Weihai Park

Weihai park is one of the largest coastal parks in China. The park starts from Sifang road in the north and ends at Pingdu road in the south, facing Weihai Bay.

From north to south, the park has four theme scenic spots: Haiya, Hailian, Haisong, Haihui and a central cultural square. Weihai park is built according to the sea. The total length of the seawall is 3200 meters. It is constructed in three structural forms: large cylinder, large steps and large slope. There is a wave receiving platform for sightseeing on the shore. In the middle of the park, there is a large-scale cultural square with a length of 580 meters from north to South and an extension of 107 meters from the seawall revetment. Each square displays the theme with sculptures of different sizes and shapes, and sets off the sculptures with ups and downs and dense greening. The park forms two green belts along both sides of Haibin South Road. The green belt on the west side of the road is 30 meters wide, and the belt open park on the east side of the road is 70 meters wide. The greening adopts European brocade style, with lawn as the keynote and evergreen tall trees as the main. 130000 large Ginkgo biloba, Paulownia, cedar, Metasequoia glyptostroboides and more than 900000 flowering shrubs are planted. The whole project combines roads, parks and buildings for overall environmental design, forming a regional landscape of interdependence and organic integration of architecture, greening, sculpture, revetment and sea, forming a beautiful ecological coastal city picture.

Weihai Park

Weihai park is one of the largest coastal parks in China. The park starts from Sifang road in the north and ends at Pingdu road in the south, facing Weihai Bay. With a total length of 3218.6 meters and an average width of 144.3 meters, the park covers a total area of 465000 square meters. Weihai Park forms two green belts along both sides of Haibin South Road. The green belt width on the west side of the road is 30 meters, and the belt open park with a width of 70 meters is built on the east side of the road. Weihai Park started construction in February 2000, completed on May 31, 2001, and officially opened on June 1.

Practical information

Ticket information

Free Admission

Opening Hours

Open all day

Traffic information

Take bus No.10 or 39 and get off at Weihai Park station.

About the park

Weihai Park started construction in February 2000, completed on May 31, 2001, and officially opened on June 1. The park starts from Sifang road in the north and ends at Pingdu road in the south, facing Weihai Bay. With a total length of 3218.6 meters and an average width of 144.3 meters, the park covers a total area of 465000 square meters.

There is a central cultural square in the middle of the park and four main scenic spots from north to south. A large-scale main sculpture, four scenic theme sculptures and several sculpture sketches are set up in the central square and four scenic spots. Guided by the theory of ecological garden, the park greening takes the local tree species as the skeleton to form an ecological community with clear primary and secondary, alternate density, scattered, simple and lively, which fully reflects the richness and diversity of plant species. The park is full of trees and flowers. The sea, woods, green space, flowers, sculptures, rocks and buildings are organically combined to form a beautiful picture of an ecological coastal city. Weihai Park, with its large scale, exquisite design and excellent quality, has become a seaside scenic line integrating transportation, sightseeing, entertainment and leisure, with distinctive seaside features, rich artistic connotation and organic integration of humanity and nature. The landscaping project of Haibin South Road with the park as the main body won the "Luban Award" of China Construction Engineering in 2001.

Historical evolution

During the period of British forced renting Weihaiwei, the British opened up a commercial port area near the wharf, and most government agencies and commercial facilities were built near the wharf. The fort of Dongshan (now Dongshan Hotel) near the wharf is close to the sea and the mountain. With beautiful scenery, it naturally becomes a place for Chinese and foreign tourists and local residents to take a walk and enjoy the sea. At that time, there were shade trees and many flowers and plants.

In 1928, the British took advantage of the opportunity to reorganize the area, laying roads, placing seats, adding varieties of trees and flowers, and built a relatively simple Park, which was officially opened to the public on June 4, 1928.

After the recovery of Weihaiwei, Xu Dongfan, who was then the Commissioner of Weihaiwei management office, carried out large-scale reconstruction and expansion of the park in February 1934. At that time, the park was built with momentum, covering an area of 46000 square meters. At the top of the park, there was an auditorium called wangyunxuan, which could accommodate 300 people. At that time, it was the only auditorium in Weihai. The platform on the house is a good place for sightseeing. There is a colorful Pavilion called Changfeng Pavilion; there is a sports ground with complete sports equipment; there are 6 forest farms, 8 orchards, 16 flower beds and 2 grasslands. The park was completed in July of the same year and the inauguration ceremony was held on July 15. The park will be officially named Weihai park.

