The largest park in Guangzhou

Parks with a long history are especially desirable for tourists. Yuexiu Park is a scenic spot full of historical value and beautiful scenery.

Yuexiu Park

Yuexiu Park, also known as Yuexiu Mountain, was built on the Yuexiu Mountain by Zhao Tuo, king of South Vietnam in the Western Han Dynasty? Chaohantai? Named after this. There is Guanyin Pavilion, so it is also called Guanyin Mountain. Zhenhai tower, a famous historical site, is also called a five-story building. The building is divided into five floors and is 28 meters high. When you climb the building, you can see a panoramic view of Yangcheng. There are also ancient Chu Pavilion and Foshan archway, ancient city wall, Sifang Fort, Sun Yat-sen Monument, Sun Yat-sen Reading Room, Wu Tomb, Ming Shaowu Tomb, Sailor Pavilion, Wuyang Legend Sculpture Group, Spherical Water Tower and TV Tower. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been called one of the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng. Yuan Dynasty is the autumn moon in Taiwan Province, Guangdong. Song Tao of Yuexiu in Ming Dynasty; In Qing Dynasty, it was Lianfeng and zhenhai tower of Yuexiu; There are Yuexiu Roy, Yuexiu Floor and Yuexiu Xinhui in modern times.

geographical position

Located on Jiefang North Road, named after Yuexiu Mountain, it was built at 1952, and is the largest comprehensive cultural ornamental park in Guangzhou. With a total area of 860,000 square meters, including three artificial lakes and seven hills, it is the last hill in the Five Ridges.

physioclimate

Located in the south subtropical zone, with its back facing the mountains and the sea, the maritime monsoon climate is particularly obvious, with the characteristics of warm and rainy, sufficient light and heat, small temperature difference, long summer and short frost period. The annual average temperature is between 20.6℃ and 22.5℃, which is generally the same as normal (the annual average temperature in Conghua City is 20.6℃, which is the lowest in local history), but the temperature in the year is abnormal, with the temperature in 65438+ 10 and February obviously low, and the temperature in March, September and 65438+ 10 is obviously high. The annual extreme maximum temperature is between 37.4℃ and 38.8℃, and the annual extreme minimum temperature is between-0.2℃ and 4.6℃.

scenic spot

Ancient city wall in Ming dynasty

Turn west from the back of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and you can see an ancient city wall about 200 meters long, disappearing into the depths of the dense forest. However, this ancient city wall is far more than 200 meters long. It starts from Xiaobeimen (now Xiaobeiyuan) in the east and reaches Dabeimen (now the intersection of Jiefang North Road and Panfu Road) in the west, with a total length of about 1 100 meters, and intermittently crosses Yuexiu Mountain. Is it the only one preserved in Guangzhou? Amin dynasty city wall is the oldest existing city wall in Guangzhou, with a history of 600 years. [ 1]

The historical origin of Guangzhou fortification is very early. What is more authentic and reliable is Panyu City, which was built by Ren Xiaoxiao, the first Nanhai Wei, after Qin unified Lingnan. Later, Zhao Tuo established Nanyue State, dominated Lingnan, and expanded Fan Yucheng into the capital. It has been built throughout the ages.

The ancient city wall of Yuexiu Mountain was built in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also called the first floor of Lingnan with zhenhai tower and Wuxian Temple. Top monuments in Guangzhou in the third day of next year? This is the only remaining ancient city wall in Guangzhou. This ancient city wall is divided into three sections: from the north gate to zhenhai tower, the west section, the middle section around Xiaolonggang Mountain where zhenhai tower is located, and the east section from Guangzhou Art Museum to the north gate, totaling 1000 meters. The Luo Diaolou on the wall is long gone, but the well-preserved section near zhenhai tower is 200 meters long. Looking up from the mountainside, you can still see the uneven city plate and the mottled ancient city wall inlaid with red sand on the top of the towering city. The grass on the ancient city wall is lush, so desolate and dignified, give visitors a kind of? I think of heaven and earth, with no limit and no end? Nostalgia. The ancient city wall of Yuexiu Mountain is the commanding height of the north gate of Guangzhou, and it has always been a battleground for military strategists.

