Liu Jingting Park

Liu Jingting Park

Liu Jingting Park is located at the former residence of Liu Jingting in Dongdayuwan, outside the southern gate of Hailing District, Taizhou. The overall layout adopts traditional Chinese garden design techniques, making full use of the naturally formed terrain that slopes from south to north. Structures such as the Liu Jingting statue and memorial hall, screen walls, landscape walls, flowers, trees, ornamental rocks, and greenery blend and interweave with one another, dividing the relatively small space to create a sense of depth and serenity in the garden. The park’s landscaping primarily features willows, with weeping willows planted along the riverbanks and ponds, forming continuous, surrounding willow-lined embankments. Additionally, the park includes bamboo forests, metasequoia forests, osmanthus forests, pine forests, and magnolia forests. Currently, the garden’s greening and landscaping have largely taken shape, and its scenic spots are gradually being constructed and refined. In China’s storytelling and performance arts circles, Liu Jingting is revered as a master. In ancient times, before the advent of electronic media, storytellers like him were public figures who spread popular culture and commented on current affairs. Liu Jingting was a native of Taizhou, originally from Dayuwan in the southern part of the city. In the 1980s, the famous Chinese cross-talk artist Hou Baolin visited this site to explore remnants of the Liu family, repeatedly murmuring to himself, “I am here to seek my roots.” This Dayuwan area was originally flanked by the eastern and western city moats, extending southward from the southern thoroughfare of the city for several hundred meters to form the eastern and western bays. With weeping willows by the water and fishing boats moored at night, the scenery was uniquely charming. The ancient “Eight Scenic Spots of Hailing” included the view known as “Fishing Songs on the Southern Moat,” which referred to this very scene. Liu Jingting Park was built here, carrying an atmosphere of secluded paths and lingering classical charm.