Longtan (Dagon Deep Pool) Park
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The Longtan (dragon pool) Park in the southeast of the Chongwen district contains 118 hectares of land surface and more than 300, 000 square meters of water surface. The 3, 700 meters long zigzagging pool banks was made of natural rocks. Trees planted in the park are associated with dragon at least from their names: Dragon Cypress, Dragon Beard Willow, and Dragon Pawn Pagoda Tree. Two dragons whose bodies are made of flower and plants in the park lie at the entrance of the park to greet visitors.
The stone arch bridges: Double Pavilion Bridge and the Longtan Waterfall divide the lake into four isles, four peninsular, three fords, one valley, and six patches of green land. In recent years a number of new attractions have been developed and almost are all named after dragon such as the Pavilion of the Dragon Singing Scenic Zone, the Dragon Forest of Stone Steles Scenic Zone, the Dragon Gate Scenic Zone.
Around the banks of the lake there is an outdoor bird market. Each day hundreds of people come to buy or have a look at the numerous birds in the little stalls run by traders.
To the northeast of the park, there stand the temple and shrine of Yuan Chonghua (born on June 6, 1584, died 22 September 1630, was a famed patriot and military commander of the Ming Dynasty who battled the Manchu in Liaoning Province. The twentieth century intellectual Liang Qichao, characterized Yuan Chonghuan as China's greatest soldier.). In the temple one sees the portrait of this brave man as well as some inscriptions of poems written by Kang Youwei (1858–1927, Chinese philosopher and reform movement leader. He was a leading philosopher of the new text school of Confucianism, which regarded Confucius as a utopian political reformer). To the other side of the park is the Children's center of the Chongwen District.
Since its open in March of 1986, the park has already hosted a series of important events such as the annual Longtan Lake Cultural Temple Fair, the 1988 International Dragon Boat Race etc. All these activities highly raised the popularity of the park abroad.
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