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Hongmei Park
Hongmei Park () also called ''Red Plum Park'', is a park located in the northeast of Changzhou City, in southern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest comprehensive parks in Changzhou, covering an area of 37 hectares and includes gardens and a lake. There is a famous ancient architecture called Hongmei Pavilion and that is why it is named Hongmei. History and development Hongmei Park was established in 1958 and was opened in 1960. The topography in this park is undulating and it is featured with rivers and lakes. In the park, there are Wenbi Tower and Hongmei Pavilion. They are all key cultural relics protection units in China. In addition, memorials such as Banshan Pavilion, Jiasha Tower, Bingmei Stone, and Wenbi Building can be visited there. Over several decades, Hongmei Park has become the largest comprehensive park in Changzhou district. Over 200,000 tourists at home and abroad come to visit this park every year. Hongmei Pavilion wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changzhou
Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the northwest, Wuxi to the east, and the province of Zhejiang to the south. Changzhou is located in the highly developed Yangtze Delta region of China extending from Shanghai going northwest. The population of Changzhou city was 4,592,431 at the 2010 census.Linked from the OEChere The city is the birthplace of Zhou Youguang who created the pinyin romanization system. History "The Ruins of Yancheng" (), comprise the remains of a walled city located in the Wujin district of Changzhou that was founded over 3000 years ago at the beginning of the Western Zhou dynasty. The earliest record of a settlement on the site of modern Changzhou is as a commandery founded in 221 BC at the beginnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
