Dongdan Park

Dongdan Park covers an area of 47500 square meters. In the north of the park, there is an earth mountain formed by digging air raid shelter to accumulate soil. There are dense trees on the mountain, and a hexagonal double eaves glazed tile Pavilion is built. There are pools, waterside pavilions and children's playground in the south, rockeries and squares in the East, and corridors and caves in the West.

Dongdan Park

Dongdan park is located at No.4 Dahua Road, Dongcheng District, covering an area of 47500 square meters. It was built in 1955 and is one of the parks in Beijing. In the north, there is an earth mountain formed by digging air raid shelter and accumulating soil. On the mountain, there are dense trees, and a hexagonal double eaves glazed tile Pavilion is built.

There are pools, waterside pavilions and children's playground in the south, rockeries and squares in the East, and corridors and caves in the West.

Dongdan park is also a gathering place for go enthusiasts. When Nie Weiping came back to Beijing from Heilongjiang Construction Corps, his chess skills were very good, but he was not well-known because he was still in the Amateur Go industry.

Development history

Dongdan Park was built in 1955 with an area of 47500 square meters. More than 8000 trees are planted in the park, with flowers planted and grass paved. The environment is fresh, with green trees and fragrant flowers. It was originally the southern suburb of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, the city wall moved southward and surrounded the city. After signing the Treaty of Xin Chou in 1901, it was divided into the embassy area and became a training ground for foreign garrisons. In 1948, a temporary airport was built here. The park is located in the bustling city, which plays a great role in beautifying the surrounding environment. Today, it has become a good place for the public to rest and play.

geographical environment

Dongdan Park covers an area of 47500 square meters. In the north of the park, there is an earth mountain formed by digging air raid shelter to accumulate soil. There are dense trees on the mountain, and a hexagonal double eaves glazed tile Pavilion is built. There are pools, waterside pavilions and children's playground in the south, rockeries and squares in the East, and corridors and caves in the West.

Dongdan park is a street park with rocks, lotus pond, flowers and trees, pavilions as the main landscape structure. The uneven and undulating mounds in the garden create the artistic conception of winding paths, jagged mountains and rocks, and sparse flowers and trees. In particular, beside the mound near the west gate, the winding and deep tunnel made of Taihu stone and bluestone forms a garden entrance barrier to separate the garden space. At the same time, it also gives play to the landscape atmosphere of thin, transparent, leaky and wrinkled Lake stone. The earth mound in the park is 19 meters high, and there is a unique classical Pavilion on it. The pavilion has double eaves, double columns, six corners, and blue glazed tiles. Its shape is unique in China, and it is very harmonious with the main color of the park. At the south end of the park, there are lotus pond, water corridor house, flower shed, leaky window, chess table and so on.

natural resources

Dongdan park gives full play to the effect of plant landscaping group beauty: more than 80 kinds of trees, nearly 8000 plants, are cultivated in the park. The vegetation coverage is 91%. The main dominant species of flowers and trees are sophora, willow, pine, poplar, Fraxinus, conifer, Begonia, ginkgo, clove, Koelreuteria, honeysuckle, elm, Sorbaria sorbifolia, Acer truncatum, huanglamei, peach, Cotinus coggygria and so on; in addition, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, Dengtai tree, dogwood, Daphne odora, water wax gourd and so on. It mainly focuses on foliage, fruit, flowers and trees, trees, shrubs and vines, and flowers. It also has six or seven thousand square meters of lawn. The whole greening, properly configured, plant landscaping has achieved the effect of group beauty, giving people the beauty of color, fragrance and posture. It has the artistic conception of "not going out of the city and enjoying the scenery, living in the downtown and enjoying the scenery of Linquan". It is a good place for the public to rest and play.

History and Humanities

There is an old man in Dongdan Park, who has a certain reputation in the Amateur Go industry and thinks highly of himself. Someone told Nie Weiping about it. Nie Weiping was young and competitive, so he asked his friends to take him to fight with the old man. As soon as the old man saw Nie Weiping's ugly appearance, he raised his hand and took the white chess in his hand. He obviously despised his opponent. Who knows a set down, Nie Weiping cut melon cut vegetables a victory. The old man thought that this was a moment's neglect and he had to go to the next set. As a result, this set was not as good as the previous one. At that time, there were a lot of onlookers, and the sweat on the old man's forehead was also more and more. Suddenly, an old amateur chess player flashed out of the crowd, grabbed the old man and asked, "who are you playing chess with?" The old man said, "I don't know." The visitor said, "do you dare to play white? This is the famous big Nie The old man got up and took the chess away. He didn't come to Dongdan to play chess for a long time.

At that time, in addition to Dongdan Park, Jingshan Park was also a gathering place for go enthusiasts. The amateurs in these two parks represented the relatively high level of the Amateur Go industry in Beijing at that time. Later, people often made friends by playing chess. Nie Weiping was one of the representatives. With the rise of Chen Zude's defeat of Japanese experts and Nie Weiping, China has more and more go fans.

Features of scenic spots

Because of its convenient transportation, Dongdan park has become a long-term occupied place for specific groups of people - the largest gay gathering place in Beijing, and is a famous national characteristic park. It's also a place where comrades are wandering and helpless!!

Tourism information

Address: No.4 Dahua Road, Dongcheng District

Route:

Metro Line 1, Metro Line 5, Dongdan station, exit H

Metro Line 2, Metro Line 5, Chongwenmen exit e

Get off at No.1 Dongdan Road West

Get off at the south of Dongdan intersection of No.41, No.128 and no.684

Get off at No.39, 106, 108, 110, 111, 116 Chongwen gate

8. 9, 20, 44 inside, 44 outside, 103, 104, 599, 622, special 2 Chongwenmen West

Address: in front of Dongdan gymnasium, 108 chongwenmennei street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.41636657715

Latitude: 39.905174255371

Tel: 010-65129353