| Fairylake Botanical Garden | |||||||
| Native Name: | 仙湖植物园 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Map: | China Guangdong | ||||||
| Type: | Public park, urban park | ||||||
| Location: | Liantang Subdistrict, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 22.5786°N 114.1656°W | ||||||
| Area: | 1349.2acres | ||||||
| Founder: | Shenzhen government | ||||||
| Operator: | Shenzhen government | ||||||
| Visitation Year: | 2 million each year | ||||||
| Visitation Ref: | [1] | ||||||
| Status: | Open all year | ||||||
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Fairylake Botanical Garden or Xianhu Botanical Garden is a 1349.2acres botanical garden and arboretum located at Liantang Subdistrict, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The garden is located at the foot of Wutong Mountain, beside the Shenzhen Reservoir. It was categorized as a "national AAAA level tourist site" by the China National Tourism Administration in 2007 and a "national key park" by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2008.[2]
Founded in 1983, Fairylake Botanical Garden first opened to the public in 1988. It incorporates scientific research, science popularization, and tourism.[3] As of 2012, there are more than 17 special-category living plant collections and more than 8,000 species of plants in the Fairylake Botanical Garden. On December 18, 2012, the National Cycad Conservation Center was set up here, it has cycads a total of 3 families, 10 genera, and 240 species, ranked second in the world.[2]
Fairylake Botanical Garden is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 23C, a total annual rainfall of 1608.1mm, a frost-free period of 355 days and 1975 annual average sunshine hours. Spring, fall and winter are warm, while winter is relatively dry. The highest temperature is 36.6C, and the lowest temperature 1.4C.
Fairylake Botanical Garden has more than twelve themed Gardens, such as:
Fairylake Botanical Garden is divided into six scenic areas, including the Heaven & Earth Area, the Fairylake Area, the Hongfa Temple Area, the Desert Plant Area, the Fossil Forest Area and the Conifers Azalea Area.[4]
The Fairylake, also known as Lake Xian, is a man-made lake with bridges, pagodas and halls all over the area.
Hongfa Temple, is a Buddhist temple located within the Fairylake Botanical Garden.