According to records, during the Second Opium War, British and French invaders attacked Guangzhou, bombarded the city walls with cannons and attacked the northern cities of Guangzhou under the cover of foreign guns. China officers and men guarding the northern city fought back under the cover of the ancient city wall, and concentrated on fighting back against the enemy with soil guns and long bows and arrows. The invaders fled in a hurry and abandoned many bodies under the city wall. 1923, Sun Yat-sen was appointed Grand Marshal of Guangzhou. In April of the same year, General Shen launched a rebellion in Hua County, invaded Guangzhou, and the striker fled to Yuexiu Mountain North. Sun Yat-sen braved hardships and dangers and personally sat on the fifth floor, directing the troops to deploy within the ancient city walls. Sun Yat-sen observed the enemy position with a telescope and found that the enemy was attacking the city wall. He immediately ordered the adjutant Ma Xiang to lead the guards to put three light machine guns and two heavy machine guns on the battlements, ready to counterattack. The soldiers guarding Yuexiu Mountain were moved by the spirit of Marshal Sun Yat-sen who took the lead in going to the front. They are all full of energy. Under the command of Sun Yat-sen, they fought bravely, and the rebels were beaten out of the water and retreated. Sun Yat-sen also led his troops to pursue victory and recover new cities, Shijing and other places, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the rebels. Therefore, this ancient city wall is the historical witness of Guangzhou, a heroic city.

Zhenhai tower

This crimson building is zhenhai tower, which is an eye-catching pearl in Guangzhou's cultural history and is known as the first scene in Lingnan. Zhenhai tower is called zhenhai tower because its buildings are five stories high? Five floors? . This building was built by Zhu Liangzu, Hou of Yongjia, in the 13th year of Ming Hongwu (1380). Wanghailou? , later titled? Zhenhai tower? , there is the meaning of Xiongzhen Haijiang. 1956 changed to Guangzhou Museum. There is an interesting legend about the construction of zhenhai tower. Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, made Nanjing his capital and established the Ming Dynasty. One day, when he was traveling with Taoist Tieguan in Zhongshan, Nanjing, Tieguan suddenly pointed to the southeast and said to Zhu Yuanzhang that the sea in Guangdong was green? Wang Qi? , seems to have? Tianzi? If you're going to have a baby, you should immediately suppress it in Gai Lou? Long Mai? Otherwise the future will be a disaster for Daming. Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang lost his mind. He quickly sent someone to Guangdong to inquire and found that Yuexiu Mountain in Guangzhou was now the king. Zhu Yuanzhang immediately issued a edict, ordering Yongjia Hou Zhu Liangzu, who was guarding Guangzhou, to build a building on the mountain to contain Wang Qi. When the imperial edict came out, Zhu Liangzu naturally dared not neglect it, so he built this on the Yuexiu Mountain? The building is tower-shaped. Does the tower look like a building? Zhenhai tower. The building is crimson, and it is said that it also means to ward off evil spirits.

Zhenhai tower is the best preserved, imposing and national ancient building in Guangzhou. It is 28 meters high and 3 1 m wide, with five floors in total. The first and second floors are red sandstone strips, and more than three floors are brick walls. The external walls are decreasing step by step, like buildings and towers, with red walls and green tiles. The shape is simple and unique. In front of the building, there are a pair of red sandstone stone lions more than two meters high, which were carved by the Ming Dynasty. Zhenhai Tower faces south, with its eaves rising and ridges flying, towering and straight, and the top of the mountain is magnificent, with extraordinary bearing and unique features. Qu Dajun, a famous poet in the early Qing Dynasty, praised zhenhai tower's marvelous mountains and seas, though Yellow Crane and Yueyang could not surpass them. Can you be stronger than 30% and drink Wulingtang? . During the Qing Dynasty, zhenhai tower was always the tallest building in Guangzhou. Climb to the top of the building and overlook the rippling Pearl River, which is magnificent; Near Yunshan, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the Yangcheng is brilliant, and the weather is myriad.

