Modern garden architecture in Zhongshan Park, Hankou

Modern garden architecture in Zhongshan Park, Hankou

Modern garden architecture in Zhongshan Park, Hankou It is a cultural relic protection site of Wuhan City.

Modern garden architecture in Zhongshan Park, Hankou

Located within Zhongshan Park on Jiefang Avenue, Jianghan District

The earliest buildings were constructed in 1914

The Surrender Hall is a provincial-level cultural relic protection site; the modern garden architecture is a municipal-level cultural relic protection site

Zhongshan Park was originally a private garden called “Xiyuan,” built in 1914. In 1927, it was taken over by the state and named “Zhongshan Park” the following year in honor of Sun Yat-sen.

Covering an area of 328,000 square meters, including 60,000 square meters of water surface and a green coverage rate of 91%, it has 140 ancient and famous trees.

The park largely retains its pre-liberation landscaping layout. Among its features, three historical structures are particularly noteworthy:

The Surrender Hall (originally Zhang Gong Ancestral Hall) was the site where the Chinese military accepted the surrender of the Japanese army in 1945. Sigu Pavilion, built in 1935, is a granite square pavilion with open sides, square pillars, and a classic ancient Greek architectural style — a rare example of purely European-style pavilion architecture in Chinese gardens. Zhang Gong Pavilion, with its circular dome and Italian-style design, was built in 1934 to commemorate Zhang Zhidong.