East Lake Park

East Lake Park

Shenzhen East Lake Park, formerly known as "reservoir Park", is located in the east of Shenzhen city. It connects Wutong Mountain to the East, along the Yanhe Road to the west, and the South deep sand highway. It was built in 1961 and was officially opened to the public in 1966. It was officially approved by the forty-second meeting of the Shenzhen municipal government in October 1984. In April 1991, it was listed as a provincial-level scenic spot in Guangdong Province. In May 2001, it was rated as one of the first batch of "garden style and garden style" qualified units. In December 2003, it passed the certification of ISO9001 quality management system and ISO14001 environmental management system.

Donghu park is the earliest comprehensive municipal park in Shenzhen, which has a large area, many scenic spots, perfect facilities, sightseeing, recreation and service.

About the park

Donghu park is the earliest comprehensive municipal park in Shenzhen, which has a large area, many scenic spots, perfect facilities, sightseeing, recreation and service. After years of construction, the East Lake Park has developed a red line area of 152.59 hectares, built 12 scenic spots, more than 120 scenic spots, and developed 30 kinds of amusement projects. The main scenic spots are qigenshan scenic spot, No.1 gate scenic spot, No.4 gate scenic spot, ornamental flower and tree garden, Rhododendron sculpture garden, bonsai world, arboretum, ancient tree garden, fishing area, palm garden, artificial lake, Chenxiang Pavilion, etc.; the main recreation spots are dry land sled, amusement park, interesting animal garden, etc.; there are also open-air theater, Hongli calligraphy and painting Museum, gate court, tennis court, Jianxiang Pavilion, etc Large scale cultural and recreational facilities such as body garden, valley to mountain climbing Road, Xiling mountain climbing Road, etc. Thrush sparrow competition and chrysanthemum show are the traditional events of the park: thrush sparrow competition is held every new year's day, and Shenzhen chrysanthemum show is held from November to December, which greatly enriches the amateur cultural life of citizens and tourists, and is deeply loved by the general public.

East Lake Park has beautiful mountains and waters, pleasant scenery, quiet mountain view, dynamic water view, not only has a beautiful and unique natural scenery, but also contains a long history of human culture. Welcome friends from all walks of life to the East Lake Park to enjoy the scenery and cherish the past and the present.

Qigenshan scenic spot

Built in the 1960s, it is adjacent to the Shenzhen Reservoir with picturesque scenery. It is the center of the whole park. It is a historical witness of the reservoir construction, and also a main tourist spot for tourists at the beginning of the establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. It is composed of Red Mansion, Mountain Gate, Huating, promenade, laoleting and other main buildings, which are arranged along the ridge. The buildings in the scenic area have left the ink treasures of Dong Biwu, Mai Huashan, Xia Xiangping and others, which is a historical scenic spot in Shenzhen. The designers set up different landscape sculptures along the road in combination with the buildings such as the mountain situation, the gate, the Huating, the stone pillars, the corridor and the laoleting of the spoon soup mountain as well as the related cultural allusions, so that visitors can have a view, a taste and a thought with the change of time and space.

The gate of the mountain is simple and elegant. On the way to the mountain, the rockery is rugged, the road twists and turns, and the winding path leads to seclusion. The Huating Pavilion is decorated with red pillars and green tiles, and the corridor pillars are engraved with a couplet: "swallow the mountain light far away, and flow into the river lair flat.". (from Huang Feng Zhu Lou Ji by Wang Yu in the Northern Song Dynasty). The sculpture "source" in front of the pavilion uses three pieces of rubble as the frame, and the center is made of mirror stainless steel into a simulated water drop. It uses artistic techniques to convey the tourists' awareness of thinking about the source of water and cherishing every drop of water. The corridor behind the pavilion is high and low, which can be viewed from high and near under the forest. On both sides of the 100 meter long corridor, there are three open "Stone Book" sculptures in the form of granite and copperplate. On them are engraved the contents of the three times of construction of Shenzhen reservoir, as well as the pictures of the reservoir construction at different stages. Visitors can clearly understand the historical connotation of the scenic spot during the garden tour. Wutong Leting four ridge palace, the octagonal roof, occupy the top of the mountain, tall and spacious, on the top floor, overlooking the Indus mountain scenery, close to the reservoir lake light water color, unlimited scenery. Two stone enclosed trihedral sculptures placed in front of laoleting are inlaid with precious photos and Related words of state leaders Zhu De, Chen Yi, Dong Biwu, Tao Zhu and others who have inspected Dongshen reservoir project successively. Behind the pavilion is a statue of Dong Biwu.

