Jing'an Sculpture Park, Sculpture garden and recreation area in Jing'an District, Shanghai, China.
Jing'an Sculpture Park is a green space in Shanghai featuring artworks and recreation areas across 60,000 square meters. The site is divided into sections including an entrance plaza and display galleries where sculptures are positioned among trees and seasonal plantings.
Demolition of the Dongbabai area for the park began on 2 September 2002; by 28 May 2003, 3,960 households had moved, 96% of the total. Shanghai announced 12 large green spaces in the central city in February 2004, and the land was handed over in September 2004. Phase one, 30,000 square metres, opened in 2008; phase two opened in April 2010, and an international sculpture exhibition was held there during Expo 2010.
The site displays international artworks created by artists from around the world, which visitors can encounter while walking through the grounds. These sculptures shape how people experience and move through the green spaces in this urban district.
The park has no perimeter walls since October 2022 and stays open around the clock. It is bounded by Chengdu North Road to the east, Beijing West Road to the south, Shimen No. 2 Road to the west and Shanhaiguan Road to the north. Metro Line 1 (Xinzha Road) and Line 13 (Natural History Museum) stop nearby, and buses 36, 109, 869, 952B and 974 serve the area. The cherry blossom corridor near Gate 1 is best in March.
Beneath the park lies the Shibo substation, a large multi-voltage facility with 5.3 hectares of underground floor area reaching more than 30 metres deep and a transformation capacity of 5.4 million kVA. It supplies power to Shanghai's central districts and was built for the 2010 World Expo.
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