Flora Garden, Urban park in São Lázaro, Macau, China
Flora Garden, also known as Jardim da Flora and 二龍喉公園, is a public park at the foot of Guia Hill in São Lázaro, Macau. It covers about 16,000 square metres and is the only park on the Macau peninsula with a zoo. Its entrance is flanked by two stone tiger sculptures that once spouted spring water.
The garden began in 1848 when Father Vitoriano de Almeida had the wasteland outside Longtian Village landscaped. The Portuguese government bought it in 1874 and rebuilt it in 1883 as the governor's summer residence. A gunpowder magazine explosion on 13 August 1931 killed 21 and injured 84, damaging the building; businessman Ho Tung acquired part of the land and opened it as a garden, and it was rebuilt as a public park in 1959.
The garden's name comes from the "two dragon throats" spring recorded in the Xiangshan County Gazetteer, which once flowed from the mouths of two stone tigers at the gate. Residents carried the water by cart to teahouses for brewing tea. The spring has dried up, but the two stone carvings remain as entrance ornaments.
The park is free to visit year-round and has well-marked paths, information boards, and seating areas for resting. Trees provide good shade, which makes a visit comfortable during warm weather.
The garden's name comes from a spring once known as Erlonghou, or "Two Dragon Throats", recorded in the Xiangshan County Gazetteer. Its water was carried by cart to Macau teahouses for brewing tea. The spring has dried up, but two stone tiger heads that once spouted it remain as decoration at the entrance.
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