technology and nature. The whole sightseeing tower is composed of four steel structures with triangular cross-section, the upper spherical tower and the bottom tower. The overall direction of the 45 degree axis is facing the central landscape of the urban area. The square steel tower plane layout, combined with the round design of the sphere tower, continues the traditional concept of "round sky and place", so that the building and the environment are organically combined and coordinated. The total length of the antenna on the tower is 58 meters. At 103-125 meters of the sightseeing tower, there is a spherical tower with a diameter of 26 meters. It is mainly decorated with glass curtain walls, which can fully reflect the characteristics of transparent and bright spheres. There are revolving restaurants, sightseeing areas, etc. inside the spherical tower. Visitors can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of Xining when they climb the tower. The tower has three floors above the ground and one floor below the ground, including the urban planning exhibition hall, sand table model area and VIP reception room.

The TV Tower integrates radio and television transmission, sightseeing and city planning and display functions. It is about 1/3 of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, and is called the "miniature Oriental Pearl", and it is also a bright "Pearl of the plateau".

Geographical coordinates

Xining botanical garden is located at the foot of the Xishan Mountain in the western suburb of the city. It faces north in the South and has a plateau continental climate. be situated

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