Qingdao Zhongshan Park

Zhongshan Park is separated from Huiquan square. The park is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea in the south. The forest in the garden is luxuriant with luxuriant branches and leaves.

"Donghai Huahai" is one of the ten sceneries in Qingdao, which refers to the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Zhongshan Park. Every 20 days before and after May Day, thousands of cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the park. During the Cherry Blossom Festival, tulip exhibition will also be held at the same time. Hundreds of thousands of tulips will bloom together with cherry blossoms. At the same time, peach blossom, peony and azalea are in full bloom. At this time, Qingdao people almost poured out of the city, and the Cherry Blossom Road was full of people. In addition, the annual summer Lantern Festival and late autumn chrysanthemum show are also a major event in Zhongshan Park.

There are also sculptures preserved from the provincial Garden Expo and recreational facilities such as Qingdao Huandong world, which are suitable for tourists with children.

Qingdao Zhongshan Park

Next to Tiantai stadium is Zhongshan Park, a comprehensive park in Qingdao. The park is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea in the south. With luxuriant trees and luxuriant branches and leaves, the park is the most characteristic scenic spot of vegetation landscape in Qingdao. The park is adjacent to Taiping mountain in the East and Qingdao botanical garden; it is adjacent to Qingdao zoo and Qingdao beech forest park in the north and Baihua garden in the West. Nearly 100 kinds of trees are connected with the four seasons flowers and trees of the park, and there is a vast sea of trees.

Historical development

At the beginning of the park

Zhongshan Park was built in the early 20th century. It was originally the site of Huiqian village, where there were more than 360 villagers, most of whom lived by fishing.

In 1898, Germany occupied Jiaozhou Bay and forced the Qing government to lease Qingdao. In 1902 and 1905, it acquired all the land of the village, demolished the houses and turned it into a plant testing ground.

Jianlin wood garden covers an area of about one million square meters, and fruit wood garden covers an area of about 40000 square meters. There are more than 170 kinds of flowers, plants and trees, and 230000 trees. Among them, the most distinctive one is the 20000 cherry blossoms transplanted from Japan, which forms the unique scenery of the garden and gradually becomes a park dominated by woods, orchards and flowers, later named "Forest Park".

After the war between Japan and Germany in 1914, Japan ruled Qingdao on behalf of Germany, and further expanded the cultivation of cherry blossoms, forming a nearly one kilometer long cherry corridor connecting the north and south of the park. The park has also been renamed "pre conference Park" and "Xu Park".

Changed its name several times

After China regained the sovereignty of Qingdao in 1922, it was renamed "the first park". In memory of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the pioneer of China's democratic revolution, it was renamed "Zhongshan Park" in May 1929, which is still in use today.

After the liberation of Qingdao, the Qingdao municipal government made further planning and construction of the park, making the park landscape increasingly perfect and becoming a comprehensive park with great influence in China.

Facing the gate of the park is the famous Cherry Blossom Road. Yinghua road leads directly to the zoo and becomes the main road of Zhongshan Park. On both sides of the road, there are tens of thousands of cherry blossoms, which form a beautiful cherry corridor. In early May, the light pink single petal and light red double petal cherry blossoms are full of branches, competing for fragrance and beauty. At this time, Zhongshan Park is dreamlike and charming.

Mr. He Wei, a famous modern litterateur, once described this vividly. In his memory of cherry blossoms, he wrote: "the vast expanse of brilliant cherry blossoms, like peach clouds, like hazy fog and transparent bubbles, are lighter than snowflakes and brighter than snowflakes. It seems to be in people inadvertently suddenly brilliant, radiant, charming and moving, to each visitor with endless joy. Flowers, on your head, you seem to feel the whole body floating in the sea of cherry blossoms. The gentle cherry blossoms seem to lift you gently from the ground. " With a few words, the charming artistic conception of "Dongyuan Huahai" is vividly described.

Characteristic plants

Every 20 days before and after May Day, there is an annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Qingdao. Qingdao people almost pour out of the city, and there are thousands of people on the Cherry Blossom Road. There is an atmosphere of "moving the capital in the blooming season".

The east side of Yinghua road is dominated by trees and orchards, with a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees. Cedar tree shape is beautiful, green and straight, is an important ornamental tree here.

After the successful seed breeding of Cedrus deodara in Zhongshan Park, Cedrus deodara in Qingdao settled down everywhere, from Dalian in the north to Hefei in the south. Even the beautiful Cedrus deodara in the memorial hall of Chairman Mao in Beijing was transplanted here. Cedrus deodara is dioecious, flowering time is wrong for half a month, male flowers thank, female flowers open, unable to cultivate Cedrus deodara branches dense, strong growth, good tree shape, rapid breeding. Therefore, Qingdao has become an important cedar breeding base.

