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Chongqing Eling Park
The Eling park at 350 meters up offer a grand view of both the Yangtse and Jialing Rivers. It located in the Changjiang Lu, Yuzhong district,. The park was built in 1909 as a private garden, and was originally the home of Lee Yaoting and his son, a rich businessman. It was called “courteous park “at that time.
Eling was originally named Edingling (Goose Nape Hill), for its narrow shape resembling the nape of a goose's neck. It faces Yangtze River to South, close Jialing River to north, get near downtown to east. It was on the mountain of the city. Because of its good location and beautiful natural scenery, it was to be the ideal places for rest and visit for long history. Many famous people have stayed or visited here for different reasons, such as Mr. and Mrs. Chiang-Kai-Shek, the premier of Kumingtang, Feng Yuxiang, Lin Sen, Sun Ke, Song Ziwen, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan, Chen Cheng, they all were the important ministers of Kumingtang. The Britain ambassador Karer had stayed here for 5 years.
1950, the Courteous Park was the location of Southwest military area. The minister of Chinese CPC, Dong Biwu, Liu Bocheng, Helong had lived here.
The park has towers, pavilions and bamboo groves of unique styles. with special plant species and a newly built tower (Liangjiang Pavilion) provides views of the entire city. In 1958, large-scale of restoration was carried out on the site of Lee Garden and the park was renamed “Eling Park “.
The park office used to be the Britain and Australian embassy during the anti-Japan war. The flat houses in the park used to be the Turkey embassy.
