Wenying Park

Wenying park is the oldest Park in Taiyuan with a history of 600 years. The park is located in the center of the city. It is exquisite and small. It is occupied by half of Wenying lake. In the park, there are Pengzhen memorial hall, small corridor, small Monument and so on. This is also the location of the eight sceneries "xunshuiyanbo" in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan Wenying Park

synonym

Wenying park generally refers to Taiying park

Wenying park is the oldest Park in Taiyuan City, with a history of 600 years. It is located at Haizibian in the central area of Taiyuan City, covering an area of 119000 square meters, of which Wenying lake covers an area of 39600 square meters. Due to its long history, the park changed its name several times.

Wenying Park, from haiziyan in the Ming Dynasty to people's park after the founding of the people's Republic of China, has gone through five centuries: after the revolution of 1911, it was officially called Wenying Park, which was changed to Zhongshan Park in 1928, Xinmin Park in 1937, people's Park in 1945, people's park after liberation, and children's Park in 1982 ”At the end of 2009, it was officially renamed "Wenying Park" and restored to its original name. The park has rich cultural connotation, numerous cultural relics and profound historical allusions.

Introduction to the park

Wenying park is the oldest Park in Taiyuan City, with a history of 600 years. It is located in Haizi side of the Central District of Taiyuan, close to Wuyi Square in the city center, covering an area of 119000 square meters, of which Wenying lake covers an area of 39600 square meters. It is not only a good place for provincial residents to relax, but also a cultural garden for people to taste history. Due to its long history, the park has changed its name several times, from haiziyan in the Ming Dynasty to Renmin Park after the founding of the people's Republic of China. After five centuries, it has gone through the three dynasties of Ming, Qing and Republic of China. After the revolution of 1911, it was officially called "Wenying Park". It was changed to "Zhongshan Park" in 1928. It was renamed "Xinmin Park" in 1937. It was renamed "people's Park" in 1945, and "people's Park" after liberation. It was renamed "children's Park" in 1982. At the end of 2009, it was officially renamed "Wenying Park" and its original name was restored. The park has rich cultural connotation, numerous cultural relics and profound historical allusions. There are Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (Quanye building), monument to revolutionary martyrs, glass tower, Zhuangyuan bridge, Chongde lutie, the former site of provincial No.1 middle school, and the only wooden Wanzi building in China. Most of these are key cultural relics protection units of the province and the city. The change of Wenying Lake can be seen as the epitome and witness of the change of Taiyuan.

Walking in the park, you can find splendid history everywhere and cultural atmosphere; walking through the simple Wanzi building, you can smell the fragrance of calligraphy; standing in front of the solemn Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, you can hear Dr. Sun Yat Sen's stage preaching the three people's principles and inspiring the passion of industry to save the country; stepping on the baiyushi Zhuangyuan bridge, you can see the scene of the Qing Dynasty scholars rushing to take the exam; standing in Zhuangzi In front of Yan's Memorial Hall of the former site of the Taiyuan branch of the Communist Party of China, proletarian revolutionaries rush to set up the party organization in Shanxi All these historical objects were built around Wenying lake, so the park was approved as a provincial cultural relic protection unit, known as "Wenying Lake" site of the 1911 Revolution.

essential information

Level: the former site of the 1911 Revolution is a provincial cultural relics protection unit

Address: No.99, Haizibian East Street, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Transportation: the southwest of the park is Taiyuan railway station and long-distance bus terminus. It's only 10 minutes' walk. The surrounding bus stops are provincial museum, Wuyi East Street, Liuxiang, Wuyi building Qiaotou street, Bingzhou Hotel and Qingnian intersection.

Main attractions: Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall (Quanye building), monument to revolutionary martyrs, glazed tower, Zhuangyuan bridge, Chongde lutie, former site of provincial No.1 middle school, and the only wooden Wanzi building in China.

Name evolution

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was established as a park, named Wenying Lake Park.

After the revolution of 1911, it was officially called "Wenying Park".

Dr. Sun Yat Sen came to Taiyuan, where he visited and gave speeches. In 1928, it was changed into "Zhongshan Park".

It was renamed "Xinmin Park" in 1937.

In 1945, it was renamed "people's Park".

After 1949, it was changed into "people's Park".

It was renamed "children's Park" in 1982.

In 2009, it was renamed "Wenying Park".

Peripheral facilities

Wenyinghu is different from the revolutionary traditional education base in the general sense. It is not a revolutionary legacy or landscape with only a single function. At the same time, it is also a cultural gathering place and economic distribution center with radiation effect. The Huanghua hall in the East is a temporary resting place for examiners in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and some remains still exist today. During the Republic of China, the Taiyuan Buddhist Association built the Great Buddha Hall on the South Lake, and often carried out Buddhist activities. Around Wenying lake, there are Chunyang palace of Taoism, mosque of Islam and Confucian Temple of Confucianism. These cultural relics and historic sites form a pattern of coexistence of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and Islam centered on Wenying lake.

