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304: 34: 201: 186:. Covering an area of 112,639 square metres (1,212,440 sq ft), it is the largest green area in downtown Chengdu. The park features an artificial lake, several gardens, the Railway Protection Movement Monument, and the century-old Heming Teahouse ( 284:. On 27 September 1940 and 27 July 1941, Shaocheng Park was twice bombed by Japanese warplanes, which destroyed many facilities and caused thousands of casualties, although the Railway Protection Monument survived. 247: 295:
government renamed the park as People's Park in 1950. The park was enlarged, refurbished, and reopened in October 1952, but the Wang Mingzhang statue was demolished.
84: 303: 171: 246:. From 1913–14, the new republican government built the Monument to the Martyrs of the Railway Protection Movement (辛亥秋保路死事纪念碑) in the park, which is now a 231:. In 1911, Yu Kun (玉昆), the last Qing general in Chengdu, converted part of Shaocheng into the city's first public park, known as Shaocheng Park. 415: 265:) to be the education minister of Sichuan. Lu made many improvements to the park, building museums, a library, a zoo, and sports facilities. 494: 33: 258: 318: 307: 499: 479: 452: 386: 243: 209: 288: 137: 77: 489: 235: 167: 39: 484: 292: 269: 254: 419: 442: 322: 8: 262: 389:[Introduction to People's Park] (in Chinese). Yinxiang Sichuan. Archived from 448: 239: 281: 224: 215:
The park is located in the former Shaocheng ("small city"), which was built by the
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People's Park is located on Shaocheng Road in central Chengdu, near
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The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing
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that overthrew the Qing dynasty and replaced it with the
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was erected in the park, after Wang was killed in the
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Index


Railway Protection Movement
Urban park
Chengdu
Sichuan
Coordinates
30°39′34″N 104°03′18″E / 30.6595°N 104.0549°E / 30.6595; 104.0549
Chinese
pinyin
Chengdu
Sichuan
Railway Protection Movement
Major Historical and Cultural Site
Tianfu Square

Sichuan Army
War of Resistance Against Japan
Qing dynasty
Manchu
Mongol
Eight Banners
Railway Protection Movement
Xinhai Revolution
Republic of China
Major Historical and Cultural Site
Yang Sen
Lu Zuofu
卢作孚
Second Sino-Japanese War
Wang Mingzhang

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