August 23, 9 a.m., Green Dream Square, Yubei District.
Lao Yang, who lives in the nearby gardener's new village, whose back is already soaked, is sitting on a bench in the green belt of the square resting, admiring the pair of dancing old people in front of him.
On days when it doesn't rain, Lao Yang Lei can't move to go out at 7 a.m., eat breakfast and then go home shopping.
At half past seven, Lao Yang would appear in Green Dream Square on time with a big stereo. At that time, the elderly living in the neighborhood will gather to the rhythm of the music, or dance an elderly disco or a ballroom dance.
At half-past nine, everyone left on time and waited until they met again in the evening.
Urban park is an important resource and space for urban ecological balance, green and sustainable development, an important exhibition space for the people's high-quality life and high-quality development of the city, and an image space for the concentrated display of the city's humanistic spirit and image temperament.
Before the Green Dream Plaza was built, an elderly man like Lao Yang could rarely find a place for leisure and entertainment in a city full of high-rise buildings.
In recent years, Chongqing's newly built area has a green area of 12,544.11 hectares, basically forming a natural ecological pattern of green mountains, green water and beautiful cities, and initially realizing "the city in the park, the garden in the city", and the construction of the park city has become the most beautiful love poem written by Chongqing to nature.
Creating "poetry and distance"
At 7 p.m. on August 26, the temperature had dropped to 25°C, the most comfortable time of the day.
A gentle breeze blows from the surface of Shuanggui Lake in Liangping District, and the willow branches on the lake sway to the rhythm of the wind.
On this day, Hu Hui drove his wife and son from Fengjie to the main city of Chongqing, and when passing by Liangping, his wife Zhao Yan proposed to stay in Shuangguihu National Wetland Park.
Time was tight, and Hu Hui's original intention was to go straight to his destination without stopovers, but he was quickly attracted by the scenery of Shuangguihu National Wetland Park.
The family walks on the road by the lake, the park is rich in water and grass, the turquoise lake reflects the sky like a mirror, not far away, three or three egrets, mandarin ducks, wild ducks play freely in the lake, and a crisp bird song crosses the sky.
The son ran along the road, squatting from time to time next to the small gutter near the paddy field, reaching out to stir the wick grass that grew next to the gutter.
The sky, the lake, migratory birds, and family, this scene composed of a picture scroll made Hu Hui's heart happy, and the fatigue caused by continuous driving was also swept away. Quiet and beautiful, this is the first feeling that many people feel when they come to Shuangguihu National Wetland Park.
In order to protect the clear water of Shuanggui Lake, Liang Ping spent a long time and a lot of energy.
Over the years, Liang Ping has adhered to the ecological restoration concept of "all-area water control, wetland moisturizing city", coordinated various funds to implement 18 ecological projects such as ecological migration of Shuanggui Lake, small and micro wetlands around the lake, and smart wetlands, and organically combined wetland elements with agriculture, water conservancy, history, humanities, etc., so that the park's natural landscape, wetland landscape and rest space are perfectly combined and become a green space shared by the people.
Urban parks are an important part of the urban ecosystem and urban landscape. The creation of Shuangguihu National Wetland Park not only provides citizens and tourists with a place for leisure, recreation, socializing, and holding various cultural activities, but more importantly, the ecological value behind it.
This is the "paradise of migratory birds": after ecological restoration, the water quality of Shuanggui Lake has been stable in Class III. all year round, the biodiversity has been greatly improved, the number of higher vascular plants in the lake has increased to 623, the number of vertebrate species has reached 282 species, including 212 species of birds, and the first-class protected animals blue-headed loon duck, winter migratory bird spot-billed duck and painted sandpiper have settled here all year round, and every winter, tens of thousands of geese and ducks migratory birds come here to winter.
Here, it is the "poetry and distance" of people and birds.
Create beauty in every inch
Pedestrians passing by the pocket park on Shuanglong East Road in Yubei District will always stop by to take a look at this colorful pocket park.
It is a small park, but it is a recreational place for residents, merchants, and passers-by.
The predecessor of Shuanglong East Road Pocket Park is two green spaces with high degree of closure, and the plant growth is poor, which cannot provide entertainment and leisure venues for the surrounding people.
