Zhongshan Park, Urban park in Changning District, China.
Zhongshan Park covers 21.42 hectares in Changning District, including 1.22 hectares of water. Its English-style layout incorporates Chinese and Japanese garden elements, with twelve named scenic spots such as the Peony Garden, Rose Garden, and Lotus Pond. A 1935 marble pavilion, moved here from elsewhere, faces the large lawn.
The green space was established in 1914 as Jessfield Park on land that previously belonged to British developer H. Fogg. It received its present name in 1944, honoring a key figure in Chinese history.
The park's name honours Sun Yat-sen, adopted in 1943 when the Japanese-occupied authorities returned the International Settlement to Wang Jingwei's government. Earlier it was Jessfield Park, and locals also called it Zhaofeng Garden after the Chinese name of Hogg's firm, Jenner Hogg & Co. A bronze monument to Chopin, designed by Lu Pin of Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts and cast in Poland, was unveiled here in 2007; it stands 7 metres tall and weighs about 2.5 tonnes.
The park has been open around the clock since 30 June 2016. Metro Lines 2, 3 and 4 stop at Zhongshan Park station; the park lies northwest of it, with an entrance south of Suzhou Creek. In September 2022 the wall along Wanhangdu Road was removed, opening that side directly to the street.
The southern section of the original site became the park itself, while the northern part was transformed into a major university campus. This spatial division reveals how the original property developed into two distinct institutions with different purposes.
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