The Construction Evolution of Wangcheng Park

Wangcheng Park was built by Luoyang Municipal Government on its site to commemorate the historic city of Zhouwangcheng.

in October, 1955, 291 mu of land was requisitioned for construction, and 152.64 square meters of greenhouses and offices were built, with 214 original peony varieties. The following year, all 15 acres of peony in the old town Bizhaiyuan were moved in, and 8 peony plants were purchased in the new village in autumn. "May 1" officially opened to the outside world, with an initial area of about 32 mu and a green area of 25 mu, located in the south of Jianhe Bridge. In 1957, a rockery was built in the east of the inner square at the gate. The following year, the swimming pool was rebuilt, a new music pool was built, and then it was changed to an ice skating rink. In 1959, a new square was built and a row of flower exhibition rooms were rebuilt. By 1961, the number of peony species in the garden increased from 22 to 33, and the original 6 species of peony increased to 25. Build a jianhe suspension bridge and a large peony flower bed.

in p>1968, a white marble statue of Mao Zedong was molded in the inner square of the gate, and a placard was built in the center of the peony altar. In 1977, the suspension bridge was demolished, the second peony altar was opened, the peony pavilion flower bed was built in the center of the garden, and the circular corridor was built in the south, completing part of the greening project.

On September 21st, 1982, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress passed a resolution to designate peony as the "city flower" of Luoyang, and to designate April 15th to 25th every year as the "Peony Flower Festival". The following year, 2484 peony plants were grafted. Demolition of the "slogan tower" during the Cultural Revolution, a new gypsum statue of "fairy peony" was built on its original site, with a height of 7 meters. In April, the first Peony Fair was held in the Peony Pavilion. In 1985, 6 peonies of 37 varieties were introduced.

in p>1986, the western district was transformed, and the west gate of the park, Zhouwenhua District and Shaole Terrace were built, which opened up two scenic spots: "Ziting Spring Early" and "Yong Jisheng"; Four cultural sites: the monument of "He Tu Luo Shu", the ruins of the wall of Zhou Wangcheng, the Ji Sheng Zhu Group of Zhou Dynasty, and the seven groups of buildings of "the patterned ground of Wang Cheng" and Shenyuantai. On the basis of the original artificial lake, expand the artificial lake shaped like a phoenix by ten acres; A new antique water tea club "Ziyunzhai" was built. In the same year, Shaole Art Troupe was established.

in p>1987, there were 237 peony varieties with more than 11, plants, 2,5 peonies were bred and 13,652 bamboos were planted. The greening plants in the western district were arranged, and the sculpture of "Shaole Terrace" and its base was completed. In the painting, 32 stories related to Luoyang occurred during the 549 years from Zhou Pingwang's move to Luoyang to Qin Shihuang's unification of China. Therefore, this wall is also called "Story Wall". There are classical national musical instruments such as chimes, melodies and guzheng on the Shaole stage. In April of the following year, the main gate of the park was built, and the antique Zhou Ding was built. In 1991, the "National Famous Flower Exhibition" was successfully held for the first time, and the first Wuxi National Chrysanthemum Competition won the third prize of "Fragrant Single-headed Chrysanthemum" and the excellent layout award; Newly built in the gate: "Bitao Garden" and "Zodiac Garden", and newly built in Qiaobei Animal Area: "Monkey Mountain" and "Bear Pool"; Build two groups of fountains in the square inside and outside the gate; An underground "Mile Palace" was built in the east of the park, with a construction area of about 2,6 square meters. In 1992, the bamboo garden was expanded by 3, square meters, more than 2, square meters of lawns were planted with brick row nets, 4,5 square meters of lawns were replanted, 1,5 square meters of grass flower belts were planted, 2 flower beds were newly built, and 5 greenhouses were newly built. 2, square meters of ostrich pens and chicken coops have been rebuilt, and 14 heads of 9 species of breeding animals have been bred. In the following year, 1,887.6 square meters of "Sakura Garden" was built, and "Bamboo Garden" and "Lamei Garden" were expanded; Planting a lawn of 1,132 square meters, transforming the rockery in the east, and planting 1,2 new shrubs; 589 peonies were introduced, and 12 peonies of 56 varieties were adjusted in Peony Pavilion. All the animals moved to the north of the bridge. Rebuild the inside of the gate into a boutique peony garden, and build a new fairy peony and Fairy Observation Deck.

in p>1994, more than 2, square meters of commercial housing and peony poetry gallery were built on the west side of the gate. More than 5 cubic meters of peony flower bed soil were replaced, 239 old and weak peony plants were replaced, more than 7 new varieties were planted, and 54 plants were replanted with more than 8 plants. In the whole year, 245 animals were bred, including 27 peacocks, 7 golden pheasants, 47 colorful chickens, 11 guinea fowl and 63 silky fowl. The following year, the statue of fairy peony was moved to Luoyang Peony Garden, and the "Wu Hou Flower Appreciation" group sculpture was built at the original site, with a height of 3.6 meters and a base height of 1.2 meters. Opened a peony boutique area with a total area of about 235 square meters, and expanded the peony planting area by 9 square meters; And reshaped the "fairy peony" statue with high quality white marble texture, which is as high as 5.8 meters; Fairy peony flower viewing platform was built.