In 2022, in order to improve the comfort, happiness and participation of the surrounding people, the Yubei District Urban Administration decided to build a pocket park here.
Pocket park, also known as pocket park, is a small oasis in the city, which refers to a park green activity venue open to the public, small in scale, diverse in form, and with certain recreational functions, in order to solve the problem of the tight rest environment demand in the city center.
"The park floor was brightened and colored with colored concrete, and tree pool benches were installed around the trees, as well as fitness equipment. A green space that was originally unenjoyable to the masses has been transformed into a comfortable, spacious and beautiful pocket park. Yuan Zhengmei, a city manager of Cuihu Road Community on Shuanglonghu Street, said.
No matter where it is, no matter how big or small, the park seems to be just a place to relax, but it actually "solves" many problems of citizens. It does not directly provide a solution, but it can make a "soft landing" for the mood.
The work of community grid workers is complicated and trivial, and the increasing work pressure makes people want to escape from time to time, and so is Chen Anli, a community grid member on Cuihu Road.
"Life at two o'clock and one line constantly squeezes my nerves, when the pressure is too high, I will come to the park to wander, there are many things to do in the park, you can also do nothing, waste time, but also enjoy time." Chen Anli said.
Not only Chen Anli, but also many young people living nearby, this small pocket park has become a space for them to escape the pressure of life for a short time.
The faster the city develops, the more people need parks: in Lianhua Street, Banan District, pocket parks have become the first choice for residents' activities and leisure; In the Shuxiang Community of Beibei District, the Sports Culture Park takes sports culture as the theme, and the entertainment facilities are full of excitement and challenge; In the marble stone street in the South Bank District, Tengbin Pocket Park is full of flowers and trees, and the scenery is everywhere...
These pocket parks not only enhance the "appearance" and "temperament" of the city, but also promote the "stable happiness" of citizens.
Highlight the historical context
On August 24, at 10 a.m., in Hongyan Cultural Park, Yuzhong District, the sun was separated by heavy clouds, and the weather was rarely cool.
From Hutouyan Bus Station, although there is only a wall apart, the outside is a different world. Enter from the fitness trail, walk down the cliff edge with a height difference of about 100 meters, surrounded by hundreds of plants such as beauty plum, crape myrtle tree, jacaranda, red leaf plum, etc., red, pink, purple and other colors of flowers open wantonly, making people have a sense of unreality.
Referring to the map of the park, the tour route is simple and clear, and the various "IPs" in the Hongyan Cultural Park can be clearly identified. The center of the park is a large field of flowers and meadows, named "Valley Grass Sea" and "Rotten Flower Field", in front of the "Spring Train", and further on, is the core of the park - the former site of the main building of Xinhua Daily.
This complex of buildings built on the mountain, consisting of five bamboo and civil structure buildings, once gathered a group of "pen tip warriors", became an important position of news and public opinion at that time, spreading advanced ideas.
Chongqing is the birthplace of the Hongyan spirit, which is the distinctive red symbol of Chongqing and the precious spiritual wealth of Chongqing.
The Hongyan Cultural Park built in Chongqing is not only a place for leisure and entertainment for surrounding residents, but also an educational base for spreading and carrying forward the spirit of Hongyan.
The "Red Three Rocks" is a beacon of the Communist Party of China in the National Unification Area and some occupied areas during the Anti-Japanese War period, and is a resounding cultural business card of Chongqing, with great historical status and era value. The construction of Hongyan Cultural Park is to enhance the spiritual influence of Hongyan and build "Red Three Rocks" into a national central city red cultural landmark, a national first-class red tourism destination and characteristic education base, and an important node of the "two rivers and four banks" cultural convergence style.
At the end of August, the summer vacation was not yet over, and there were still many parents and children visiting revolutionary sites such as the former site of the Xinhua Daily General Hall and the Hongyan Revolution Memorial Hall to explore the red print.
The ecological gardens, pocket parks and cultural parks densely packed in the city are like stars, lighting up Chongqing's ecological and cultural firmament, sheltering the little creatures in the city, and reaping natural fruits and spiritual healing in the city.