Wuyang stone carving

About what? Wuyang? 、? Five immortals? The legend has been introduced before. ? Five sheep in the valley, collected from Chuting? It is a fairy tale that originated from ancient Guangzhou people's yearning for a better life. This is indeed a beautiful legend. What is better for ancient Baiyue people to eat? There was never a famine? What's more, the excellent rice seeds given to Guangzhou people by the Five Immortals, coupled with the good natural conditions of abundant sunshine, mild climate and abundant rainfall, have enabled Guangzhou people to reap a bumper harvest, and Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan. Wuyang Stone Statue is located in Yuexiu Park. There is a beautiful legend in this stone statue: five immortals dressed in colorful clothes and riding colorful sheep floated from the South China Sea and landed in Guangzhou. Five sheep have a straw and six ears of rice in each mouth. The fairy gave the ears of rice to the local residents, hoping that there would never be a famine. Then he flew away and the sheep turned to stone. Guangzhou also has another name? Yangcheng? And then what? Suicheng? . According to ancient legends, Yuexiu Mountain built a five-sheep sculpture from 65438 to 0959. This Wuyang stone carving is 1 1 m high, carved from 130 pieces of granite, with a volume of about 53 cubic meters. A stone on the sheep's head alone weighs more than 2 tons. Five sheep come in different sizes. The ewe looked at the distance with her head held high, her mouth full of ears of grain, as if she were looking back and smiling and visiting the world. The other four sheep are surrounded by their bodies, snuggling up, playing, eating grass or sucking milk. Different postures, beautiful shapes and full of fun. It is said that when the statue was built, it was suggested that since the five immortals were all riding sheep, how could there be suckling sheep? In fact, the immortals and five sheep are all fictional myths. They are immortal sheep, regardless of size, with their own immortal demeanor and boundless Buddhism. Sculptors exert their outstanding imagination and creativity. For more than 40 years, Wuyang stone carving has been known as the city emblem of Guangzhou, which has added a lot of color to Yuexiu Park. The legend of Wuyang is also widely circulated, and tourists from home and abroad come here to imagine, linger and take pictures as a souvenir.

Dr. sun yat-sen monument

The Sun Yat-sen Monument was built to commemorate the great leader of the democratic revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and it is located at the top of Guanyin Mountain. Hundred-step ladder? It can be accessed at the Nie 498 level. Monument building? It was designed by the famous architect Lv Yanzhi in 1929. The main body of the monument is all made of granite and is 37 meters high. The bottom of the monument is square and tapers upward. There are steps in the monument that can swing to the top, and the first and second floors can be overlooked from all sides. Further up, there are windows on each floor to look out. There are 26 stone carvings of sheep's head on the upper floor of the monument, symbolizing Yangcheng. The front of the stone tablet is a giant granite about 7 meters long and 4 meters wide, which is engraved with Sun Yat-sen's will. The full text of the will is:

? I devoted myself to the national revolution for several decades, aiming at seeking freedom and equality in China, and accumulated 40 years of experience. I know that in order to achieve this goal, I must arouse the people and unite the nations that treat me equally in the world to work together.

Now that the revolution has not succeeded, all our comrades must continue to work hard in accordance with Yu's general plan, program, the Three People's Principles and the Declaration of the First National Congress in order to realize the Three People's Principles. Recently, I advocated convening a national conference to abolish unequal treaties, especially in the shortest possible time, in order to promote their realization. ?

The platform where the monument is located has iron railings and the surrounding trees are lush. Sun Yat-sen Monument and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall are both located on the central axis of traditional cities in Guangzhou, which are connected as a whole and magnificent, and become symbols of modern Guangzhou.

tourist handbook

You can take the following bus and subway to Guangzhou Yuexiu Park! [2]

① Bus routes of Yuexiu Park:

Huanshi Road Bus Station: 33.550.529.225.297.30.122.438+038+0.

Jiefang Road Bus Station: 87.101.133.187.565438+0.5654548+082.24.58+. 58666

Xiaobei Road Bus Station: 220.33.184.6.66.190.544.219.233.36.5438+00+00538+0.

② Yuexiu Park Station of Metro Line 2: Friends who take Line 1 change to Line 2 in gongyuanqian station.

History and culture

Zhu De wrote poems for Yuexiu Park.

