Jing'an Park

Jing'an park is located at No. 1649 Nanjing West Road, opposite to Jing'an ancient temple. The park is convex in shape, adjacent to Yan'an middle road in the south, Huashan Road in the West and residential buildings in the East. It was converted into a park in 1953. In 1998, the park was reconstructed on a large scale and reopened on September 25, 1999. The reconstructed Jing'an Park covers an area of 33600 square meters, with 32 hundred year old Platanus trees as the center, and the avenue divides the park into two parts. In the East is Bajing garden; in the southeast is cultural landscape; in the west is natural landscape. The park also has children's amusement park, leisure and fitness garden, tea room and exotic coffee bar and other leisure and entertainment places. It is a fresh and elegant urban garden integrating leisure, fitness and tourism.

From 2000 to 2001, he won the titles of "double excellent Park" in Shanghai Garden system, "seven no" civilized Park in Shanghai and "civilized unit in Shanghai".

Jing'an Park

Jing'an park is located at No. 1649 Nanjing West Road, opposite to Jing'an ancient temple. The park is convex in shape, adjacent to Yan'an middle road in the south, Huashan Road in the West and residential buildings in the East. It was converted into a park in 1953. In 1998, the park was reconstructed on a large scale and reopened on September 25, 1999. The reconstructed Jing'an Park covers an area of 33600 square meters, with 32 hundred year old Platanus trees as the center, and the avenue divides the park into two parts. In the East is Bajing garden; in the southeast is cultural landscape; in the west is natural landscape. The park also has children's amusement park, leisure and fitness garden, tea room and exotic coffee bar and other leisure and entertainment places. It is a fresh and elegant urban garden integrating leisure, fitness and tourism.

From 2000 to 2001, he won the titles of "double excellent Park" in Shanghai Garden system, "seven no" civilized Park in Shanghai and "civilized unit in Shanghai".

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Historical evolution

In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898 AD), the Ministry of industry of the public concession built a cemetery at Jing'an Temple Road, commonly known as "foreign cemetery mountain". In 1953, the Municipal People's government invested 180000 yuan to transform the cemetery into a park, which was opened on October 3, 1955.

After the "Cultural Revolution" began in 1966, the office building of Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China adjacent to the park was impacted. The lawn in the west of the park was set up as a poster area for big character newspapers. Rows of reed mat sheds were covered with big character newspapers. The flow of people in the park was like a tide, the order was disordered, and most of the trees, flowers and plants were trampled. From 1971 to 1972, an underground air defense project was built in the park. The park was closed and the greening was damaged again.

Since 1973, it has carried out comprehensive reconstruction, using the excavated air defense works to transform the terrain, adjusting the greening layout, building new sales department and corridor, and renovating roads and sewers. At the end of 1974, Yan'an Hotel returned to the park the auditorium and crematorium of the former Jing'an Temple cemetery (covering an area of 2000 square meters). In 1978, the auditorium and crematorium were demolished. A two-story teahouse with an area of 220 square meters, a basement with an area of 100 square meters and an open-air stage with an area of 100 square meters were built on the spot. A video game Racecourse with an area of 237 square meters was built in the East.

In October 1998, the people's Government of Jing'an District of Shanghai decided to reconstruct Jing'an park by taking the opportunity of the construction of Yan'an Road Viaduct of Metro Line 2. The purpose is to create an open urban garden with people-oriented, modern garden characteristics and historical and cultural connotation, integrating leisure, fitness, entertainment, viewing and tourism. The park was designed by Japanese architectural design firm and constructed by Shanghai Jing'an District Landscaping Development Co., Ltd. On September 25, 1999, after the reconstruction was completed, it was opened to the public free of charge.

From 2000 to 2001, he won the titles of "double excellent Park" in Shanghai Garden system, "seven no" civilized Park in Shanghai and "civilized unit in Shanghai".

In 2009, according to the survey report on public satisfaction evaluation of Shanghai greening industry, the residents of 10 parks, including Jing'an Park, were most satisfied.

Garden appearance

When the park was first built, the original trees in the cemetery were retained, including Platanus acerifolia, Ginkgo biloba, and Podocarpus arvensis, which were more than 50 or 60 years old at that time. The trees are tall, shady, and lush, adding color to the park. The park is surrounded by thick coral trees, oleander, camphor, metasequoia, etc., which protect the residential buildings. Along the street through the wall planting flower trees, there are Chimonanthus praecox, peony, clove, Bauhinia, papaya Begonia, camellia, Euonymus japonicus ball, between spruce, Pinus bungeana, Magnolia grandiflora, camphor and other evergreen trees, high and low scattered, so that the garden and street scenery into one. Among the scenic spots, various evergreen trees and shrubs, such as Cinnamomum camphora, Osmanthus fragrans, Podocarpus arvensis, oleander, are planted as green barriers to form their own landscapes. Beside the road and in the lawn, flower beds are arranged, and four seasons flowers are planted. Flowers are continuously planted all year round, and boxwood balls, Longbai balls and Magnolia grandiflora are scattered to enrich the landscape. Since 1981, Camellia has been introduced into the park with many varieties and wide publicity, which has become a feature of the park.

