Liwan Lake Park

Liwan Lake Park best shows the elegant and gentle beauty of southern China and it is a park taking lake as the theme. It is located at Pantang area Xiguan Lizhiwan, Guangzhou, stretching to West Longjin Road at the east and lower reach of Xiguankou branch at the south, reaching Huangsha Avenue at the west and linking Zhongshanba Road at the north. This lake was constructed through the voluntary work of the public in 1958. It has an area of 280,000m2 with the area of lake accounting for two thirds.

The park got its name from an ancient river bend on West Pearl River—Lizhiwan, which is famous for the wide range plant of Lizhi (lichee) so it has the poetic charm of “One river of the water is green, two sides of the banks are red”. As the upper reaches of West Pearl River beneaped, Lizhiwan turns into an inland lake and the vast water turns into the lake sometimes dries. In the Tang Dynasty, Lizhiwan developed into a garden with tremendous lichees—Liyuan (Lichee Garden). From the Song Dynasty, north of Pantang eventually dried, the hag in the south was change into pond, but the lake surface was much broader than today. Boats could drive on the channel connecting with West Pearl River in Ming Dynasty so in that time Eight Sceneries of Guangzhou still included the scenery “Songs of Fishermen on Liwan”. From the Qing Dynasty, Lingnan garden architecture such as Tang Liyuan and Seamount Celestial House.

Liwan Lake Park, taking lakes as the main body, is composed of Xiaocui Lake, Yvcui Lake, Ruyi Lake and Wuxiu Lake. The pavilions, water pavilions, terraces, porches and towers set off one another in the blue waters and green trees. What a beautiful picture of southern China with shadowy trees, soft willows, mattress-like grass lawn, turning bridges and circling hurdles, pavilions, towers, water pavilions and stone bridges near the water reflecting the waves of the lake.

Liwan Lake Park is a synthesize park with several function of sight seeing, culture, entertainment and relax. It has all kinds of playing equipments, Gymnasiums, swimming pool of international standard, yachts, baby amusement park etc as well as service establishments such as hotels, bars, buffets and barbecues. In the Fuxiangwu of Xiaocui Lake there is a tea art amusement park, visitors can drink tea while enjoying the calligraphies and paintings of famous person and rare craftworks. In order to recover the past garden sceneries of Lizhiwan, government of Liwan District invested several millions to rebuild the Seamount Celestial House of Qing Dynasty at Wuxiu Lake and two water pavilions and a two-floor exhibition hall to exhibit series, collections and inscriptions etc. Lotuses are planted all over the Lingzhou Island of Wuxiu Lake. The previous charm of Lizhiwan will come into our eyes once more as Lichee trees are planted. The eight sceneries of Liwan Lake chosen through public appraisal in 1985, Dance with Flowers on the Lawn, Songs from Banyan Shade, Boating on Yuhu, Rainbow Bridge Crowed with Lichee, Ancestral Temple Ancient Ferry, Spring Wave Pine Shadow, Violet Elegant Path, Sha Zhu Gu Pu, are good sceneries of Liwan Lake.

Accompanying with Liwan Lake Park is one of the three garden restaurants of Guangzhou——Panxi Restaurant. This is a good place for visitors from China and abroad to taste Guangzhou cate.

Publishes at : 07-10-29 21:23

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