In addition, peach is also longer than Zhongshan Park. It's tender and juicy. It's one of the treasures of summer fruits. It's very famous in Qingdao. When the peach blossom is in full bloom in spring, the unique varieties of the peach garden are covered by colorful clouds, which is very beautiful.

Each garden in the garden has its own characteristics. In the Osmanthus fragrans garden, there is a ten meter long vine corridor, and the vigorous vine branches are intertwined with each other. When the flowers bloom in spring and summer, the dense clusters of lavender vine flowers droop, and the fragrance is overflowing. It is refreshing. In the peony garden, there are many famous flowers.

On the west side of Yinghua road is a recreation area. The shady garden path and green lawn divide this area into several spaces, among which the children's paradise is the most popular one. The horses, bumper cars and small trains here attract many naive and lively children. The most exciting ones are the gliding dragon game machine and the new mad cow and mad mouse games.

The skyscraper on the east side of Sakura road is also very eye-catching. The tall crane rotates slowly. When it reaches the highest point, you can have a panoramic view of the park. Located in the west side of the small West Lake, is a small and exquisite artificial waterscape. The Jiuqu wooden bridge leads to the six corner Pavilion in the middle of the lake. The flowers on the bank are fragrant and the weeping willows are lingering. The breeze passes by, and ripples appear on the calm surface of the lake. Under the shade of flowers and trees by the lake, couples are close to each other and whisper in a poetic and picturesque voice.

Lantern show

The park's annual summer Lantern Festival and late autumn chrysanthemum show are also the most popular activities. Every midsummer night, colorful lanterns are in full bloom in the park. All kinds of official lanterns, gauze lanterns, boat lanterns from Chengdu, Zigong, Nanjing and other places compete with the traditional lanterns in the park, attracting countless lantern riddles. Since 1979, the park Lantern Festival has become more and more popular every year. It has become another large-scale activity comparable to the Cherry Blossom Festival.

The golden autumn chrysanthemum exhibition started as early as the 1950s, with more than 700 varieties on display in 1957. In 1977, the first Ju exhibition after the Cultural Revolution was held. Since then, more than 700 varieties have been exhibited annually. The purple Shuai flag, the black Mohe, the mandarin duck spreading its wings and the heavenly horse forcing the wind have become the most popular treasures among the chrysanthemums.

tulips

In the spring of 1995, Dutch tulips were introduced into the park. Before and after the May Day festival, lots of tulips are blooming, red, pink, yellow and purple, gorgeous and warm. Decorated with low hedgerows, flat lawns and tall trees, Zhongshan Park is quite exotic. Tourists stop to take pictures. Tulip has become another grand sight in Zhongshan Park after cherry blossom and chrysanthemum.

Ropeway completed

In 1994, a large elevated sightseeing ropeway was built in the park. The total length of the cableway is 1100 meters, with 110 comfortable double suspended chairs. There are two routes from Zhongshan Park to Taiping mountain and from Taiping mountain to botanical garden. The two routes take about 30 minutes to and fro. Visitors can take the cableway to view in the air. The park will be further developed in the future. It is planned to build Taipingshan Central Park with vast area and rich cultural connotation. The master plan has been completed by famous landscape architects. It is expected that in the near future, it will become a high-level modern park integrating Chinese and foreign gardening art, integrating Chinese and western garden architecture culture, and harmonizing natural beauty and artificial beauty.

Ruins

Huiqian village site is "the root of Zhongshan Park". The history of Zhongshan Park can be traced back to Huiqian village, a small fishing village in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty (1457), two brothers, Wang long and Wang Hu, the first ancestors of Wang's surname, came from Yunnan with their family members to Nanpo village in Taiping, Shanxi Province. They named Huiqian village and built a family temple called Mingxiu hall. The villagers made a living by fishing and multiplied from generation to generation. In 1898, after Germany occupied Jiaozhou Bay and forced the Qing government to lease Qingdao, it expropriated all the land of Huiqian village in 1902 and 1905, demolished the village and demolished the houses, established a plant testing ground and hunting ground, built roads and houses, planted flowers and trees, and set up nurseries, which is called "Forest Park". Before the meeting, the villagers settled in fushansuo, shalingzhuang, sunjiagoucha and Badu Lake respectively.

In 1996, with the support and efforts of all walks of life, Huiqian village site finally reappeared in front of the world. Zhongshan Park Management Office built Huiqian village site at Mingxiu Hall of Huiqian village, retaining the ancient locust tree, jujube tree and Huiqian village monument.

Not far away from a single style of white Pavilion, it is Wanghai Pavilion. Because before the meeting, the villagers made a living by fishing. After the men went to sea, the women looked at the sea, hoping for the safe return of their relatives. Now, with the acceleration of urban construction and the lush growth of trees, the pavilion can no longer see the sea, but its name has been used

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