Chengdu People's Park, formerly known as Shao Cheng Park, was built in 1911. The origin of Shao Cheng Park is directly related to the naming of the old Chengdu city, Chengdu city
Basic original big city and small city, as early as 311 BC when King Hui of the Qin Dynasty, Chengdu has too city (also known as the big city) and small city (also known as small city).
1, Republic of China
Republic of China two years (1913), Yin Zhongxi (word Changling) planning to expand. In order to commemorate the Xinhai Revolution on the eve of the Sichuan patriotic volunteers launched in the road protection movement of the dead, by Zhang Lan, Yan Kai and other joint proposal to build a monument.
Republic of China three years to expand the park, the demolition of the park south of the Yongji warehouse, but also from the Tongshun Bridge ditch into the park, around the Crane Tea House, Lotus Pavilion (today's Lake Island) east into the half of the bridge. In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, Yang Sen was in charge of Sichuan politics, invited the famous industrialist Lu Zuofu to Chengdu as the director of education.
From the May 4th Movement to the Anti-Japanese War, Shao Cheng Park was the first choice for speeches, performances, gatherings and fund-raising for various progressive groups in Chengdu.
Republic of China 28 September 27 and Republic of China 29 July 27, Shao Cheng Park has twice suffered from the Japanese aircraft bombing, the park Jinshi Exhibition Hall, stadium, zoo, monument and other places were damaged, death and injury of thousands of people.
2, the Chinese people **** and the country
December 10, 1949, Chengdu was liberated. Shao Cheng Park was reborn and renamed "People's Park" the following year.
In the ten years from 1950 to 1959, the party and the government attached great importance to the construction and development of the park, in the spring of 1951, the then vice chairman of the Southwest Military Political Committee and then director of the National Sports Commission Marshal He Long visited the park and made important instructions for the construction of the park.
In 1982, the expansion of the West Trunk Road will be the park side of the river into the street, so the park area reduced to 145 acres.
2001 to 2003, the park took the lead in the city's ancestral temple Street, Shao Cheng Road, Xiao Nan Street, Junping Street houses demolished, built air permeable iron flower fence (permeable green), the park view directly in front of the public, Xiao Nan Street Elementary School assigned to the park, the area expanded to 155 acres.
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Scenic Spots and Landscapes
1. Jinshui River?
Jinshui Stream is located in the People's Park at the foot of the western hill Lotus Pond, through the main gate, to the East Gate along the inside, a total length of 355 meters, 6 meters wide, by the original transformation of the Jin River. In 1999, the construction began in August 2000 was completed.
The bottom of the river is paved with smooth small pebbles, and the stream is built with large pebbles of different sizes. The main section is a pebble slope into the water, and pebble barge. Along the banks are planted with peach trees, willows, yellow kudzu trees, weeping begonias, waxberry, chaste tree, gold leaf chaste tree, red leaf berberis and other plants.
Jinshui River through the park, a section of about 500 meters, there are two bridges. 1919 in the current main gate (then the side gate), the left side of the south bank, dug a canal to attract the Jin River into the park, around the Crane Tea House, through the Lotus Pavilion (Cash Fish Pond), the east flow into the bridge half of the merge. 1924, and the small South Street entrance to attract the Jin River, through the Children's Paradise, the Lotus Pond, the Zoo, the east of the wigwam, turn the north to join the bridge half.?
2, the Xinhai Revolution Road Campaign Square
Sinhai Square is located in the center of the People's Park Xinhai Road Memorial Square, an area of 3,000 square meters, 110 square meters of buildings, 130 square meters of the stage. Originally belonged to the Hong Kong Golden Rise Company Metropolis (Chengdu) Entertainment Co., Ltd. in 1993 to dismantle the open-air dance floor, the new UA Metropolis Entertainment Plaza.
Because the environment is not coordinated with the surrounding area, 2004 at the government-funded acquisition, to commemorate the Xinhai Sichuan Road Protection Movement, the new Xinhai Square. The entire project began in February 2004, May 1, 2004 was completed and opened. Xinhai Square combined with the needs of the park environment, the production of a reflection of the "Xinhai in Sichuan to protect the road to the history of the revolutionary struggle" of the ground and the monument in shallow relief.
3, Pillow Stream Tea Garden
"Pillow Stream Tea Garden" is the People's Park and the Heming Tea House, one of the old history of the tea garden, Pillow Stream Tea House was founded in the early years of the Republic of China. Its original location in the People's Park gate of the West side of the bridge in the Begonia Garden. The Pillow Stream Tea House occupies an area of about 300 square meters, including the hall, which has an area of 500 square meters.
The tea house is now located in the People's Park on the west hill, and the green landscape of the west hill, small peach blossom forests and so on into one. Before liberation, it was a gathering place for scholars and students. In January 2003 to restore and rebuild in May 2003 completed and open.
So Pillow Stream Tea Garden is located in the park in the Xinhai Road to death monument on the side of the western wigwam, covering an area of 3,120 square meters, 267 square meters of construction. Tea garden lush forests, springs murmuring, birds and flowers, secluded environment, rocks towering, pavilions cascading. It has heavy historical characteristics and is a leisure resort in the downtown. Mr. Wei Minglun, a famous writer, personally wrote a plaque for the tea garden "Pillow Stream Tea Garden".
The Pillow Stream Tea Garden is a multi-functional modern urban ecological old tea garden with tea ceremony, Chinese food, snacks and chess and cards.
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