Taipingqiao Park, Urban park in Xintiandi, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
Taipingqiao Park is a green space in a modern district featuring an artificial lake surrounded by curved steps that echo traditional Chinese design elements. Flower beds line the water's edge while fountains are distributed throughout to provide visual interest and cooling relief on hot days.
The site was a residential neighbourhood until it was cleared for the park, which opened on 9 June 2001 with an area of 44,054 square metres. Days after the opening, Jiang Zemin, Qian Qichen and Chi Haotian visited. In 2021 part of its lawns and lake were taken for the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, opened on 3 June 2021 west of the park across Huangpi South Road.
The park's name comes from the Taiping Bridge that stood in the old residential block cleared for the site. Its centrepiece is Taiping Lake, a man-made lake dug for the park, which opened on 9 June 2001. A few days after opening, Jiang Zemin, Qian Qichen and Chi Haotian visited it.
The park covers 44,054 square metres in Huangpu District, with Taiping Lake at its centre and a lakeside road along the water. The site lies west of the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, across Huangpi South Road, where the memorial hall opened on 3 June 2021; part of the park's green space and lake surface was occupied during its construction.
The park opened on 9 June 2001 on the site of a former residential neighbourhood. Days later Jiang Zemin, then General Secretary of the Communist Party, visited with Qian Qichen and Chi Haotian. In 2021 part of its lawns and lake surface were taken over for the construction of the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which opened across Huangpi South Road on 3 June 2021.
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