People's Park, Urban park in Hexi District, Tianjin, China.
People's Park is an urban park in Tianjin covering about 14 hectares with traditional Chinese gardens as its main feature. The grounds include water surfaces, paved pathways, and landscaped areas arranged throughout the space.
Li Chuncheng, a Tianjin salt merchant, bought land at Donglou and Xilou villages in 1863 and built the Rong Garden as a private residence and garden modelled on West Lake. The Cangjing Pavilion was completed in 1886. After 1949 his descendants, including Li Qimei, donated it to the city; it reopened as People's Park on 1 July 1951.
The name displayed here features calligraphy by Mao Zedong from 1954, marking his only such work for a public park in the country. This inscription shapes the entrance and connects visitors to a specific moment in national history.
The park sits between Xiamen Road and Guangdong Road with free admission for everyone. The paved pathways make it easy to explore the entire area at a leisurely pace.
From the 1950s the garden kept animals, and by 1976 it held over 500 wild animals of more than 80 species, including bears, lions, tigers, leopards, hippos and zebras, plus over 100 kinds of birds. Between 1976 and 1980 most were moved to Tianjin Zoo, and only some birds remain.
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