The reconstructed Jing'an Park covers an area of 33600 square meters, with 32 hundred year old Platanus trees as the center, and the avenue divides the park into two parts. In the East is the Bajing garden with the theme of historical and cultural relics such as luzidou, lvyundong and xiazitan in the history of Jing'an ancient temple; in the southeast is the undulating green lawn with white jade Pavilion, statue of teacher and statue of Cai Yuanpei around; in the west, according to the situation, mountains and water are piled up, rockeries and waterfalls are piled up, hydrophilic platform is constructed, and gorgeous flower border is planted, which is a self portrait of spring all the year round However, the landscape.

There are more than 300 kinds of plants in Jing'an park. There are also many kinds of aquatic plants developed by large pools, including camellia, water lily, scallion, King's lotus, Lythrum, etc. among them, lotus has friendship peony, xiaozuixian, xuecuilian, etc., and water lily has more than ten kinds, such as Colorado, Massey girl, Xiafei, etc.

boulevard

The Boulevard is located at the entrance of the north gate of the park. It is 100 meters long and 27 meters wide. There are 32 tall and shady Platanus trees on the side of the road. There are rows of seats under the shade of the trees. The site is broad, and it is cool and pleasant in hot summer. It is most popular among tourists. The layout on both sides of the avenue is basically symmetrical, with lawn as the main part, flowers planted beside the lawn, and oleander, palm, Magnolia grandiflora, etc. planted outside the lawn. Rhododendron and Camellia are planted in the flower bed on the east side, and three Taihu stone peaks are standing in the middle, which are high and low and exquisite.

Central Plaza

The central square is located in the middle of the park, and it enters the second gate through the avenue. The two doors are composed of trellis, flower wall and flower bed. There are climbing plants on the trellis and leaky windows on the flower wall. The wall connects the sales department in the East and the corridor in the West. The south of the central square is the open-air stage and tea room, which is on the central axis with the gate. The teahouse has two floors. There is a corridor in front of the building. You can enjoy the view of the garden with the railing. The teahouse is adjacent to the goldfish pond in the southwest. On the Bank of the pond, Taihu stone rockery is built according to the building, and the escalator is hung over the pond. You can see the water lily and goldfish in the pond when you climb up the building. There is a ginkgo tree more than 120 years old standing in the corner gate of the park on the west side of the building. The corridor on the west side of the gate is a compound corridor in the north, which turns south and west again. The total length is 40 meters, the width is 2.8 meters, and the area is 112 square meters. There are flower windows, picture screens and moon shaped doors, stone tables and benches, and terrazzo benches on both sides of the corridor. There is a semicircular goldfish pond in front of the corridor. Water lilies are planted in the pond, and lake stones are dotted in the pond. There is a pavilion on the east side of the teahouse. There are many stone tables and benches beside the pavilion.

East lawn

East lawn is located in the center of Guangdong side, separated by trees, covering an area of 2490 square meters. In the northwest, there is a white marble Pavilion reconstructed from a tomb. It is exquisitely carved and has a unique structure. It has marble tables and benches, covering an area of 20 square meters. On the east side of the pavilion is a white jade statue of a female teacher built on September 10, 1986 on Teachers' day. On the north side of the pavilion is a children's paradise, covering an area of 250 square meters. There are various children's amusement facilities. There is a hundred year old Podocarpus arvensis in the northwest corner, which is covered like a basin.

Tea garden

Tea garden is located in the south of East lawn, which is composed of 12 flower beds of different sizes and shapes, mainly planting camellia and rose. Since 1981, more than 1000 Camellia plants of more than 30 varieties have been purchased from other places, and they are mainly arranged in the tea garden. Camellia blooms one after another from February to May every year, attracting countless visitors. At the same time, according to different seasons, with a variety of grass, lined with velvet turf, red and green, especially pleasing.

West Lawn

The west lawn is located in the southwest of the park. From the central square to the west, through the trees, there is a small rockery made of Lake stones. Around the rockery is the open West Lawn. The lawn is close to Huashan Road in the West and Yan'an middle road in the south, covering an area of 3450 square meters. In 1988, the fence along the road was changed into iron grid through wall, in which all kinds of flowering shrubs and tall trees were planted. In the southeast of the lawn, there are undulating earth mountains and pools surrounded by Lake stone revetments. The earth mountain is covered with flowering shrubs, such as jasmine, pomegranate, oleander, laurel, Begonia, Euonymus japonicus, Podocarpus arvensis, etc. Pool area of 390 square meters, winding quiet. There are half round flower beds in the west of the lawn, and Cinnamomum camphora and coral trees are planted in the north to cover the buildings outside the garden.

Bajingyuan

In ancient times, there were eight places of interest in the ancient Jing'an Temple and its surrounding areas, known as "eight Jing'an sceneries". According to the records of Jing'an eight chants collected by monk Shouning of the Yuan Dynasty temple, these eight sceneries are hudu Lei, Chen Chaohui, luzidou, chiwu tablet, Yongquan, Lvyun cave, lectern and xiazitan.

In 1998, when Jing'an Park was rebuilt, it took eight sceneries as the main scenery, and used the Chinese characteristics of "seeing the big from the small" and "covering the depth of field"

Chinese PinYin : Jing An Gong Yuan