Last updated 2026-11-13 — Lucheng Park is located 2 kilometers southeast of the county town, situated on Tapo Hill of Longshan in Lucheng. Tapo Hill stands at an elevation of 575 meters, with a rounded mountain form that slopes gently from north to south. Around the main peak, five smaller ridges branch out toward Fujia Shan and Macao Gully (Parrot Gully River), creating the image of “Five Dragons Worshipping the Sacred.” The mountain is covered with dense secondary forest, and the evergreen Chinese juniper remains lush all year round. At the top of Tapo Hill stands a 7-story, 44-meter-high Kuixing Tower, which is the iconic structure of Tapo Park. Kuixing, part of the Big Dipper star system, symbolizes good fortune through the auspicious act of “Kuixing Dotting the Scholar.” The tower is built in a Tang-style imitation, with a dignified shape, ornate decorations, and stunning nighttime lighting that makes it resemble a golden pagoda—magnificent and resplendent. The tower has an interior floor area of 2,100 square meters and houses the Shangnan History Museum, displaying historical relics and treasured cultural artifacts of Shangnan. From the five ridges branching from the main peak, five leisure pavilions are built in the middle sections, representing the balance of the Five Elements—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—that support the Kuixing Tower. It is truly a geomantically blessed and auspicious site. The main entrance of the park is located on the north side of National Highway 312, east of Juxian Street. The main gate is a two-story, five-bay structure, designed as an imitation Tang-style memorial archway. The welcoming plaza spans 3,000 square meters, and to the right of the main gate stands an 80-square-meter cultural sculpture depicting historical sites of Shangnan, with intricate designs and lifelike details. Upon entering the gate, you’ll find a lotus pond with rippling clear waters and the fragrance of blooming lotuses. The Yixing teapot fountain gushes year-round, reminiscent of Shangnan tea nourishing tea lovers. A statue of Lu Yu, the Sage of Tea, stands before a plaque inscribed with the "Classic of Tea," as if reciting the magnificent scroll of the northern tea homeland. The 529 stone steps leading up to the tower offer an excellent path for hiking, admiring the tower, and staying fit. The park’s east gate is located at the tail end of Tapo Hill, featuring a three-bay, three-story bluestone memorial archway that serves as the vehicle access route for ascending the tower from the east. The mountain-looping road winds up to the summit, with pavilions, corridors, towers, and terraces interspersed along the way, providing resting spots for visitors. On the eastern platform of the Seven-Star Pavilion, there is a Zhuangyuan Tower and a chess house, making it an ideal place for scholars, literati, and refined individuals to enjoy tea, play chess, write poetry, and paint. The park stretches from Changxin Road in the north to National Highway 312 in the south, and from Huaye Shu Residential Area in the east to Fujia Gully River in the west, covering an area of 44 hectares with a total investment of 32 million yuan. The park is divided into three main zones: the dining, commerce, and culture zone (offering leisure, shopping, dining, and folk experiences) located southwest of Tapo Hill and west of Juxian Street; the citizen fitness and entertainment zone (mainly serving management functions and fitness activities) on the east side of Juxian Street; and the cultural leisure core area at the top of Tapo Hill (providing sightseeing, cultural, sports, and leisure activities). The park centers around the iconic Kuixing Tower. This grand structure atop the hill mainly consists of an observation deck and nighttime lighting landscape features. Surrounding areas are connected via walking paths to the Tangba area, forming an ecological landscape corridor in the new district. The park includes a 7-meter-wide mountain road for hiking, a 5-meter-wide main pedestrian pathway, as well as supporting facilities such as observation pavilions, entrance plazas, landscape walls, entrance archways, shops, public toilets, chess and book houses, Zhuangyuan Tea House, and stone memorial archways—all complemented by road paving, mountain greening, and lighting projects.