In p>1997, the South China Tiger was bred jointly with Suzhou Zoo, and one baby and four children were successfully produced in Suzhou in July. On December 1st, the Northeast Tiger gave birth to three more cubs, which is a precedent for tigers to breed in Wangcheng Park since the park was first established. In that year, there were 288 breeding animals of 12 species, including 2 South China tigers, 3 Northeast tigers, 2 black bears, 3 African lions, 3 sika deer, 3 blue peacocks, 7 golden pheasants, 1 brown eared pheasant, 8 peony parrots, 12 budgerigars, 2 falcons and 4 silver pheasants. 25 animals from 1 species were introduced, and 33 animals from 7 species were transferred. The following year, Qiaobei Animal Area built the Peacock Garden, which covers an area of 2,3 ordinary meters. Seven Siberian tigers, one black bear, two sika deer, one pony, one cynomolgus monkey, two rhesus monkeys, 68 blue peacocks, 6 golden pheasants, 24 silver pheasants, three white peacocks and two white-necked pheasants were bred, among which the white-necked pheasant and cynomolgus monkey were successfully bred for the first time. Animals * * * breed 171 animals with 11 species.

in p>1999, an international peony garden with natural style was built on the original lawn inside the main gate, covering an area of 4.9 mu. More than 5,8 peony varieties were introduced from abroad, and a flower bed of 1,4 square meters was newly built in the north of Qiaobei. On April 17th, Northeast Tiger successfully gave birth to three baby tigers, including three Northeast Tigers, one South China Tiger, one black bear, one camel, one ostrich, four macaques, one long-tailed monkey, three sika deer and 8 pheasants. More than 3 square meters of free-range lion and tiger mountain have been built in Qiaobei Animal Area. The following year, the two-story office building and reception room were demolished and converted into Gansu Peony Garden, with an area of about 4, square meters, and 6 plants and 65 varieties of Gansu purple peony were introduced. There are 16 varieties and 5 plants of peony abroad. Breed 4 Siberian tigers, 2 sika deer, 4 ponies, 58 blue peacocks, 17 white peacocks, 5 rhesus monkeys, 6 ostriches, guinea fowl and more than 1 parrots.

in p>21, 98 square meters of lawn was planted, more than 6 plants were transplanted, blue brick paths, pavilions, stone tables and benches were built in the park, and the roads in the park were widened by 52 square meters. Demolition of the east gate, relocation of the infirmary, reconstruction of the antique gate of the carved beam painting building, forming an antique building complex with a length of about 1 km. Breed 4 Siberian tigers, 2 African lions, 4 sika deer, 2 rhesus monkeys, 98 blue peacocks, 12 white peacocks, 5 rhesus monkeys, 36 ostriches, 22 golden pheasants, 18 silver pheasants, more than 2 guinea fowl, budgerigars and peony parrots.

in p>22, many scenic spots in the park, such as the reconstruction of Fenghu Lake, Southwest Rockery, fairy peony Square, the construction of Qiaobei Underground Palace Rockery, the expansion of the North Gate, the relocation of the zodiac, and the animal area, were renovated and treated. The ostrich free-range exhibition area is 2 square meters, and the Little Panda Pavilion is 2 square meters. In July 23, Wangcheng Zoo was established. This autumn, 598 peonies were adjusted, 236 peonies were newly planted, and the planting area was expanded by 1 square meters. Four animals were introduced and two new species were added; In the whole year, 21 animals of 11 species were bred. In 24, 598 fine peony plants were adjusted, 236 new peony plants were planted in the north area of the park, and the peony planting area was expanded by 1 square meters to adjust 598 fine peony plants. In 25, the Peony Poetry Gallery was painted, the Aquilaria Building was internally decorated and a VIP reception room was set up. More than 2, peony plants were introduced and planted on rockeries, which met the needs of tourists to enjoy flowers. The east fence of the park was reconstructed, and the project of tearing down the wall and penetrating the green was implemented. More than 1,5 peonies have been replanted in areas such as Ziban Peony Garden and Aquilaria Resinatum Flower Bed. 2 newly introduced red deer, 2 white yaks, 2 white-lipped deer, 2 lynx, 1 golden antelope, 1 jaguar, 2 baboons and 1 wolf. It is difficult to successfully breed 2 red pandas, 9 macaques, 3 sika deer, 1 deer, and more than 8 young chickens and birds.

In p>27, the surrounding areas of Aquilaria Resinatum, the original purple peony garden and the south triangle of Qiaonan were transformed, and more than 46 peony varieties were introduced, with an investment of 1 million yuan. More than 15 peony plants were adjusted in the garden, and 4 large peony plants were planted in the south side of Aquilaria Resinatum. In 21, the planting area of peony was increased by 1,5 square meters, 5,2 peony plants were newly planted and replanted in the garden, and more than 1, peony plants were newly grafted by taking advantage of rich variety advantages. The zoo in the park breeds 4 South China tigers, 4 squirrel monkeys, 1 black-capped monkey, 1 zebra, 8 deer, 9 macaques, more than 1 pheasants, 8 waterfowl and more than 5 birds. The number of South China tigers in the park has moved to the second place in the country and the first place in the north of the Yangtze River.

by 215, the peony viewing area in the park covers an area of 15.5 hectares, accounting for 233 mu. It is divided into seven peony viewing spots, including fairy peony viewing area, Danxiang Yingbin viewing area, Ziyun Tianxiangtai viewing area, Wangcheng Chunzao viewing area, Gan Tang Zhou viewing area, Aomei Xuanchun viewing area and Chunxiao 'an viewing area. There are 88 varieties of peony, with more than 13, plants, covering nine color systems and ten flower types, with early, middle and late varieties accounting for 15%, 65% and 2% respectively.