The main entrance of the park faces Xianfeng Street, and there are three arched doors in the south, just like a tall archway. The main entrance is engraved with the four characters "Zhongshan Park"; There is a couplet on the back of the gate: "The scenery is pleasant, and it is appropriate for the lake to embrace the moon at sunset; The distant mountains are picturesque, so it's best to listen to the rain pen rack and look at the clouds. " This couplet is the word "Qingyuan" embedded in the top of the crane, covering four scenes of Qingyuan: the sunset in Maoxiang, the moon in Tianhu, the rain in Songgang and the clouds on the penholder.
In the center of the garden, the statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stands tall, and the base is engraved with the will of the Prime Minister. There are two towers planted on both sides, and behind the statue is a flower bed full of exotic flowers and herbs. There are rockeries, fish ponds, fountains splashing water, and several ten tail goldfish splashing in the water, which is very interesting. To the west is Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Originally Guan Yue Temple, it was rebuilt in 193 1 and became a magnificent building at that time. There is a flat forehead at the main entrance, engraved with Sun Wen's handwriting "The Duke of the World"; At the top is the horizontal plaque of "Great God's End". The first floor is the meeting place, and the second floor is the Kuomintang County Party Department.
There is a "Folk Music Pavilion" on the east side of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The hexagonal pavilion in the middle is called "Tao Tao Pavilion" and was built in 1926. Directly behind, there is a couplet written by Yang Shengyuan: "Seeing foreign green hills leisurely, with poetic heart and painting forest;" Cherish the green trees in front of the courtyard and remember the flowers in the south of the Yangtze River. " "I will come back again, shallow grass adds green to the rain; With a smile on the fence, the flowers in the sunset are redder. "Behind the Tao Tao Pavilion is a green meadow dotted with some rugged rocks. There is a yellow wax stone, and the texture on the stone looks like a crab. Legend has it that when the flood in Qingyuan rose, the "crab" climbed up, and after the flood receded, it climbed back to its original place.
There is a "Jingxian Building" in the northernmost part of the park, which was built by 1928 with donations from county businessmen. The neutral story of Jingxian Pagoda: "In the autumn and September of the Republic of China, merchants from the attached city built a building in Qingyuan Zhongshan Park, which was named Jingxian Pagoda ..." Chen Douchu wrote a couplet for this purpose: "Jingxing has a good way to go abroad, and the people in Xianyue Bay depend on the building." "Jingxian Building" is a two-story building, and upstairs is a library, which displays books and newspapers for tourists to read; There are wooden chairs downstairs for tourists to rest. There is a small pool in front of the door, and there is a bridge on the pool. There are fragrant lotus flowers in the pool.
After liberation, the people's government felt that the old Zhongshan Park was too narrow to meet the needs of citizens' leisure activities, so it was convenient for 1958 to move to Zhushigang, Liyuan, Yuan Tan and Fuchangwei on the south bank of Dongmentang to expand the park site. After years of operation, the landscape of New Zhongshan Park is more beautiful, and a zoo, children's playground and activity square are added as supporting facilities, making it a good place for citizens and tourists to exercise, entertain and relax. Every morning and evening, men, women and children come here for various beneficial activities, and the whole park presents a vibrant scene. The former site of Zhongshan Park was expanded to the seat of Qingyuan County Government, and changed to the seat of Qingcheng District People's Government after the city was built.
On the east side of the park, there is a hexagonal pavilion to commemorate Li Wenkai, one of the seventy-two martyrs in Huanghuagang. This pavilion was built in the park 1934, and there is a preface to the martyrs pavilion. This preface was written by Zou Lu in Tai Po on 1935, written by him and engraved in Duanzhou. Li Wenkai is from Tanghe Village, Dalong Township, Gao Qiao, Yuantan Town, our city. 1909 went to Singapore and was hired as a worker by ZTE Daily and South China Daily founded by Chinese. After contacting with the ZTE revolutionaries, he accepted the revolutionary ideas of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, hated the fatuity of the Qing government and the aggression of imperialist powers, and returned to China to participate in the Revolution of 1911 in 19 10.
On February 28th, 19 1 1, he joined the death squads that attacked the Guangdong and Guangxi Supervision Offices. When retreating, he was seriously injured, but he still insisted on covering his comrades until the last drop of blood was shed. Due to disrepair, the inscription of Li Wenkai Martyrs Pavilion was lost. Later, with the relocation of the park, it was rebuilt in the new park. A sports ground has been opened in front of the Martyrs Pavilion, including basketball court, swing frame, wave bridge and slide. There is a hexagonal pavilion near the gymnasium with chairs and benches. There is a couplet on the front of the hexagonal pavilion: "Snow reflects flowers, why not?" Ice trays sell summer heat, and singing likes to moisten poetry. After the pavilion, there are couplets: "Willow Tower, Huilan Courtyard; Lotus pond, peony railing. "