South Mountain Park (Nanshan Park) is a large suburban park in
Nan'an District
Nan'an District (), is one of the six central districts of Chongqing municipality, China. It covers an area of 262.43 km2, with 44 km2 covered with forests and woods. It has an estimated population of 891,000 in late 2017.
Geography
The ...
of
Chongqing. It is located on the ''Nanshan'' (South Mountain), which is a part of the
Tongluo Mountain (a branch of
Huaying Mountain). The mountain itself is a huge
anticline
In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline. A typical anticline is convex up in which the hinge or crest is the ...
with two concaves on the top, and it is also a part of the basin and range province of eastern
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
. The highest elevation of South Mountain is 681 meters, and the average elevation of peaks is around 400 meters.
Karst landforms and deep river valleys are widely distributed in the mountain.
The park is composed by many smaller pieces, among which the Wenfeng Pagoda, the Golden Eagle Statue and the residences of
George Catlett Marshall
George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the US Army under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry ...
and
Chiang Kai-shek during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
are best known. The legendary home of Tushan Shi, the wife of
Yu the Great
Yu the Great (大禹) was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for his introduction of flood control, his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. He figures promine ...
, and his son
Qi, who established
Xia Dynasty
The Xia dynasty () is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, the Xia dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave the throne to him. In tradit ...
, is also in the park. There are also many Buddhism and Taoism temples in this park, and many of them were constructed during
Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...
(618 - 907) and
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
(960 - 1279). The park is also the water source of several rivers in Chongqing, such as
Haitang Creek,
Huaxi River
Huaxi may refer to these places in China:
* Western China
* Huaxi District (花溪区), a district in Guiyang, Guizhou
* Huaxi Village (华西村), a village in Jiangyin, Jiangsu
Subdistricts
* Huaxi Subdistrict, Chongqing (花溪街道), in Bana ...
and
Jiantan River.
Nan'an District
Parks in Chongqing
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