Free to the public. This waterfront landscape ecological green space, which integrates modernity and tradition, will become a very representative business card of Xining's urban human landscape.
The garden is full of water and picturesque scenery. Antique architecture skillfully links this "Xanadu" with the noisy city. Entering the north gate of the park, you will see a waterscape, like a long river, crystal clear. The miniature landscape of Xining Fucheng is cast by brass, showing visitors the original appearance of Xining Fucheng in Qing Dynasty. The circular relief platform on the open space of Ximen is about half a meter above the ground and about 20 meters in diameter. In the center, there is a brave relief with head held high and copper coins in its mouth, surrounded by peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, plum blossom, pomegranate, Xiantao and other flowers and trees, bats, clouds and longevity figures. Beautiful scenery and various landscapes make tourists linger.
On the west side of the park is Qilin Bay Business District. Shops with dark gray as the main color meander on the riverside landscape of Nanchuan River according to the terrain. Horsehead walls and quaint courtyards, which resemble the old Xining city, are perfectly laid out among more than 270 century-old poplars, creating an unprecedented humanistic environment for commercial streets.
With a total investment of 654.38+67 billion yuan, the park started construction in April 2007. From north to south, the park consists of 14 area, including the main entrance north square, observation deck area, comprehensive service area, Yushui square area, leisure and entertainment area, commercial street entrance area and special dining area of Miaoqu Garden. Many unique and interesting landscapes have been built and restored in the park, and nearly 30 landscape sketches have added a lot of color to the park. In the construction of the park, plant landscape should be highlighted, existing water bodies should be connected, and landscaping should be expanded. On the basis of transforming the landscape in the park, the whole park can be filled with scenery and scenery from time to time.
In the past, the west bank of Nanchuan River was a large beach with more than ten springs scattered in it. 1932, the nursery in Xining County was built on this beach. People opened up the frontier and planted poplar, weeping willow, seabuckthorn and other big trees. After several years of renovation, it has become a quiet place with pleasant scenery on the edge of downtown, and it is also the first choice for urban people to have an outing. By the time of 1939, Xining people had guided springs to drain water, built dikes to dig lakes, built pavilions and pavilions, and built gardens for tourists to enjoy, and named them "Kirin Garden", which is one of the scenic spots in Xining. The spring under the earth slope on the west bank of Nanchuan River is also called "Kirin Spring". 195 1, and the transformed Kirin Park was renamed Shengli Park; In 1980s, Shengli Park was built into a children's park. Restoring the old name now reflects Xining people's respect for history and the excavation of traditional culture.
Now the Kirin Spring is still sweet, clear and flowing. In order to highlight the "spring culture" and "green culture" of Xining City, Qilin Bay Park draws Kirin spring water from the original children's park and flows into the stream to form a new riverside landscape belt with Nanchuan River landscape.