Huashan Children's Park

　　Huashan Children's Park is located at 1575 Huashan Road. Except for the park entrance which faces Huashan Road, the surrounding area consists entirely of residential buildings. The site was originally a barren piece of public land that had become an informal garbage dump in the early years after liberation. In 1950, the Garden and Field Management Office of the Municipal Public Works Bureau turned the area into a park. Construction began on June 12 of that year, and the park opened to the public on May 1, 1952.

　　When the park was first built, there was only one thatched pavilion among the garden structures, and including the management office and toilets, the total floor area did not exceed 60 square meters. In 1972, the Chenjiaxiang Residents' Committee in the area set up a small library in the management office for primary and secondary school students to borrow books. In 1973, the gardening department allocated 7,000 yuan to add some children's play facilities, improving the park’s appearance. In 1982, another 16,900 yuan was allocated to build a new hexagonal pavilion, a 29.4-square-meter management office, and to lay 280 square meters of colored flower brick flooring, while the pathways were upgraded to cement surfaces. The renovation project was completed in the second quarter of 1983, with the park sign inscribed by Zhou Gucheng, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. It reopened on International Children's Day that same year. Children between 1–1.2 meters tall and adults accompanying children under 1 meter in height can enter the park for free.

　　The park has 1,900 square meters of green space, accounting for 70.37% of the total area. The plants planted create a fresh environment loved by young visitors. At the east center of the park, there are three cedar trees standing 10 meters tall; in the northeast corner, there are seven camphor trees over 15 meters high, some with a trunk diameter of up to 150 centimeters. Around the park, 22 plane trees reach approximately 20 meters in height with trunk diameters between 1.5 and 1.6 meters. The park features about 33 species of trees with a coverage rate of over 85%.

　　The children’s play areas are located on the southern and northern edges of the park. The southern play area, covering about 140 square meters, includes a swing boat with metal railings, a panda slide, and a seesaw. The northern play area, around 90 square meters, has an elephant slide and a monkey climbing frame.

　　In 1999, the Changning Gardening Management Office, to which the park belongs, invested over 800,000 yuan to renovate Huashan Children's Park once again. A new 100-square-meter management office was built, the existing hexagonal pavilion and colored flooring were refurbished, and a pebble fitness path approximately 90 meters long was installed around the central tree plaza, accompanied by the same length of stainless steel railing. All children’s play equipment was completely updated. In terms of landscaping, while preserving the original large trees and healthy flowering shrubs, a variety of blooming shrubs were added, giving the park a completely renewed look in harmony with its surroundings and the newly renovated Huashan Road.