Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park

Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park

Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park is located in the Songbao area of Baoshan District, Shanghai, bordered by Binjiang Avenue to the east and Donglin Road to the west, covering a total area of 10.6 hectares. In 1956, Baoshan built a park on the site of the ancient Baoshan Temple from the Qing Dynasty, naming it “Gongqing Park.” In October 1962, it was renamed “Linjiang Park.”

To highlight the characteristics of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Linjiang Park underwent a Phase I closure and renovation project starting in April 2015, and was renamed “Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park” in June 2015. The main renovations included improving the connection between the east entrance and Binjiang Avenue, constructing a memorial-themed square, enhancing the environment around the memorial hall, and creating a new cultural exhibition area. As one of the 88 national memorial sites, the design and construction of the project followed the concepts of “combining museum and park” and “integrating culture with greenery,” aiming to build “one center and four bases”—the Songhu Anti-Japanese War History Exhibition Center, the Songhu Anti-Japanese War History Research Base, the Patriotic Education Demonstration Base, the National Defense Education Base, and the Cross-Strait Cultural Exchange Base—making it a key cultural and museum venue in Shanghai.

The main public artworks in Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park include the “Convergence” Victory Flame, “Ripples of History,” the relief wall “Songhu War Song,” “Relics of the War,” the sculpture “Knot-1937,” and the art installation consisting of the “Gate of History,” “Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Monument,” and “Songhu Civilians and Troops Resisting Japanese Invasion,” as well as the “Warning Bell” and the “Anti-Japanese War Culture and Art Wall.”