South Park

South Park

The South Park is located at 309 Guohuo West Road, Taijiang District, Fuzhou. It was originally the villa garden of Geng Mao, king of Jingnan in the early Qing Dynasty. It was opened as a park in 1915. Because it was located in the south of Fuzhou City at that time, it was called "South Park of the city" for short.

In 2016, the South Park carried out a comprehensive landscape transformation, making it another large-scale garden after the West Lake Park. The redeveloped South Park opened on August 15, 2016.

Location context

South Park is located in Guohuo West Road, Taijiang District, the center of Fuzhou City. It is a park in the center of Fuzhou City and a garden building with rich royal style. It is a good place for citizens to get rid of the noisy urban life and feel the royal style. Lingbo arch bridge, more than 1000 color paintings and various pavilions are the biggest features of this palace garden.

Features of scenic spots

Using the highest level of Dougong color painting to create the Royal Garden

According to fan Sizhe, an expert from Fujian Institute of urban and rural planning and design, in the Qing Dynasty, the Dougong started from the center of the eaves column and was picked out from both sides. Each step was called one step, and the highest was eleven steps. Eleven steps were used by imperial palaces such as the Forbidden City, while nine steps were used by royal gardens, and the South Park archway was the highest in Fuzhou gardens.

The color paintings on Sangzhe hall, the main building of South Park, use Hexi color paintings, also known as palace building color paintings. The spiral color paintings are used on the archway, which is second only to Hexi color paintings in grade. These two kinds of color paintings are of Royal Standard.

Integration of modern "sponge city" construction concept

In the design of South Park, the construction concept of "sponge city" is integrated, mainly using green brick, permeable brick and other permeable pavement, supplemented by ecological grass ditch to form rainwater infiltration, drainage and purification system, and collecting rainwater to supplement the water body of artificial lake, so as to achieve the purpose of making full use of rainwater.

The lake in South Park is now named "Changhu". The person in charge of the site construction said that the lake water in the park was purified by biological and artificial methods. In the aspect of biological purification, aquatic plants such as lotus and algae are planted in the lake, and fish are cultivated to purify the lake water.

The garden road of the park is decorated with green bricks and pebbles, and the pattern is like a four petaled flower. There are drainage ecological ditches on both sides of the garden road. The bedding ceramsite of the ecological ditch is mainly used for planting flowers to maintain the water permeability of the flowerpot.

After the reconstruction and opening of Lingbo bridge, you can enter the cruise ship

Because the park has a large number of new classical buildings, there is a great demand for green tiles. The construction company stacked tens of thousands of green tiles beside the white wall to make the shape of brick wall and become a unique landscape. According to fan Sizhe, an expert of Fujian urban and rural planning and Design Institute, these tiles will be used for repairing in the future. "There are a large number of classical buildings in the South Park, and the construction unit will maintain them for one year after completion. In order to unify the style, the construction units prepare in advance and pile the green tiles into a shape, which is beautiful and practical. "

Now there are two arch bridges on the Changhu Lake in the park, Qifeng bridge and Luohong bridge, both of which are historic sites preserved in the South Park. Lingbo bridge is between the two arch bridges, which was demolished yesterday. As for the reasons for making such an adjustment, the staff of Taijiang District Bureau of landscape architecture explained: first, the South Park is a classical garden, and the arch bridge has a more classical style; second, the Changhu Lake of the South Park can be connected with pleasure boats, and the deck of the flat bridge is too low.

Restoration of rockeries with Taihu Lake stones

"Every scenic spot in the restored South Park has historical allusions, which enriches the tourist's tour content." According to reports, Wangfu rockery group is one of the few Wangfu garden sites in the South Park. Through the comparison of the old photos, it was determined that the rockery was made of Taihu stone, so Taihu stone was used to repair it.

Ryukyu Pavilion is the witness of "tribute trade" in South Park in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and also the bearing place of nostalgia of Fujian Ryukyu people. Luohansong and cherry blossom are planted around Ryukyu pavilion to commemorate the history of friendly exchanges between China and Japan.

Please use domestic stone tablet

The stone tablet has been put into the museum as a cultural relic, but now the replica stands in the square in front of the gate.

This is the origin of Fuzhou's domestic products.

Sangtuoguan, Wanghai building

Sangtuoguan was originally the "mulberry and cotton bureau" set up by Zuo Zongtang, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Province. In the early Republic of China, it was changed into "Sangzhe hall" for feeding silkworms and planting mulberry. Now mulberry trees are planted on both sides of Sangzhe hall to commemorate the history of sangmianguan.

Wanghai building is an ancient building in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the elevation of the whole South Park building. You can see the Minjiang River and the sea from this building.

Color Gallery

South Park is worth mentioning the promenade, it is more than 300 meters long, the most Fuzhou park. Moreover, the whole corridor is made of wood structure, with Su style color paintings on the beam, engraved with natural landscape and flowers, birds, fish and insects. Hundreds of paintings are all the same. Walking through the corridor, one scene at a time, it can be called the most beautiful corridor in the province.

