Laoshe Park

Located on Anhui Road, Shinan District, Laoshe park is the most famous street park in the island city, covering an area of 9615 square meters. The park is divided into North and south areas by Hubei road. In 1999, the Southern District was built with water holes, long corridors, scaffolding and other facilities, and a bust of Mr. Lao She was erected; in 2000, the northern district was built with a terrace overflow platform with multiple springs.

Laoshe Park

Laoshe park is located in the middle of Anhui Road, Shinan District, Qingdao city. It faces the intersection of Dexian road and Qufu road in the north and Hunan Road in the south, facing Qingdao Bay. Hubei road runs through it and is divided into North and south parts, which is an open park. In 2005, the park covers an area of 9800 square meters, with 10 employees and 500000 annual visitors.

Development history

The site of the park was originally a natural gully from guanhaishan to Qingdao Bay, high in the north and low in the south. In the north, there used to be a village of 100 families, named "Dacun". During the period of German occupation of Qingdao, green space was built, known as "tiliwaz Street Garden". It was one of the early parks in Qingdao, covering an area of about 8000 square meters. During the first occupation of Japan, it was renamed "Big Village Park". During the reign of the Beiyang government, it was renamed "the sixth Park". Because of planting roses all over the world, the flowers bloom luxuriantly, and the common people call it "dahuagou". In the 1930s and 1940s, the ground filled with ditches was turned into a garbage dump. Before 1945, it was leveled with the road surface. Platanus acerifolia, Ginkgo biloba, celadon and flowering shrubs were planted, and the park was simply restored. Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was barren.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, individual plant varieties were adjusted and cedar, cherry blossom, crape myrtle and other flowers and trees were planted. Build large rose flower beds, and Plant Euonymus japonicus hedgerows around. The swing, slide and sand pit in the children's activity area are updated, which is called Anhui Road Garden.

During the "Cultural Revolution", green space was destroyed. In the 1970s, the southern part of the garden became a gathering place for philatelists and a stall for buying and selling ancient coins. By the mid-1980s, under Platanus acerifolia and Cedrus forest, it had become a place for the elderly to play cards and chess. In the early 1990s, the real estate transaction crowd occupied half of the park; in the mid-term, it became a spontaneous farmers' market, with stalls selling vegetables, small department stores and fried dough sticks selling snacks occupying the whole park and the edge of the road. Trampling on green space, dumping sewage, garden out of control. After the Shinan District government organized forces to clean up and rectify, the park was restored.

In 1999, the Shinan District government invested 10 million yuan in the renovation. Because of its complex location, there are bus departure stations, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, restaurants and a large number of residential buildings. According to the current environment, it is designed as a park with shady waterscape and cultural landscape by Max architects Co., Ltd. The urban construction management committee of Shinan District organized the construction. It was completed and opened in the same year and named "Laoshe Park".

Park Landscape

The park is dominated by waterscape, which is naturally composed of six small scenic spots. Fountains, fountains, overflows, falls, small waterfalls and waterfalls flow into the sea from north to south. All water systems are paved with black marble. In the north of the park, there are East-West transparent scaffolding, square brick buttresses, steel frame beams and wooden trusses, dark red floor tiles and terrace, which are connected with multi-level broad stone steps to the south, forming area a with small fountains and small squares.

Area B is a spring with flowing water. The marble floor activity site on the west side is for sightseeing and leisure. There is a ground pump house on the east side of the park. The top platform has a unique shape for tourists' activities.

In the middle of the south end, there is a bronze medal of "Laoshe Park" inscribed by Laoshe's wife Hu Jieqing.

Area D is located in the south of the road. It is a terrace type multiple low fountain. In the west, there are Cedrus, Pinus bungeana and Platanus acerifolia planted in the open area, forming the active area of tree array.

In area E, there are multiple low fountains, in which there are several groups of steps for children to play. In the west half of the water pump house, the wall is covered with light red marble. In the upper part, there is a small colored square brick floor platform and an aluminum alloy fence. In the east side of the platform, there are 11 long stone troughs surrounded by granite, with lawn planted inside. The top of the troughs can be used for visitors to have a rest. At the south end of the platform, water is lifted by the lower pump house to form a waterfall converging in the stilling pool. The stilling pool is located in the west of area F, with a square brick buttress steel frame in the middle and a north-south shed truss in the middle, a long and narrow strip in the East, a Dutch brick floor, and several groups of cast iron flower frame and wood bar seats along the inner side of Platanus acerifolia, forming a quiet leisure area.

Main attractions

Sculpture of Lao She

Located at the south end of the garden under the Platanus acerifolia. Deep red marble pavement, rectangular stand with bronze statue of Lao She, facing south. The front of the base is engraved with "Mr. Lao She" inscribed by Mrs. Lao She, and the west side of the base in front of the base is carved with white marble stone, with an excerpt from Lao She's work Qingdao in May. The upper cover of the three books is engraved with the title of "Yinghai collection". On the east side, there are three bronze sculptures of oblique works, the back of which is respectively engraved with "clam collection", "ricksaw boy" and "Camel Xiangzi". It is the landmark of the park.

Other attractions

Zhan Qiao

Qingdao Tianhou Palace

Little Qingdao

catholic church

Naval Museum

Tourism information

Bus routes: No. 1, No. 367, Hubei Road station, No. 6, No. 25, No. 26, No. 202, No. 217, No. 220, No. 223, No. 225, No. 304, No. 307, No. 311, No. 312, No. 316, No. 321, No. 501, No. 2 tunnel, No. 6 tunnel, No. 1 urban sightseeing line, No. 3 urban sightseeing line, No. 2, No. 5, No. 8, No. 218, No. 301, No. 305, No. 320, No. 325 airport bus line 2 Zhanqiao station.

Take subway line m3 and get off at Qingdao station.

Green planting

In addition to Cedrus, ginkgo, Platanus acerifolia, Magnolia and other large-scale trees, most of the trees were adjusted. Remove the flower beds and the remaining hedges around them. Cedar is the main theme in the park, with various trees and waterscape. Sabina chinensis, cherry blossom, peach, Robinia pseudoacacia and a variety of spherical evergreen shrubs are planted. Berberis amurensis and Phellodendron amurensis form plant patterns, with seasonal flowers planted between them; three Pinus bungeana are isolated in the southern area; Cedrus deodara, Platanus acerifolia and other tall trees form three shade areas, under which stone or wood tree seats are built for visitors to rest, and 4-meter-wide Plaid lawns are built on each wing in the south. In 2005, there were 145 trees, 574 shrubs and 2100 square meters of evergreen lawn.

Address: No.19 Anhui Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong Province

Longitude: 120.321695

Latitude: 36.066489

Tel: 0532-82883635; 136853

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Lao She Gong Yuan