Wangcheng Park

Wangcheng Park

Wangcheng Park, also known as Luoyang Wangcheng park. Located in the Xigong District of Luoyang, Henan Province, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, it got its name because it was built on the site of the King City of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Founded in 1955, the park is located in the national key cultural relics protection unit in the west of Luoyang Cultural Center - the site of the King City of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Covering an area of 1080 mu, it is the first site park in China and the main venue of all previous peony fairs. It is also the largest comprehensive park in Henan Province

. It is the northernmost artificial breeding base of South China tiger in China, with 38 South China tigers. It is the largest zoo in China and the first in the world.

Development history

Initial construction

In October 1955, 291 mu of land was expropriated for construction, 152.64 square meters of greenhouses and offices were built, and 214 trees of 22 original varieties of peony were planted. In 1956, all the 15 mu peonies in bizhaiyuan, a private garden in the old city, were moved in. In autumn, 800 peonies were purchased in Xincun.

On May 1, 1956, Wangcheng Park was officially opened to the public. At the initial stage of its construction, the park covers an area of about 320 Mu and a green area of 250 mu, which is located in the south of Jianhe bridge.

extension

In 1957, a rockery was built on the east side of the square inside the gate, a grass pavilion was built on the top of the hill, and a new swimming pool was built. 938 tree peonies.

In 1958, two pavilions were damaged by gale and the swimming pool was destroyed by flood. Rebuild the swimming pool, build a new music pool, and then change it into a skating rink.

In 1959, a new square was built and a row of flower exhibition rooms were rebuilt. Jianhe suspension bridge and a large peony bed will be built. 2579 tree peonies were propagated. In 1959, 160 mu of land was expropriated, the north part of the bridge was expanded, and 1000 peonies were bred.

In 1960, the square was built and a row of flower exhibition houses were rebuilt. In 1961, the number of peonies increased from 22 to 33, and the number of peonies increased from 6 to 25. Jianhe suspension bridge will be built. In 1963, a large peony flower bed was built. In 1962, 7589 strains of peony and Paeonia lactiflora were propagated in the garden. In 1964, a group of painting and calligraphy exhibition rooms, an open-air film studio, and a group of goldfish room were built, and later they were changed into a ha ha Jing exhibition room. In 1965, the bird house was built.

It was built from 1967 to 1969.

In 1968, a white marble statue of Mao Zedong was built in the square inside the gate, and a placard was built in the center of the peony altar. In 1969, the grass Pavilion in the rockery was changed into a two-story Pavilion. In 1971, the open-air cinema was transformed into an exhibition room. In 1973, 100 peony varieties were added.

In 1974, three rows of greenhouses were built.

In 1977, the suspension bridge was demolished, a second peony altar was opened up, a Peony Pavilion flower bed was built in the center of the garden, and a circular corridor was built in the south to complete part of the greening project.

In 1978, the construction of the second phase of the project began. A new two-story office building and reception room were built. Roads were built and artificial rockeries were built. 32 peony varieties were introduced.

In 1979, it completed the construction of artificial lake and Peony Pavilion, exchanged 10 varieties of peony with Japan, installed large children's toy "children's plane", and completed the peony viewing area "Peony Pavilion", which is composed of 16 flower beds, covering an area of about 3 mu.

In 1981, a "jade belt bridge" across Jianhe river was built on the original suspension bridge to connect the north and South viewing areas of the park. The main project of the Panda House was completed, and the corresponding service facilities were newly built: restaurants, tea houses, photo studio kiosks; children's toys "spaceship" were installed. There were 141 kinds of flowers and trees in the garden and 249 kinds of flowers and trees in the greenhouse.

In 1982, a new peony flower bed and a peony flower bed were built in the original garden of Qiaobei, and guardrails were placed in the old peony bed in the southeast of Qiaonan. On September 21, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress passed an important resolution, which designated peony as the "city flower" of Luoyang, and designated April 15-25 as the "Peony Flower Fair" every year

In 1983, 2484 peonies were grafted. The "slogan tower" in the cultural revolution period was demolished, and a new plaster statue of "Peony Fairy" was built on its original site, up to 7 meters high. In April, the first peony flower fair was held in "Peony Pavilion". On April 18, 300000 visitors came to the garden to watch peony, and 1.5 million visitors were received at the flower fair. We have received leaders from 28 provinces and autonomous regions. On March 8, it became the first group of civilized units in Xigong District. In 1984, the second Peony Fair received 1.3 million visitors, and only 220000 visitors entered the garden on April 22. In December, it was rated as the model of civilized unit in Xigong District. In 1985, 600 peony varieties were introduced, and the third peony flower fair received 1 million visitors.

