Guangzhou people's Park

The people's Park

synonym

Guangzhou people's Park generally refers to people's Park (Guangzhou people's Park)

People's Park (formerly known as Central Park), located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China, is the first comprehensive park established in Guangzhou. It was officially opened on October 12, 1921. The layout of the park is Italian pattern garden, in the form of square geometric symmetry. There are many ancient trees in the courtyard.

To the north is the people's Government of Guangzhou. It is located in the north of Gongyuan Road, south of Fuqian Road, east to Jixiang road and west to Lianxin Road, covering an area of 44600 square meters. In the south of the park, there is a park front station at the intersection of animation star city and metro lines 1 and 2. On the north side are the office buildings of Guangzhou Municipal People's government and the Standing Committee of Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress.

brief introduction

The people's Park is located on the traditional central axis of the old city of Guangzhou, covering an area of 44600 square meters. It is the first comprehensive park established in Guangzhou, known as "the first park in Guangzhou", and the old Guangzhou is extended to be called the Central Park.

The site of the park has been the official residence of the Yamen in all dynasties since Sui Dynasty. In Yuan Dynasty, it was the office of the governor of daosu, Guangdong; in Ming Dynasty, it was the office of the commander of the capital and once the palace of Shaowu regime in Nanming Dynasty; in Qing Dynasty, it was Pingnan palace and Guangdong governor's office; in 1918, Sun Yat Sen proposed to build it into a comprehensive park, named "the first municipal park". The park adopts the layout of Italian garden, which is square and symmetrical.

history

Since the Sui Dynasty, the garden site has been the official residence of Yamen. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was the office of the governor of daosu County, Guangdong Province; in the Ming Dynasty, it was the office of the commander of the capital; it was once the palace of Shaowu regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty; in the Qing Dynasty, it was the office of Pingnan Prince and the Office of the governor of Guangdong Province. At the beginning of the Republic of China, there was no public park in Guangzhou. In 1917, Sun Yat Sen proposed to create a park, which was designed by Yang Xizong, who graduated from Cornell University. The park was built in 1918 and named "the first municipal park". It opened on October 12, 1921.

At that time, Sun Yat Sen made many speeches to the masses to promote the theory of democratic revolution. On August 12, 1923, it announced the first park tour rules in China. In 1924, China's first large-scale "March 8" International Women's Day commemoration activity was also held in the park. In 1966, it was officially changed into people's Park and was still in use. As the first free park to demolish the wall, people's Park has naturally become a leisure sports place for nearby residents. It's really rare to have such a "green lung" in the residential center of Guangzhou.

Style facilities

The park adopts the layout of Italian pattern garden, in the form of square symmetry. The garden is full of rich local characteristics with towering ancient trees and hedgerow flowers. There are white stone lions carved in the early Qing Dynasty and a music pavilion built in 1926. After that, bonsai garden, children's playground, old people's pavilion, open-air music teahouse, exhibition building and other facilities were successively added. In 1987, six sculptures were built, including "the age of beacon", "Lu Xun", "Xian Xinghai", "warrior", "bride" and "coconut girl". According to the needs of the theme, the statues are made of bronze, Huanggang stone, white marble, red powder stone and other materials, which makes the works more full of vitality and artistic appeal and constitutes a unique landscape of the park. Since 1978, the park has held an annual Chrysanthemum Exhibition, a spring flower party and a Mid Autumn Lantern Festival.

Take bus No.77, 912, 215, 22, 24, 41, 102, 107, 108, 182, 191, 215, 233, 243, 164, 833 and get off at Zhongshan fifth road station.

Park activities

Since 1978, the park has held an annual Chrysanthemum Exhibition, a spring flower party and a Mid Autumn Lantern Festival.

Address: People's Park, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Longitude: 113.2639993896

Latitude: 23.126699447632

Tel: 020-83334842

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