Changfeng Park

Coordinates: 31°13′36″N 121°23′41″E / 31.22667°N 121.39472°E / 31.22667; 121.39472
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Changfeng Park
Putuo District, Shanghai, China
Coordinates31°13′36″N 121°23′41″E / 31.22667°N 121.39472°E / 31.22667; 121.39472
Created1959 (1959)
StatusOpen year round
Changfeng Park
Hanyu Pinyin
Chángfēng Gōngyuán

Changfeng Park (

artificial lake, Yinchu Lake, and an artificial hill, Tiebi Hill. There are various facilities including a Sea Life aquarium and boating on the lake.[2]

Location

The park is located in the

Putuo District.[1] To the east is East China Normal University.[3]

History

The first phase of constructing the park started on 4 April 1957 and the second phase started in July 1958. The park was opened on Chinese National Day (1 October) in 1959. Initially the park was called Huxi Park ("Western Shanghai Park") and then Biluohu Park ("Green Usnea Lake Park") when it was partly opened on 1 July 1958. On 29 September 1959, the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Wei Wenbo, changed its name to Changfeng Park ("Park of Far Off Wind"). He also named the artificial lake and hill as Yin Chu Lake ("Gleaming Mattock Lake") and Tie Bi Hill ("Mighty Arm Hill"). Both names were adopted from a Mao Zedong's poem written in 1958.[4][5]

Changfeng Ocean World (Sea Life Shanghai)

Changfeng Ocean World (Sea Life Shanghai)
Map
Date opened1999
LocationShanghai, China
Websitehttp://www.oceanworld.com.cn

Changfeng Ocean World, also known as Sea Life Shanghai is the main attraction within Changfeng Park. It opened in 1999 with an area of 10,000 square meters. It showcases more than 10,000 marine creatures of over 300 different varieties.[6] It is China's first marine aquarium, and Shanghai's first large-scale world-class aquarium. There are more than 1,500 species of marine life on display, and it is one of Shanghai's youth science education bases. The main building is located 13 metres below Yin Chu Lake. The aquarium was purchased by Merlin Entertainments in 2012.

Changfeng Ocean World controversially includes a

Sea Life website.[7]

Transportation

The park can be reached by taking

Shanghai Metro Line 2
runs south of the park.

Gallery

  • Sign with a map of Changfeng Park at an entrance to the park
    Sign with a map of Changfeng Park at an entrance to the park
  • View of the boating lake in the park, with the two towers of the Global Harbor shopping mall in the distance
    View of the
    Global Harbor
    shopping mall in the distance
  • Changfeng Park aquarium
    Changfeng Park aquarium
  • Changfeng Park aquarium walkway
    Changfeng Park aquarium walkway

See also

References

  1. ^
    TripAdvisor
    . Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ^ Zaoyang Lu (19 September 2011). "Around Town : Parks & Gardens : Changfeng Park". TimeOut Shanghai. Time Out. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. WikiMapia
    . Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ "About Changfeng Park". China: Shanghai Putuo. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Mao Zedong at West Lake". China Heritage Project, The Australian National University.
  6. ^ "Changfeng Ocean World - Time Out - Shanghai". Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  7. ^ Sea Lies: Sea Life's Secret Cetacean Circus - YouTube, retrieved 2015-10-21

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