Around the park, Shanxi Hotel, Wuyi department store, Zhonglou street, Liuxiang, Haizibian, Qiaotou street, etc. have long been well-known shopping centers in Taiyuan. "Mouse cave", "qingheyuan", "liuweizhai", "ninghuafu", "huataihou" and other time-honored brands with high quality, excellent service and good faith are all in it.

Introduction to scenic spots

Sun Yat Sen Memorial

On September 19, 1912, Dr. Sun Yat Sen came to Taiyuan for inspection, and all walks of life in the provincial capital held a grand welcome meeting by Wenying lake. Mr. Sun Yat Sen went up to the second floor of the exhibition hall to preach the three people's principles to the people from all walks of life in Shanxi and encourage industry to save the country. This is the only time in his life that he came to Taiyuan. His former speech hall has now been transformed into Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, standing on the North Bank of the lake.

Former site of Taiyuan No.1 Middle School (Qing Gong Yuan)

Located in the South Bank of Wenying lake, the provincial Taiyuan No.1 middle school is a school with glorious revolutionary tradition. Comrade Gao Junyu, he Chang and Peng Zhen, the early party members and proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, studied here and engaged in revolutionary activities. In the summer of 1924, under the guidance and help of Gao Junyu, the Taiyuan branch of the Communist Party of China was established here, marking the birth of Shanxi party organization. In October 2002, the memorial hall of the former Taiyuan branch of the Communist Party of China built by Shanxi Academy of historical records was completed in the former site of the provincial Taiyuan No.1 Middle School (qinggongyuan). The exhibition of Peng Zhen's life and achievements was also open to visitors.

One of the eight scenic spots in ancient Taiyuan

The famous landscape "xunshuiyanbo" refers to here. It is also known as "eight scenes of Yangqu" together with "juiwei Hongye, Lieshi Hanquan, Fenhe Wandu, Tianmen Xuexue, Tutang strange cypress, Shuangta Lingxiao and Xishan Diecui". It is said that there is a huge "golden rooster" beside Wenying lake, which is the location of Chaoxi gate on the east wall in Song Dynasty. On the East Bank of a hill, every day it first receives the bath of the rising sun, and finally bid farewell to the setting sun, the sun shines all day, golden, like a golden rooster. Legend: in ancient times, a giant turtle lurked at the bottom of the water and became a master of cultivation. Zhang Tianshi saw it through. He pasted it on the mound and lowered it to the bottom of the water. The mound then turned into a golden rooster, which is called Jinjiling. In the early Ming Dynasty, when the city was expanded, the mountains and lakes were all surrounded in the city. Every summer and autumn, the clouds and rainbow were beautiful. The people of Jin Dynasty called it "xunshui Yanbo". "Xun" is the southeast direction of Bagua, and Wenying lake is in the southeast of its city, so it is called xunshui. It is also a place for culture and education, a concentrated area of Confucian temples and Gongyuan. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Jining daolianjia cleaned up the "Wenying Lake", built a small pavilion in the southeast of the North Lake, inscribed with "Yingcui Pavilion", set up wooden fences around the lake, and placed boats indoors, forming the original prototype of the Gongyuan, becoming a scenic tourist destination. When the sun rises in the East, the beautiful shadow of Wenfeng's twin towers is often reflected in Wenying lake, just like two giant pens in the open inkstone pool ready to draw ink. Because there were many famous scholars in Shanxi at that time, there was a good saying that "the precious pen and the precious ink cast the unique prose". It is said that a monk from the South came to Wenying lake and found the beautiful scenery. He couldn't help praising: "no wonder there are many famous scholars in Shanxi, so Fengshui is also a treasure land.".

Revolutionary martyrs memorial tower

In March 1950, the first people's Congress of Shanxi Province was held in the auditorium of Wenying park. The meeting decided to build a memorial tower for revolutionary martyrs in memory of the martyrs who sacrificed for national freedom, liberation and happiness during the revolutionary struggle. After careful site survey, the address was selected in the south of Quanye building (now Sun Yat Sen Memorial). The memorial tower is a solid and heavy building with a square cone shape. It is composed of three parts: the tower base, the tower body and the tower top. The tower base is 1.08M high, the width is 6.8m, and the tower height is 4.1m. All of them are made of white marble. The tower top is made of bronze statues, about 3M high.

In 1965, the revolutionary martyrs memorial tower was designated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit. In 1995, the revolutionary martyrs memorial tower was named as the patriotic education base by Shanxi provincial Party committee and government. In 2014, with the support of Yingze District Party committee and government, Wenying Park organized a professional team to support the revolutionary martyrs

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