Artificial lake scenic spot

The artificial lake scenic area is located in the center of the park, covering an area of 178 mu. It is divided into three parts: Upper Lake, lower lake and island area, with a north-south trend. The water of the lake flows in from Shenzhen Reservoir in the north and discharges to the south. It is surrounded by three islands and two entrances and exits in the scenic area. The three hole stone arch bridge in the Northeast lies across the blue waves and reflects brilliantly, connecting the island area and the fishing area. Between the Islands, there are curved bridges. There are waterside pavilions and pavilions beside the lake. The curved bridges in the island are hydrophilic and winding. The iron cable bridge in the southwest is about 50 meters long and 2 meters wide, Flying in the air, facing the waterside pavilion across the water, rippling blue waves make people relaxed and happy. Huzhong island is mainly landscaped by plants, and its arbors are mainly banyan trees, with appropriate amount of willows and palms. All kinds of banyan trees on the island grow luxuriantly, forming a good canopy density. The obvious roots on the ground make the environment of the island very quiet and far-reaching, with a strong subtropical forest atmosphere. It is a rare and elegant place to enjoy the scenery of lakes and mountains in the downtown area.

The pollution problem of the artificial lake in Donghu Park, which is concerned by the public and tourists, is expected to be solved. The sewage interception project of the artificial lake in East Lake Park was completed a few days ago, and the pilot operation of sewage interception and discharge was carried out. After the completion of the Artificial Lake sewage intercepting canal, the domestic sewage that has polluted the artificial lake for a long time will be fundamentally treated. The canal surface will become a sightseeing road along the lake bank of the park, and citizens and tourists will have a good place for leisure.

After the completion of the artificial lake, the sewage interception channel is 987 meters long and 3 meters wide (5 meters in some parts), which is surrounded by the artificial lake. On the basis of giving full play to the function of sewage interception, the surface of the sewage interception channel is built as a main garden road on the Bank of the artificial lake for tourists to watch and visit. From the perspective of landscape construction and safety precautions, all the canal surfaces and guardrails are made of white granite, and 50 street lamps and 28 leisure chairs are added along the side of the canal surface. On the basis of maintaining the original plants, trees and shrubs such as king coconut, triangle coconut, traveller banana, African jasmine, locust, Osmanthus fragrans, star spider eggs and so on are planted, creating a rich plant ecological landscape at the edge of the lake area, so that visitors can have a look at the beautiful scenery of the lake area along the lakeside.

In order to improve the landscape of the artificial lake, East Lake Park has also renovated the existing facilities in the lake area. The 50 meter long and 2 meter wide iron cable bridge across the artificial lake has taken on a new look after being repainted. Built in 1987, the lakeside green pavilion has been restored, showing a light, exquisite and antique southern style.

Plant landscape park

Ornamental garden

The ornamental garden was built in 1995, covering an area of 25000 square meters. It is a special garden with ornamental trees and shrubs as the main tree species. The ornamental trees mainly include kapok, Phoenix wood, Lagerstroemia indica, brandy, yellow locust, Erythrina, Magnolia, Plumeria; the shrubs mainly include red apricot, Lagerstroemia indica, evening primrose, Canna, mayingdan, red pomace, etc. These ornamental plants form a dense green landscape on the wide lawn by the combination of piece planting and point planting. Tourists can fly kites and play on the open lawn, and also taste the distant red and green trees, blue sky, white clouds and reservoir breeze in the shade of the surrounding trees. It is refreshing and unforgettable.

Arboretum

The arboretum was built in 1997, covering an area of 30000 square meters, planting 40 families and 116 species of common and rare tree species, with a total of more than 1000 trees. It is a new species resource special garden in the park. These tree species have their own ornamental features. Through careful arrangement, the arboretum has different scenes all year round. The foliage tree species such as maple, olive and flower tree species such as phoenix tree, flame tree, Lagerstroemia indica, Magnolia, Cinnamomum cassia and Sophora japonica are scattered orderly due to different flowering periods, which makes the arboretum full of flowers in four seasons. Visitors can not only rest and enjoy the scenery, but also learn a lot Some popular knowledge of Botany.

Ancient tree District

The ancient tree district is located in the east of bonsai world and the south of flower garden. It was built and opened in 1997, covering an area of 400 square meters. The ancient and famous trees planted here are Ficus microcarpa, Ficus obliquus, Ficus pumila and Ficus Pistacia, which are transplanted from Cai Wuwei. They grow vigorously.

Bonsai world

Shenzhen Donghu Park "bonsai world", the largest bonsai garden with the most varieties and the highest taste in South China, is located under the dam of Shenzhen reservoir. It covers an area of 30 mu and has more than 3000 bonsai pots. This is a joint venture between Shenzhen Donghu Park and Zhejiang Hongxin Garden Art Co., Ltd. Since its opening on June 26, 1997, it has received tens of thousands of friends at home and abroad. Bonsai has been exported to Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, and has established a good social image.

There are vigorous and simple pine and cypress bonsai, various kinds of miscellaneous wood bonsai, beautiful trees and stones bonsai, poetic land and water bonsai, small and exquisite miniature bonsai, and hundreds of Chinese elegant stone and some root carving art works. There are corridors, pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, halls, curved bridges, fountains and other garden sketches, equipped with sound equipment, and a garden tea garden in the garden. Visitors can enjoy bonsai and tea art with melodious light music.

Opening hours: 8 am to 18 PM

Charge: 10 yuan

Rhododendron sculpture garden

Rhododendron sculpture garden was built in 1997, covering an area of 46000 square meters, is a famous garden

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