Qingcheng Park Explained

Qingcheng Park
Alt Name:People's Park
Type:Urban park
Location:Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Coords:40.8063°N 111.6598°W
Area:48ha
Created:July 1931

Qingcheng Park, formerly People's Park, is an urban public park in central Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in North China. It is bounded by West Zhongshan Road and Tiyuchang Road, and covers an area of . It is one of the major tourist sites in Hohhot.[1]

History

The park was established in July 1931 as Dragon Spring Park (Longquan Park) on Reclining Dragon Hill (Wolong Gang), a sacred site connected with some shrines. In 1950, the new People's Republic of China government renewed the area and renamed it People's Park.[1] [2] The park's name was changed again in June 1997 to Qingcheng Park.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: zh:记忆中的呼市人民公园 . Hohhot People's Park . http://www.hhhtnews.com/2014/0224/1533920.shtml . Hohhot News . 2014-05-02 . zh . 2014-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713054948/http://www.hhhtnews.com/2014/0224/1533920.shtml . 2015-07-13 . dead .
  2. Book: Gaubatz, Piper Rae . Beyond the Great Wall: Urban Form and Transformation on the Chinese Frontiers . 1996 . Stanford University Press . 978-0-8047-2399-2 . 268 .