The relevant person in charge of Yuexiu Park told the reporter that after the founding of New China, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying and other party and state leaders visited the park many times. Among them, Chairman Mao swam in Yuexiu Mountain Swimming Pool for seven times, and Chairman Zhu De wrote a poem "A Visit to Yuexiu Park" specially for Yuexiu Park: Yuexiu Park is full of flowers, and all flowers bloom in spring. Only the orchid fragrance is just right, and it will be expensive later.

In addition, Yuexiu Park also received more than 20 foreign heads of state and friendly groups such as Nixon, Sihanouk and Kim Il Sung.

The person in charge said that in the recent quality rating of 4A-level tourist areas by the National Tourism Administration, the park reached the grading standards of 4A-level tourist areas in terms of service quality, environmental quality, landscape quality and tourists' opinions, and was promoted to a national 4A-level tourist attraction. Become the fourth in Guangzhou after Baiyun Mountain, Huanghuagang Park and Zhongshan Memorial Hall? National 4A-level scenic spot? Municipal parks.

It has a national plant Cycas spinosa.

The reporter learned that Yuexiu Park, in creating a national 4A-level tourist scenic spot, vigorously carried out ecological improvement construction, focusing on plant landscaping, and created a garden ecological environment with flowers blooming and spring-like seasons. At present, there are 3 176000 trees and 453 species in the whole garden, including arbor 15 1 species, shrub 13 1 species and ground cover 1 species. The planting area of ground cover plants is 376,000 square meters. The green coverage area of the whole park exceeds 520,000 square meters, accounting for 8 1.4 1% of the total area, accounting for 97.08% of the planned green area, of which the plant coverage area of more than three floors is 404,000 square meters.

Among these plant species, there are alsophila spinulosa, a national first-class protected plant, and cycad fern, a national second-class protected plant. In addition, since 2002, parks have been implemented? Bird recruitment plan? . In the selection of trees, the park focuses on plants that bloom and bear fruit in different seasons, such as red vertebra, white vertebra, banyan and Broussonetia papyrifera, to ensure the food of birds; At the same time, pay attention to the planting of trees, especially the configuration of small shrubs and ground cover plants, to provide habitats for birds. In order to attract birds effectively, they also placed many artificial bird cages and nests to provide suitable breeding and living conditions for birds, thus attracting beneficial birds and implementing measures to attract birds.

South American migratory birds settled in Yuexiu Park.

According to the field observation of five representative sampling points in the park, Bird recruitment plan? In the past three years, the number of bird species in the park has increased from 27 to 43, including the national key protected animals sparrow hawk and horn. Useful, economic and scientific research value? Three? There are 14 species of birds, such as night herons, egrets and turtledoves, as well as endangered animals, such as flat-headed bats. Among them, it is rare in domestic cities. Migratory birds from South America, such as white-breasted bitter birds and brown-winged cockroaches, are also attracted by the beautiful environment here, and come to settle in Wan Li not far away.

Development of Sifangbao Scenic Spot in Qing Dynasty

In recent years, Yuexiu Park has invested 6 million yuan to upgrade the Gold and Silver Playground through public bidding. Last year, they protected the famous Wuyang stone statue and invested 2.4 million yuan to transform and strengthen the Wuyang stone statue and its mountain. After transformation, the mountain where Wuyang Stone Statue is located has reached the seismic and waterproof performance? Once in a hundred years? The standard, after encountering heavy rain, or even an earthquake of magnitude 7 to 8, is as stable as Mount Tai. One of the fortresses guarding Guangzhou in Qing Dynasty? Sifang Fort Scenic Area and Yuexiu Park have also been developed. The historical story of Guangzhou people's resistance to the British invading army is presented to tourists in the form of red sandstone sculpture, which greatly enriches the ornamental and patriotic connotation of the scenic spot. In addition, the newly-built Korean traditional gardens last year also added a tourist highlight to the park.

It is understood that Yuexiu Park has four historical sites 14 and five ancient trees 15, including zhenhai tower in Ming Dynasty, ancient city walls in Ming Dynasty, Sifang Fort in Qing Dynasty and Zhongshan Monument in Republic of China, among which 1 is a national protected cultural relic. Using these rich cultural relics tourism resources, Yuexiu Park has opened up Yuexiu Mountain? Last half-day tour alone received more than 6.5438+0.8 million tourists.