Chongqing >> Eling Park

Attraction Typ: Amusement Park

Location: City Centre - Central

Recommend: 3 Star

Eling Park

Eling Park, named for its narrow and steep shape resembling a nape of a goose, has beautiful and elegant natural scenery.

Eling Park (Chinese: 鹅岭公园; pinyin: é Lǐng Gōngyuán) is the first private garden built in 1909 in Chongqing.

Located in Changjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Eling Park was originally named as Edingling (Goose Nape Hill), for its narrow and steep shape resembling a nape of a goose. It was originally the home of Lee, a rich businessman. The "courteous park" was its name at that time. In 1958, large-scale of restoration was carried out on the site of Lee Garden and the park was renamed "Eling Park".

The park has beautiful and unique styles' towers, pavilions and bamboo groves. Inside the bonsai garden of the park, there are more than 100 varieties of rare potted plants and miniature landscapes. A man-made lake called Ronghu is not far from the garden. The stone handrails on the bridge are uniquely carved in the form of a rope. Nanyuan Garden in the park is densely shaded with trees such as camphor trees, ginkgo, and pine trees and so on. With weird rockery under trees it has a flavor of pastoral life. The newly built tower Liangjiang Pavilion is an ideal place for visitors enjoying a bird's eye view of the city at daytime, and a magnificent view at night.

Because of its good location and beautiful natural scenery, it attracted lots of tourists and famous people such as Mr. and Mrs. Chiang Kaishek, Song Ziwen and so on. The Britain ambassador Karer had stayed here for 5 years.