What to see
Liberation Park
The Liberation Park is a household word in Wuhan, as it is rare to have a park that sits in the center of the city and has an area of 550,155 square yards. Before the founding of PRC there was once a race ground for merchants of foreign powers, and in 1953, the Government started the construction of park, and, in 1955, the park was completed and opened to the public and it was named the Liberation Park.
Originally, the Liberation Park was built with ponds, brooks, woods, lawns, slopes and tower gardens; garden landscapes such as the Plum Hill, May flower Ridge, Oriental Cherry Slope, Miniature Garden and so on. Later, gradually, various forms of amusement for the tourists came along: cinema, tennis court, swimming pool, and bowling alley. With the Reform and Opening to the outside world, the Park has seen the arrival of Ferris Wheels, Spaceships, Flying Carpet, Super Spring, Space Travel and other modern tourist programs.
Improved living standard of the local people makes for enhanced demands on the environment. The lack of cycling of the former drainage system in the Park, and the prolonged pollution form the surrounding household sewage, the lake in the park saw less and less flora and fish. In November, Wuhan Municipal Government began to reclaim the waters of the Liberation Park, purifying the polluted lake in a biological way, and, adopting Canadian landscape expert Vincent's design to have a ecological marsh built in the park. The newly built marsh has a big lake, tow small lakes, four connecting channels, and a water-purifying channel. The whole body of the lake water can circulate three times a year. In addition, it has introduced 60-plus aquatic plants.
The remolded Liberation Park has taken on a more natural look, and it has begun to accessible to the general public for free ever since. At the beginning, there was the doubt that free admission would lead to damage to the environment. Yet, the fact is that the general majority of the citizens with enhanced personal quality and environmental awareness have been conscious in protecting this treasured land.
The remolded park has been a venue of large-scale flower shows. The shows have grown larger one by one. From dawn to dusk, streams of visitors were lingering in the park, some whiling away their time sitting by the flowerbeds, enjoying the breath of the beautiful spring.