In 1986, the west district was reconstructed, including the west gate of the park, the Zhou culture area and shaoletai, which opened up two scenic spots: "Ziting chunzao" and "Jiayan Jisheng"; four cultural spots: "Hetu Luoshu" stele, Zhouwangcheng city wall site, jishengzhu group of Zhou Dynasty, and "Wangcheng pattern ground", and shenyuantai, a total of seven building groups. On the basis of the original artificial lake, ten mu of Phoenix like artificial lake will be expanded, and the antique water tea house "zijunzhai" will be built. In the same year, shaole Art Troupe was established.

In 1987, there were 237 tree peony varieties, more than 11000 trees, 2500 tree peonies were propagated, and 13652 bamboo trees were planted. The green plants in the Western District have been set up, and the carving of shaoletai and its base have been completed. In the painting, there are 32 stories related to Luoyang in the 549 years from King Ping of Zhou to the unification of China by the first emperor of Qin. Therefore, this wall is also called "story wall". On Shao music stage, there are such classical folk musical instruments as Bianzhong, Bianxin and guzheng. In April of the next year, the main gate of the park was built and the antique Zhou Ding was built.

In April 1988, the main gate of the park and the antique Zhou Ding were built. 37 peony varieties were introduced.

In 1990, the contract system was carried out for some business sites in the park, and the effect was remarkable, and the first day increased. In 1991, the flower fair received 700000 visitors and received 2.5 million visitors throughout the year. It successfully held the "national famous flower exhibition" for the first time, and won the third prize of "fragrant single headed chrysanthemum" and excellent decoration award in the first Wuxi National chrysanthemum competition. The children's playground was newly built with "Lotus Cup", "sliding dragon" and "bumper car" large toys, and the gate was newly built with "bitaoyuan" and "green peach garden" The "Zodiac garden" is newly built in Qiaobei animal area: "Monkey Mountain" and "bear pond"; two groups of fountains are built in the square inside and outside the gate; an underground "mire Palace" is built in the east area of the park with an investment of 3 million yuan, with a construction area of about 2600 square meters.

development

In 1992, 3000 square meters of bamboo garden was expanded, more than 20000 square meters of lawn was planted with brick net, 4500 square meters of lawn was replanted, 1500 square meters of grass and flower belt was planted, 20 flower beds and 5 greenhouse houses were newly built. 2000 square meters of ostrich pen and chicken cage were reconstructed, and 140 heads of 9 breeds of animals were bred. In the next year, 1887.6 square meters of "cherry garden" was newly built, and "bamboo garden" and "wintersweet garden" were expanded; 10132 square meters of lawn was planted, the rockery in the eastern district was transformed, and 1200 shrubs were newly planted; 589 peonies were introduced, and 56 varieties of 120 peonies were adjusted. All the animals moved to Qiaobei. The inner side of the reconstructed gate is a fine peony garden, and a Peony Fairy and a fairy viewing platform are newly built.

In 1994, more than 2000 square meters of commercial housing and peony poetry gallery were built on the west side of the gate. More than 500 cubic meters of peony flowerbed soil was replaced, 239 old, weak and diseased peonies were replaced, more than 70 new varieties were planted, 540 were adjusted and more than 800 were replanted. In the year, 245 animals were bred, including 27 peacocks, 7 red bellied Caragana, 47 colorful chickens, 101 guinea fowls and 63 black chickens. The next year, the statue of Peony Fairy was moved to Luoyang peony garden, where a group sculpture of "Empress Wu appreciating flowers" was built. The height of the statue is 3.6 meters, and the height of the base is 1.2 meters. It has opened up a peony boutique area with a total area of 2350 square meters, expanded the peony planting area of 900 square meters, reshaped the high-quality white marble "Peony Fairy" statue with a height of 5.8 meters, and built a Peony Fairy flower stand

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In 1995, the flower fair received more than 700000 visitors. During the flower fair, an expert identification team composed of Professor Wang Lianying and Professor Qin from Beijing was specially invited to identify 30 peony varieties, including 24 in Wangcheng Park, which is the largest number of peony varieties identified in Luoyang since the founding of the people's Republic of China.

In 1997, during the flower fair, he held the activity of "enjoying peony in the day and watching lanterns at night" jointly with Harbin Ice Lantern office and Henan commercial materials company, receiving more than 600000 tourists and 2 million tourists throughout the year. In the same year, the South China tiger was bred with Suzhou zoo. In July, it successfully gave birth to one child and four children in Suzhou. On December 1, the Amur tiger gave birth to three more cubs, setting a precedent for tigers to breed in Wangcheng Park since the establishment of the park. A total of 288 animals of 12 species were bred in that year, including 2 South China tigers, 3 Northeast tigers, 2 black bears, 3 African lions, 3 sika deer, 3 Blue peacocks, 70 red bellied pheasants, 1 brown eared pheasant, 8 peony parrots, 120 budgerigars, 2 falcons and 4 Silver pheasants. 25 animals of 10 species were introduced and 3 of 7 species were transferred out

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