Quyinghanxiang corridor

Suzhou style color painting outlines the beautiful landscape of Fuzhou. There are patterns on each beam, and the patterns are not the same.

Qingrutang, longevity Gallery

The whole architectural pattern of South Park is symmetrical. Here, there is a feeling of going through history.

"The garden is quiet and beautiful, and it's inside and outside the city." Historically, South Park and Suzhou classical gardens have similarities in design techniques, with uneven pavilions and clear lakes. There are many pavilions in the courtyard. On the winding path, or on the rockery.

All kinds of pavilions

LIANLI Pavilion

LIANLI Pavilion is a combination of two pavilions, which means "I am willing to be a bird of the same wing in the sky and a branch of LIANLI in the earth". Legend has it that single people can find their sweetheart when they go to LIANLI Pavilion.

Tenghuaxuan

It is characterized by a half pavilion built on the wall, which was rebuilt according to historical records. The most romantic thing is that the pavilion is surrounded by Wisteria. Wisteria is purple when it blooms. It's very beautiful.

Litchi Pavilion

In fact, later generations commemorated the pavilion set up by Zuo Zongtang.

Ask Mei Ting

The whole South Park is very beautiful, winding and secluded.

Green perfect, enjoy the flowers and trees

Another feature of the South Park is that it has a large number of flowers, plants and trees, and abundant varieties. In the garden, banyan trees are luxuriant and camphor trees are full of shade. In the spring painting garden, plum blossoms are widely planted. In the Siyi garden, Magnolia, Begonia, jasmine and Osmanthus fragrans are planted. The Rattan Garden is built against the wall and surrounded by Wisteria trees. It is worth mentioning that there is a 1700m2 lotus pond

Ancient waterfront viewing platform

Zailihua, Acorus calamus and Eclipta were planted in the pond. When the flowers bloom, here is also a scene that can't be missed.

Development and construction

In the early Qing Dynasty, the garden of this Geng family villa covers an area of 42000 square meters, which is famous for its terrace, forest and spring. There is a long winding lake, rockery, pavilions, corridors, curved pavilions and so on.

In 1866, Zuo Zongtang, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, set up the mulberry and cotton Bureau in the garden. After Zuo Zongtang died, Zuo Gong temple was built at the gate of the garden.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Wang Kaitai ordered the restoration of the garden and planted plum blossoms, which was renamed "painted Spring Garden". There are many pavilions in the garden, and the lake is as clear as Suzhou garden.

In 1915, after the South Park was officially established as a park, it was changed to enter and exit from the present gate. And built a martyr's temple in the park. There are also Sangzhe Pavilion, litchi Pavilion, Tenghua Pavilion, Ouchi Pavilion and Wanghai Pavilion.

In 1919, a stone tablet of "please use domestic products" was set up beside the museum.

In 1962, roads were paved and embankments were planted. Zuo Zongtang ancestral hall was demolished and built into a theater, and the wooden house of Fengchi Academy was moved as the gate of the park.

In 1972, the area of the South Park was reduced to 20000 square meters, with a zigzag embankment and railings; two wooden bridges were rebuilt on the lake as stone arch bridges, one of which connected the rockery on the lakeside with the pavilion on the island in the middle of the lake. A double deck building boat is built near the lake. You can get on board and have a panoramic view of the park.

In 1984, many children's amusement facilities and entertainment places for the elderly were added.

In 2016, on the basis of the original, the South Park carried out architectural renovation and renovation of cultural relics, creating a "Royal Garden" in Fuzhou.

Traffic and route

Due to the limited space, the first phase of South Park has not yet set up a motor vehicle parking lot. Please take public transport such as buses to the park as far as possible.

Citizens can take bus No.8, 29, 60, 76, 77, 81, 101, 109, 112, 169, 173, 179, 301, 302, 313 and 315 to "South Park Station".

Except for single seat wheelchair and stroller, all kinds of vehicles are not allowed to enter the park without permission.

History and Humanities

In the early Qing Dynasty, Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jimao's son, was killed in the defeat of anti Qing Dynasty, the Royal Palace was abandoned, and the garden was confiscated and owned by Chen Hengyou, a tobacco merchant.

In 1866, the South Park was purchased by the government, and Zuogong Temple became the only place to enter the park. The couplet of the litchi Pavilion in the garden says: "the pavilion asks whose house, and the Yings are lined with green trees; the silkworms prosper, and the quilts are better than the yellow cotton." I deeply miss Zuo Zongtang's advocacy of developing the sericulture and textile industry.

During the Anti Japanese War, the park was seriously damaged by the Japanese army, most of the buildings were destroyed, and it was a desolate scene. The martyr's shrine was once a place where the Japanese army held and slaughtered our compatriots, and then it was finally destroyed.

Chinese PinYin : Nan Gong Yuan