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May 30, 2011, Monday
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BINJIANG Forest Park has more than 200,000 trees and shrubs and also features impressive views of the Huangpu and Yangtze rivers, writes Tan Weiyun.
With views of the Yangtze River, protected marshlands, camphor and redwood thickets and flowers galore, Binjiang Forest Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area boasts the largest green coverage among the suburban forest parks in Shanghai.
This 300-hectare oasis is the city's third largest park after Gongqing Forest Park in Yangpu District and Century Park in Pudong.
Located at the northern tip of the Pudong New Area in Gaoqiao Town, the park is most famous for its spectacular views of where the Huangpu and Yangtze rivers meet the East China Sea. A wooden walkway follows the coastline that sweeps from east to west in a wide curve.
It is the only place in the city that visitors can appreciate the "convergence of the three waters."
Hengsha, Changxing and Chongming islands can be seen if visibility is good.
The coastline was renovated from the northern sea wall of Pudong and the eastern dike at Wusong Port along the Huangpu River. It is both a tourist attraction and a flood-control barrier.
Along the coastline walkway, three waterfront viewing platforms let visitors get even closer to the water.
Covering an area of about 300 hectares, the park works as a "green lung." It contains more than 200,000 trees and shrubs, including more than 204 wild species.
More than one-third of its forests remain pristine. In order to protect them, plank paths were built throughout the park. Visitors can easily walk deep into the forest or over crisscrossing streams without damaging the natural environment.
The park boasts Shanghai's largest azalea valley, which features more than 20 varieties and over 5,000 shrubs. Some azaleas are native to Shanghai while some have been transplanted from the mountainous Guizhou Province in the country's southwest.
A nearby orchard contains orange, date, persimmon, waxberry and other fruit trees, as well as white flowering May bushes. In the autumn visitors can pick oranges.
The park's 13-hectare wetland contains a lake formed by several streams. Birds skim the waters lined with iris, water plants, willows and water onions.
Trees such as dawn redwood, maple and magnolia, which have large fragrant flowers, are scattered about.
The lake contains more than 50 aquatic plants. Though the cherry, peach, magnolia and azalea blossoming seasons have just passed, the water lilies and lotus flowers will bloom in the summer.
With a bit of luck, you may even catch a glimpse of weasels or small roe deer in the wild forest area.
Open: 8am-5pmAddress: 3 Gaoshatan, Gaoqiao Town, Pudong (near Suitang Highway)
Admission: 20 yuan (US$3)
Tel: 5864-4791
How to get there: Take Metro Line 6 to Gangcheng Road, then transfer to Waigaoqiao No. 1 bus.
With views of the Yangtze River, protected marshlands, camphor and redwood thickets and flowers galore, Binjiang Forest Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area boasts the largest green coverage among the suburban forest parks in Shanghai.
This 300-hectare oasis is the city's third largest park after Gongqing Forest Park in Yangpu District and Century Park in Pudong.
Located at the northern tip of the Pudong New Area in Gaoqiao Town, the park is most famous for its spectacular views of where the Huangpu and Yangtze rivers meet the East China Sea. A wooden walkway follows the coastline that sweeps from east to west in a wide curve.
It is the only place in the city that visitors can appreciate the "convergence of the three waters."
Hengsha, Changxing and Chongming islands can be seen if visibility is good.
The coastline was renovated from the northern sea wall of Pudong and the eastern dike at Wusong Port along the Huangpu River. It is both a tourist attraction and a flood-control barrier.
Along the coastline walkway, three waterfront viewing platforms let visitors get even closer to the water.
Covering an area of about 300 hectares, the park works as a "green lung." It contains more than 200,000 trees and shrubs, including more than 204 wild species.
More than one-third of its forests remain pristine. In order to protect them, plank paths were built throughout the park. Visitors can easily walk deep into the forest or over crisscrossing streams without damaging the natural environment.
The park boasts Shanghai's largest azalea valley, which features more than 20 varieties and over 5,000 shrubs. Some azaleas are native to Shanghai while some have been transplanted from the mountainous Guizhou Province in the country's southwest.
A nearby orchard contains orange, date, persimmon, waxberry and other fruit trees, as well as white flowering May bushes. In the autumn visitors can pick oranges.
The park's 13-hectare wetland contains a lake formed by several streams. Birds skim the waters lined with iris, water plants, willows and water onions.
Trees such as dawn redwood, maple and magnolia, which have large fragrant flowers, are scattered about.
The lake contains more than 50 aquatic plants. Though the cherry, peach, magnolia and azalea blossoming seasons have just passed, the water lilies and lotus flowers will bloom in the summer.
With a bit of luck, you may even catch a glimpse of weasels or small roe deer in the wild forest area.
Open: 8am-5pmAddress: 3 Gaoshatan, Gaoqiao Town, Pudong (near Suitang Highway)
Admission: 20 yuan (US$3)
Tel: 5864-4791
How to get there: Take Metro Line 6 to Gangcheng Road, then transfer to Waigaoqiao No. 1 bus.
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