Has anyone been to Guangzhou Cultural Park this year?

Let me write down some personal impressions, I live nearby.

The memories are very good, but the current situation is too bad.

Cultural Park - a paradise for retirees.

There are one to two thousand old people in the park every day playing cards and doing exercises to kill time. All the park facilities have experienced the same long time as these old people;

Occasionally There are exhibitions of works of unknown painters and photographers to meet the most basic needs of the people.

There is an ice rink in the park, and some elderly people will bring their grandchildren here to play, which is great for people during winter and summer vacations. There will be more.

There is an aquatic product museum, which has an exhibition of specimens of Guangdong marine fish. There are not many visitors and even fewer maintenance people. The specimens are covered with thick dust.

There used to be a dolphinarium, but it has not been open for a long time. I don’t know if the dolphins in it are still alive or have become specimens and been moved to the aquatic museum...

In addition to the elderly, there will occasionally be three or five strong men appearing. That is because there is also a fitness center in the park that charges an annual fee.

I miss the center very much when I was a child. The stage is crowded with people watching the big show every night. Now, it can only be seen in dreams.

There is also the elephant chessboard hanging in the background of the stage, which vaguely reminds me of the time when the chess king Yang Guanli stayed here to fight against the heroes at night. situation.

If you are an ordinary tourist, this place really does not have much tourist value. If your job is to study and investigate the life and behavior of the elderly in Guangzhou, I highly recommend coming here. The epitome of the original ecological community for the elderly in Guangzhou.

The Chengye Nanfang Building failed.

Speaking of the Central Business District, we must mention the Nanfang Building directly opposite the Cultural Park. In the early 1980s, there were almost no large shopping malls in Guangzhou. Nanfang Building was the only large shopping and consumption place for Guangzhou people. Many people from surrounding areas in the province came to Guangzhou by passenger ship, which was just opposite Nanfang Building. After landing at the pier, we came to Guangzhou just to visit the Nanfang Building. The Cultural Park provides another kind of leisure besides shopping. After visiting the Nanfang Building, your family can go into the park to drink a glass of ice water and sit under a tree. Enjoy the cool weather while watching performances in the park. The building and the park complement each other perfectly.

In the 1990s, with the emergence of a series of large shopping malls such as Teem Plaza, China Plaza, and Guangbai Plaza, Nanfang Building It suffered a strong impact and could not compare with these new modern shopping malls in terms of architectural structure and shopping experience. Although it struggled several times, it was finally closed. Now the Nanfang Building has become a professional shopping mall for wholesale electronic components. Although There are still people coming and going, but they are basically businessmen, and there is no longer a scene of families of all ages shopping.

The decline of Nanfang Building directly led to a large reduction in shoppers and tourists in the area, resulting in The number of visitors to the Cultural Park is seriously aging, because young people who like shopping rarely come here. Only the retired elderly people in the surrounding areas still buy monthly passes and come here every day to exercise, brag and play cards. Over time, the Cultural Park has become It has become a veritable park for the elderly.

The eastward movement of the city center

As the oldest commercial district in the city, Liwan District has always had more people but less land. It was once the most famous district in Guangzhou. The play "Seventy-Two Tenants" best expresses the living environment in Liwan District. In an old-fashioned house with an area of ??less than 100 square meters, there are often 10 households living in it. Young and old are all crowded together, and the living area per person is less than two square meters. They can be seen everywhere, and there are still many of them. The land price is high, there are too many relocation households to deal with, the cost of real estate development is high, and the roads in the old areas are narrow and there are many one-way lanes and traffic is inconvenient. As a result, real estate developers are not enthusiastic about investing. The government hopes to transform the old areas. In the urban area, there is only a lot of thunder and a small amount of rain, and the renovation progress is very slow. Compared with the high-rise buildings in other administrative districts, the densely packed low-rise houses in Liwan District make people feel like they have entered a slum.

Therefore, Liwan District It is no longer the first choice area for the new generation of Guangzhou people to buy houses, and it is not even ranked second or third. A large number of young people who grew up in Liwan District have moved away from this area, which has also caused a serious aging of the population in this area.< /p>

The reason why the Cultural Park has become a paradise for the elderly may also be caused by the living environment of the entire Liwan District.

The current surrounding environment of the park

Both sides of the main entrance of the park are There are several large wholesale markets for electronic components and mobile phone accessories, and to the west is the 623 Road Qingping Road Medicinal Materials Wholesale Market. There is a lot of traffic during the day, but it is a matter of livelihood, and few businessmen have the leisure to go for a walk in the park. , by the same token, the people who come here to purchase are not here to play in the park. These people have nothing to do with the park.

The nearby restaurants are still prosperous. As long as the food is delicious, no matter where in Guangzhou I’m worried that no one will visit, but this has nothing to do with the cultural park. Usually people don’t go in for a walk after eating, because in Guangzhou, eating is eating, it’s pure eating.

Because of time constraints, I can only Having said that, as for the surrounding commercial institutions, I really can’t think of any famous ones. Does the old state-owned shipping company next to the side door count? As for the multinational institutions, I’m afraid the Shamian White Swan, half a kilometer away from the Cultural Park, There will be one there, but it is almost another world compared to the Cultural Park.