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Green Lake Park, or Cui Hu Park (), is an urban park in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. It was established in the 20th century on the west side of the Wuhua Mountain and is sometimes described as a "Jade in Kunming".
The park consists, in effect, of a group of 4 small sub-lakes linked by bridges in the traditional style. The lake was originally a water reservoir for the city.
Green Lake is ringed by a street, and along the edge of that are restaurants and tea houses (some with rooftop dining), shops, and hotels, including the upscale Green Lake Hotel and Grand Park Hotel (formerly the Harbour Plaza Hotel).
Green Lake Park was visited during ''
Located in the park is the statue of one of Yunnan's most famous patriots -
File:Cuihu Park.jpg, Cuihu
File:Cuihu night.jpg, view of the lake just after nightfall
File:Cuihu panorama.jpg, Panorama
File:Gulls in Cuihu.jpg, Wintering gulls
Green Lake Park, or Cui Hu Park (), is an urban park in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. It was established in the 20th century on the west side of the Wuhua Mountain and is sometimes described as a "Jade in Kunming".
The park consists, in effect, of a group of 4 small sub-lakes linked by bridges in the traditional style. The lake was originally a water reservoir for the city.
Green Lake is ringed by a street, and along the edge of that are restaurants and tea houses (some with rooftop dining), shops, and hotels, including the upscale Green Lake Hotel and Grand Park Hotel (formerly the Harbour Plaza Hotel).
Green Lake Park was visited during ''The Amazing Race 18
''The Amazing Race 18'' (also known as ''The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business'') is the eighteenth season of the American reality television show '' The Amazing Race''. It featured eleven teams of two, each returning from a previous edition of t ...
'' when the park was featured as the "Pit Stop" of the 5th leg.
The park is just below the main gate to Yunnan University
Yunnan University (, Acronym: YNU) is a national key university in Yunnan Province, China. Its main campuses are located in the provincial capital city of Kunming.
Founded in December 1922, Yunnan University started to enroll in April 1923. It ...
. The most famous building on the lake is Jiang Wu Tang
Jiang may refer to:
* ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China
*Jiang (surname), several Chinese surnames
**Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
*Jiang River
The Jiang Rive ...
, a tourist attraction.
Cuihu's Gulls
During the winter months,black-headed gull
The black-headed gull (''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'') is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but some birds re ...
s from Siberia migrate to Green Lake and entertain the crowds of visitors as they circle around and snap up bread, usefully provided by a herd of local vendors, thrown up into the air by tourists. There are performances of pieces from Chinese operas and of folk music within and around the park.
Statue of Nie Er
Located in the park is the statue of one of Yunnan's most famous patriots - Nie Er
Nie Er (14 February 1912 – 17 July 1935), born Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi (子義 or 子藝), was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of People's Republic of China. In numerous Shanghai magaz ...
, the composer of China's national anthem.
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References
*https://web.archive.org/web/20100419200355/http://www.kmtrip.net/en/city/kunming/attraction/cuihu.htm {{Yunnan Geography of Kunming Parks in Yunnan Urban public parks 17th-century establishments in China Tourist attractions in Kunming Lakes of Yunnan