People's Park

People's Park is located in the northwest of the city, at the foot of Cuiping Mountain, covering an area of 87 mu, of which the lake is more than 40 mu. Before liberation, this place used to be a place where residents in the surrounding area discharged sewage and dumped garbage. Over time, it changed into a big stinky ditch. In the early 1950s, a preliminary cleaning and renovation was carried out. From 1958 to 1963, the municipal government organized manpower to remove garbage and sludge, expanded the stinking ditch into a lake, planted flowers and trees by the lake, and the Cuiping Mountain reflected in the lake, so it was named "Cuihu", and tourists could swim on the lake. Boat. The following year, a hall-style tea garden was built on one side of the lake, covering an area of 700 square meters, with an external grape trellis and a tea seat under the shade. In 1996, it was renamed People's Park. Since the People's Park was built, landscaping and garden facilities have developed greatly. The trees are lush, the garden is full of flowers, and the environment is extremely quiet. When the dawn is dawning, men and women, young and old flock in. Under the flowers and trees, on the bridge and the lake, there are people boxing, dancing swords, walking, and wading birds everywhere. It is a good place for the people of Yibin to exercise in the morning. In order to enrich the cultural life of the masses, the park also often receives foreign performance groups to come to the park to perform animal taming, snake dance, circus, acrobatics and other performances.