In the interview, an old man surnamed Chen said that his family lives near the West Lake Park and goes to the park for morning exercises or walks almost every day. He has deep feelings for West Lake Park. He said: "West Lake Park is a good place for nearby residents to exercise and relax, but in recent years, tourists coming to the park are overcrowded and saturated."
Shang Shijie, director of fuzhou west lake park Management Office, told the reporter that since the West Lake Park was opened for free, the number of tourists has rapidly increased from 600,000 per year to more than 2 million per year, and the daily passenger flow has reached thousands. He said that fuzhou west lake park is not only a tourist attraction, but also a main place for people to relax and keep fit. However, with the acceleration of urbanization and the increase of residents around West Lake Park, the original scale of West Lake Park has been difficult to meet people's leisure needs. Therefore, the expansion and transformation of fuzhou west lake park is ready to go.
Mr. Wu and Ms. Ren from Shenyang came to fuzhou west lake park to play after retirement. They were not only attracted by the beautiful scenery of fuzhou west lake park, but also praised the management of the park: "The scenery here is good and the management is better." When the reporter told him that fuzhou west lake park was being expanded after re-planning, Mr. Wu looked envious: "Fuzhou people are really blessed."
It is understood that the expansion of fuzhou west lake park, first, according to the principles of history, culture, leisure, hydrophilicity and sustainability, through the landscape planning and design of the West Lake Park and its surrounding areas connected with the city, forms a "Great West Lake" scenic spot space with "mountains, water and cities" as the mainstay; The second is to use the land development around the city to build the outer ring scenic spot around the West Lake, open up pedestrian trails for tourists around the lake, and improve the tourist route and accessibility; The third is to create two different landscape characteristic areas of West Lake Park. The scenic area around the lake will become an urban recreation and sightseeing area, and the central area will become the main core landscape area of classical gardens. Together, the two will build a unique cultural character of the West Lake. Shang Shijie told reporters that the specific measures will be carried out in three stages, including the construction of a walking path around the lake, the relocation of the zoo and the merger of Zuohai Park. At present, the first phase of the walking path around the lake is being expanded. The scenic spots such as the promenade around the lake, the walking path around the lake, Yangchun Pavilion, the hydrophilic terrace, the hydrophilic square, Qile Square, the fitness square and the fitness trail will become beautiful scenic spots along the way.
Shang Shijie said that in order to improve the park landscape, the fences and railings in the south of fuzhou west lake park have been removed, and the renovation of the lakeside section is also under way. After the relocation of the zoo, the original site of the zoo will be merged into the West Lake Park scenic spot, reappearing the two old scenic spots of the Ming Dynasty, "West Lake Academy and Big Dream Pine Sound". At the same time, after Zuohai Park is included in the scope of "Great West Lake", ordinary people can not only visit Zuohai Park for free, but also stroll, relax and entertain in classical gardens. After the expansion, the number of scenic spots in fuzhou west lake park will increase from 8 to 16, and the area will more than double to 1000 mu, which is one of the few in China. Mr. Zheng, who works in the government, said with emotion: "The expansion and transformation of fuzhou west lake park won the hearts of the people. It can not only meet the living needs of ordinary people, but also enhance the cultural taste of the whole city. Great! "