Lianhuashan Park
{{Short description|Public park in Shenzhen, China}}
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| photo_caption = Lianhuashan Park and skyscrapers within Futian CBD in the distance
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| location = Futian, Shenzhen, China
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| area = {{convert|150|ha|acre}}
| created = 1997
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Lianhuashan Park ({{zh|s=莲花山公园|p=Liánhuāshān Gōngyuán|l=Lotus Hill Park}}) is a hill and urban park in Shenzhen, China, inaugurated in 1997. It is located at the northern end of the Futian Central Business District and covers an area of {{convert|150|ha|acre}}. It is within walking distance from Children's Palace Station of the Shenzhen Metro.{{Cite web|url=http://www.easytourchina.com/scene-v883-lianhuashan-park|title = Lianhuashan Park, Lotus Mountain, Shenzhen Attractions, Shenzhen Guangdong Tours - Easy Tour China}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.shenzhenparty.com/places/sightseeing/parks/lotus-hill-lianhuashan-park|title=Places Archives}}{{Cite web|url=http://weibo.com/szparks|title=Sina Visitor System}}
Statue of Deng Xiaoping
A 6-meter-high statue of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping stands on a hilltop at the center of the park and dominates the monumental perspective of Futian, marking the northern end of an axial composition that evokes urban design patterns of Imperial China.{{citation|title=Transnational Urbanism in the Reform-era Chinese City: Landscapes from Shenzhen |author=Carolyn Cartier |journal=Urban Studies |volume=39:9 |date=August 2002 |issue=9 |pages=1513–1532 |publisher=Sage Publications |jstor=43196946 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43196946}}{{rp|1514}} It was created by sculptor Teng Wenjing{{cite web|website=Guofeng Art |title=Retrospective Exhibition of Teng Wenjing's Works |url=http://chnguofeng.com/en/exhibit.aspx?type=9&id=11272 |date=2019}} following a 1995 decision by the Shenzhen Municipal Committee to erect a memorial to Deng that would be inaugurated on the 20th anniversary of Shekou Special Economic Zone.{{cite conference |book-title=Maturing Megacities: The Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transformation |editor1=Uwe Altrock |editor2=Sonia Schoon |title=Parks as Soft Location Factors |author=Zhao Juan |page=304 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |date=August 2013}} As the project generated controversy, the statue was kept for some time in a warehouse while its fate remained unclear, until it was eventually unveiled in November 2000 in the presence of CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin.{{R|Cartier|page=1513}}
The statue shows Deng walking briskly, a reference to his words that "The step of reform and opening-up should be bigger."{{Cite book |last=Chatwin |first=Jonathan |title=The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2024 |isbn=9781350435711}}{{Rp|page=111}} On its pedestal is a calligraphy by Deng's successor Jiang Zemin.{{cite web|website=People's Daily |url=http://en.people.cn/english/200011/15/eng20001115_55263.html |date={{date|2000/11/15}} |title=Macao Chief Executive Visits Shenzhen}} The statue is 6 metres tall and weighs six tons.{{Rp|page=111}}
The statue was visited by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015{{cite web|website=China Daily |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2015-01/05/content_19245269_2.htm |title=Premier Li Keqiang pays tribute to Deng Xiaoping |date={{date|2015/01/05}}}} and by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping in 2020{{cite web|website=Xinhua |title=Xi presents flowers to statue of Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen |date={{date|2020/10/14}} |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-10/14/c_139439972.htm}} as they paid homage to Deng's role in Shenzhen's development.
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Category:1997 establishments in China
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