Qingcheng Park

Qingcheng Park (Chinese: 青城公园; pinyin: Qīngchéng Gōngyuán), formerly People's Park (Chinese: 人民公园; pinyin: Rénmín Gōngyuán), 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 48 hectares (120 acres). It is one of the major tourist sites in Hohhot.^[1]

Qingcheng Park
People's Park
Qingcheng Park in winter
Type	Urban park
Location	Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Coordinates	40.80630°N 111.65978°E / 40.80630; 111.65978
Area	48 ha (120 acres)
Created	July 1931

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

• Five Pagoda Temple (Hohhot) near the park

References

1. 记忆中的呼市人民公园 [Hohhot People's Park] (in Chinese). Hohhot News. 2014-02-24. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
2. Gaubatz, Piper Rae (1996). Beyond the Great Wall: Urban Form and Transformation on the Chinese Frontiers. Stanford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8047-2399-2.