Huangpu Park, Urban park in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
Huangpu Park is a triangular green space at the northern end of the Bund, overlooking the Huangpu River and Pudong's skyline. It sits where Suzhou Creek meets the river, with walking paths and seating areas throughout the grounds.
The first garden here opened on 8 August 1869 as the Public Garden, funded by the Shanghai Municipal Council with permission from the Shanghai daotai and reserved for foreigners. A Scottish gardener redesigned it in 1886 with a resting pavilion and tennis court. From 1890 Chinese visitors were barred, except amahs caring for foreign children, until 1 July 1928. Renamed Huangpu Park in 1946, it was remodelled in the 1990s.
The Monument to the People's Heroes, a tower completed on 27 May 1994, stands in the park; its hall houses the Bund Historical Museum, opened on 30 September 1994, which shows old photographs of the Bund. The park's name survives in nearby Garden Bridge and the New Bund Garden apartment block in Hongkou District.
The park is open 24 hours a day and easy to locate at the intersection of Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River. Paths are flat and comfortable for walking, with plenty of benches to rest, making it convenient for combining with nearby attractions.
Period photographs of the 1917 park sign show ten rules: the first reserved the gardens for the foreign community, the fourth barred dogs and bicycles. The famous "No dogs or Chinese" notice appears in Bruce Lee's 1972 film Fist of Fury, not in the surviving signage.
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