Yuexiu Park is one of the earliest parks in Guangzhou and the largest comprehensive park in Guangzhou.
During the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen proposed to build Yuexiu Mountain into a large park.
After the liberation of Guangzhou, this idea was realized.
Today, Yuexiu Park has beautiful natural scenery and is rich in the characteristics of subtropical areas. It also preserves various historical relics and relics.
The newly built garden roads also connect various scenic spots.
Yuexiu Mountain, the main body of Yuexiu Park, is a famous mountain with profound cultural heritage. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was a scenic spot in Guangzhou.
More than 2,000 years ago, Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue who established the first feudal dynasty in Lingnan, held a banquet on this mountain and entertained Lu Jia, the envoy sent by Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
There is the former site of Yuewang Terrace on Yuexiu Mountain. It is said that every year on the third day of the third month of the third month of the lunar calendar, Zhao Tuo would climb here to have fun. The accompanying officials would dance Yue songs and dances on the platform, so it was also called Song and Dance Hill.
During the Southern Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty used Yuewang Terrace as a banquet place. He planted many exotic flowers and trees on the mountain climbing road, which was called "Huluan Road". Golden chrysanthemums and hibiscus were planted all along the road. The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Han Dynasty often spent good nights here.
By the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, Yuexiu Mountain had become a relatively famous scenic spot in Guangzhou, such as Yuetai Qiuyue, Yuexiu Songtao, Xiangshan Woodman Song, Yuexiu Peaks, Zhenhai Floors, etc. The "Eight Scenic Spots of Yangcheng" in the past dynasties have all included Yuexiu Mountain as an important scenic spot.
In 1925, the Guangzhou Municipal Government ordered the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to prepare Yuexiu Mountain as a memorial park for Premier Sun Yat-sen.
In 1926, Guangzhou citizens took the initiative to organize a park recreation party to raise funds to build the park. In December of the same year, the opening ceremony of Yuexiu Park was held.
Beginning in 1950, the Guangzhou Municipal Government organized the masses to develop and repair the Yuexiu Mountain scenic spots and historic sites left over from history, and at the same time comprehensively renovate the greening.
Zhu Guang, then mayor of Guangzhou, also inscribed "Yuexiu Park" on the newly built gate tower archway.
On November 7, 1957, the new Yuexiu Park was officially opened to the general public and became the largest comprehensive park in the city, with a park area of ??more than 750,000 square meters.
In January 2006, the park was rated as a national 4A tourist attraction.
Yuexiu Park is a park of mountains. Yuexiu Mountain belongs to the remnants of Baiyun Mountain, extending about 3 kilometers from east to west, with an altitude of more than 70 kilometers.
Historically, it was also known as Yuexiu Mountain and Yuewang Mountain.
During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a Guanyin Pavilion was built on the mountain, so it was often called Guanyin Mountain among the people.
Yuexiu Mountain is a geomantic treasure of Guangzhou. From a geographical perspective, Guangzhou is surrounded by mountains and sea, leaning on the Jiulian Mountains in the north and Lingding Ocean in the south; on the left is Luofu Mountain and on the right is Qingyun Mountain. "Suzaku" and "Xuanwu" guard and extend to Baiyun Mountain and Yuexiu Mountain in Guangzhou.
From the map, Baiyun Mountain and Yuexiu Mountain look like huge black dragons, forming a "flying dragon sucking water" trend on the banks of the Pearl River.
Yuexiu Park is the largest green space in the central area of ??Guangzhou City. It is a natural ecosystem based on mixed forests and lakes. The park has a unique natural environment and a variety of plant species.
Existing vegetation is a mixture of artificial plants and natural secondary vegetation.
There are 460 species of trees, shrubs and ground covers in 127 families.
Among them, there are 275 species of native plants and 185 species of non-native plants.
There are nearly 220,000 trees of 146 species, mainly Acacia arborescens, banyan tree, earth honey tree, hackberry tree, paper tree, longan, white orchid, Taiwan acacia, bauhinia, sweet apple, and sapodilla; 121 shrubs There are 143 species of ground cover plants, including osmanthus, red banana, pittosporum, false forsythia, red-backed osmanthus, etc.; there are 143 species of ground cover plants, including calla lily, white butterfly, cattail, kidney fern, weeda, big-leaf curculigo, iris, and monstera. wait.
There are 19 species of palm plants, 8 species of bamboo plants, 10 species of vines, 3 species of aquatic plants, and 10 species of seasonal flowers.
There is also a national first-level protected plant called Cynophylla philodendron.
The park’s rich plant species, dense bamboo forests, woods and large grasslands provide good feeding and habitat environments for animals.
There are 43 species of birds in the park, and it also attracts migratory birds from South America.
In addition, the park also inhabits dog bats, East Asian flat-winged bats, flat-headed bats and little yellow bats.
There are 6 species of frogs, 10 species of fish, and 66 species of insects in the park.