Chengdu Parks - Local Parks Worth Visiting in Chengdu

Chengdu has a long history over three thousands years. It is known as "the land of abundance". Chengdu has a diverse culture. It is simple, traditional, elegant, fashionable, open-minded, inclusive... If using one word to summarize, it is "leisure". Where to experience the "leisure" of Chengdu? They are definitely the parks. Below are three most popular Chengdu parks you can go.

Chengdu People's Park

Types: Parks
Visit: 1~2 hours

People’s Park is located near Tianfu Square in the center area of Chengdu. It is the first park in Chengdu and one of the first established parks in China. People’s park was called Shaocheng Park when it was first built in 1911. The name came from its location in the Shaocheng (small city) built for the Manchuria soldiers sent to Tibet and came back to settle. The big city (Taicheng) was built in today’s Tianfu Square as early as 311BC. In 1911, the Manchuria government came to the end and the Manchurians needed to be relocated so the governor of Sichuan enclosed today’s Shaocheng Park solely to be the residence for the Manchurians. Today it has become a significant place for Chengdu people. It is a small world inside the park where you can see the relaxed lifestyle of Chengdu people...

Chengdu Culture Park

Types: Parks
Visit: 1~2 hours

Chengdu Culture Park is a local couture themed park which is located at West Section 2, 1st Ring Road, close to Wenjun Qintai Park and Qingyang Taoist Temple. It covers more than 71,326 square meters consisting of greenbelt ,water lake, towers, stones, statues. The main attraction in the park include Shierqiao Martyrs’s Tombs, Large Relief Art Wall, Zhiji Rock and Octagonal Pavilion, etc...

Chengdu Wangjianglou Park

Types: Parks
Visit: 1~2 hours

Wangjianglou Park is located by Fuhe River next Sichuan University. It is a park featured with bamboos. Built in this park are a bamboo museum and museum of the founder of Wangjianglou Park Xuetao. Xetao is a talent female poet in China. In the park there is a famous pagoda the Wangjiang Pagoda, which is one of the images of Chengdu today...