Fuxing Park

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    underground rail: South Shaanxi Rd/South Huangpi Rd
  • 06:00 - 18:00

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Lonely Planet review

This leafy park, laid out by the French in 1909 and later used by the Japanese as a parade ground in the late 1930s, remains one of the city's more pleasant. Heavily shaded by big-leafed wutong trees, it's an excellent place to take a seat and escape the summer sun and there's a popular kiddies playground. Wreathed in the laughter of children, the huge stony-faced busts of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels gaze out from a seemingly redundant epoch.

There is always plenty to see here - the park is a refuge for the elderly and a practising field for itinerant musicians, chess players, people walking backwards and slow-moving taichitypes.