Lizhi Park, Urban park in Huaqiangbei Subdistrict, Shenzhen, China.
Lizhi Park is a 28-hectare municipal park in Futian District, Shenzhen, bounded by Hongling Road, Shennan Middle Road, Tongxin Road and Hongli Road. Its main features are Lixiang Pavilion, Lychee Lake and Lanyue Bridge, set among 589 lychee trees.
Lizhi Park was created in 1982 on the site of 589 existing lychee trees and low-lying rice paddies. In 1983 the city planning bureau made those trees the park's main feature and renamed the former Xinhu Park accordingly. In June 2014, after visitors climbed the trees to pick fruit, the park began harvesting ripe lychees centrally for orphanages and care homes.
The park's name comes from the 589 lychee trees that the city planning bureau made its main feature in 1983, renaming it from Xinshu Park. When the fruit ripens, staff harvest it centrally and deliver it to orphanages and nursing homes, so visitors are asked not to climb the trees.
Lizhi Park lies at 1001 Hongling Middle Road in Futian District, bounded by Hongling Road to the east, Shennan Middle Road to the south, Tongxin Road to the west and Hongli Road to the north. It is close to the Shenzhen Museum, the Shenzhen Children's and Youth Library and the Shenzhen Youth Activity Centre. The park is open daily from 6:30 to 22:00 and entry is free.
In June 2014, visitors climbed the lychee trees to pick ripe fruit and were stopped by park guards. Since then the park has harvested the fruit centrally and given it to orphanages and care homes for children and elderly residents, so visitors are asked not to pick it themselves.
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