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Green belt follows old moat
By Tao Jiming and Chen Qianqing |
September 28, 2009, Monday
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MORE than seven centuries after Jiading's city wall was built, much of it has collapsed due to lack of maintenance but the moat is still flowing.
In the early 1960s suggestions were made to construct parks on both sides of the ancient moat.
The idea was adopted by the government in the 1990s and was considered an important part of Jiading's plans to be an ecological park city.
After many years of efforts, a green belt has been established along both sides of the moat, lined with more than 10 kinds of ornamental plants including camphor, ligustrum, metasequoia, sweet osmanthus, lagerstromia and cape jasmine.
The belt is about 7 kilometers long and 80,000 square meters in area.
Along the moat lie eight platforms and one boat wharf. The belt is affectionately called "the green necklace" by Jiading natives. The moat is also connected to several parks.
Southeast of the moat stands Wisteria Park, which embodies the friendship between China and Japan. The 10,000-square-meter park showcases more than 400 Japanese wisteria, given by Jiading's sister county in Osaka. In spring, the park and the wisteria attract thousands of visitors.
Near the southern part of the moat lies the Southern Wall Park, which preserves a 150-meter-long section of the ancient city wall as its main feature.
The Ancient Tree Park at the southwest side presents 12 famous ancient trees that are more than 200 years old.
In the early 1960s suggestions were made to construct parks on both sides of the ancient moat.
The idea was adopted by the government in the 1990s and was considered an important part of Jiading's plans to be an ecological park city.
After many years of efforts, a green belt has been established along both sides of the moat, lined with more than 10 kinds of ornamental plants including camphor, ligustrum, metasequoia, sweet osmanthus, lagerstromia and cape jasmine.
The belt is about 7 kilometers long and 80,000 square meters in area.
Along the moat lie eight platforms and one boat wharf. The belt is affectionately called "the green necklace" by Jiading natives. The moat is also connected to several parks.
Southeast of the moat stands Wisteria Park, which embodies the friendship between China and Japan. The 10,000-square-meter park showcases more than 400 Japanese wisteria, given by Jiading's sister county in Osaka. In spring, the park and the wisteria attract thousands of visitors.
Near the southern part of the moat lies the Southern Wall Park, which preserves a 150-meter-long section of the ancient city wall as its main feature.
The Ancient Tree Park at the southwest side presents 12 famous ancient trees that are more than 200 years old.
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