Weihai park has a very good location. To the west of it is the King Hotel run by Duncan Clark, an Englishman. The hotel was built in 1900, with more than 80 guest rooms, billiards room, tennis court and other sports and entertainment facilities. It was the most luxurious hotel in Weihai at that time, and most important guests from home and abroad stayed here. As a result, Weihai park adjacent to it has become a must for Chinese and foreign dignitaries. In addition, in the more than three years after the completion of the park, Weihai's tourism industry is also in a prosperous period, with nearly 10000 people from the Royal Navy coming here every summer.

However, disaster will come soon. In March 1938, the Japanese invaders set foot on Weihai and ravaged it wantonly. In August 1945, when the dying Japanese left Weihai, they bombed Weihai park. Wangyunxuan collapsed, the King Hotel became a pile of rubble, and the whole park was full of bullet marks That year, Weihai Park was only 17 years old! Since then, the construction of Weihai Park started in February 2000, completed on May 31, 2001, and officially opened on June 1.

Park layout

The park is located in Haibin South Road, Weihai City, south of the Central District of Weihai City, starting from Sifang road in the north and Pingdu road in the south, facing Weihai Bay. From north to south, there are four theme scenic spots Haiya, Hailian, Haisong, Haihui and a central cultural square. Weihai park is built according to the sea. The total length of the seawall is 3200 meters. It is constructed in three structural forms: large cylinder, large steps and large slope. There is a wave receiving platform for sightseeing on the shore.

Architectural features

The greening adopts European brocade style, with lawn as the keynote and evergreen tall trees as the main. 130000 large Ginkgo biloba, Paulownia, cedar, Metasequoia glyptostroboides and more than 900000 flowering shrubs are planted. The whole project combines roads, parks and buildings for overall environmental design, forming a regional landscape of interdependence and organic integration of architecture, greening, sculpture, revetment and sea, forming a beautiful ecological coastal city picture. The green area is 361000 square meters, and the pavement area is 77400 square meters. The park adopts a variety of light sources and high-tech products, and forms a colorful seaside night scene by means of street lamp lighting, flood lighting, contour lighting, internal light transmission lighting, etc.

infrastructure

The park has 7 parking lots, 5 public toilets, a number of bay type bus stops, public telephone booths and barrier free access and other service facilities. All kinds of pipelines are laid underground. In order to facilitate the leisure and fitness of citizens, children's playground and elderly fitness area are also set up in the scenic area.

Main attractions

Haiya scenic spot

The park is the largest theme scenic spot. It is about 360 meters from north to South and 75 meters from east to west, covering an area of 6100 square meters. It is not only a place for children to play, but also a place for the elderly to enjoy their family. The whole scenic area is composed of Haiya sculpture, fountain, sand pit, playground, pool, plant labyrinth, gate court, etc. The main sculpture "shell" is 6 meters high, and five groups of sculpture sketches such as "carrying kelp", "Penguin" and "beating top" are set up to attract children to play. Haiya square uses lively sculptures and landscape sketches to express the endless and prosperous scene of the son of the sea, implying that Weihai is moving towards the future vigorously.

Sea love scenic spot

Located in Haiya scenic area 580 meters south, 153 meters north and south, 75 meters east and West, covering an area of 3800 square meters. The main sculpture "Tongxin Jie" is 4 meters high. The implication of love for the sea is the beautiful landscape of Weihai, which makes visitors forget to return. It also shows that Weihai people love life and yearn for the future.

Central Cultural Plaza

Also known as the sea soul square, its theme sculpture is the protagonist in the square and the key symbol of Weihai park. Through it, tourists can understand that the sea spirit is a kind of spirit and strength, which is not only the soul of the Chinese nation, but also the soul of the people of Weihai.

It is located in the middle of the park, 580 meters long from north to south. The whole square extends to the sea, with a maximum distance of 107 meters. It covers a total area of 67000 square meters, including 39600 square meters of square and 24000 square meters of green area. The Central Cultural Square is also known as the sea soul square. The large-scale theme sculpture "Ode to the sea" is 10.75 meters high and 27 meters long. It embodies the invincible strength and indomitable spirit of the sea. It is not only the soul of the sea, the soul of Weihai, but also the soul of the Chinese nation.

In order to increase popular science knowledge for tourists and arouse people's awareness of environmental protection, a 3550 square meter building is set on the south side of the central square

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