Hehuachi Park

Hehuachi Park (Chinese: 荷花池公园; pinyin: Héhuāchí Gōngyuán; literally: "Lotus Pond Park") is a small park in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The park's centerpiece is the Hehuachi, or Lotus Pond.

Hehuachi Park's history can be traced back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The park plays an important role in the daily life of Yangzhou people, providing a quiet environment for people's recreation. The park is open to visitors free of charge.

Hehuachi Park is located at the southwestern corner of Yangzhou's historic center (formerly, the walled city). The park occupies an area of 11 ha, including 5 ha of water.

Hehuachi is part of Yangzhou's intricate network of lakes and canals. The Erdaohe (二道河) Canal, running along the western edge of Yangzhou's old city, comes to the Hehua Pond from the north, connecting it with the Thin West Lake at the city's northwest. The short (300-meter long) Erdaogou (二道沟) Canal runs east from the Hehua Pond, linking it with the nearby old channel of the Grand Canal of China, which forms the old city's southern and eastern borders. It is possible to sail a small water craft from the Thin West Lake, via the Erdaohe, the Hehua Pond, and the Erdaogou into the Old Grand Canal.

The park is a combination of modern style and the traditional style as a park in the city. It was regarded as the second rank garden of Jiangsu for the first batch. Its original names are Nanchi and Yanchi. Because there are many lotuses planted in the pond, then it was renamed as Hehuachi park. Hehuachi is one of the most eight famous scenic garden spots of Yangzhou. The scenes where the garden overlooks Inkslab Pool with Wenfeng tower on the other side, is titled of "Yanchi Ranhan".

The owner of the Garden brought in many precious rocks from lake Taihu in the past, some of those rocks were very big, and others were quite small. It is said that those rocks were the remains of the Huashi Gang of the Song dynasty. The owner placed those beautiful rocks together as man-made hills to decorate the Garden. With those rare artificial hills, the park took on a fantastic view.

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