a foggy place . . .

Martyr's Park

Martyr's Park is a surprising large park in a bustling, busy neighbourhood of Guangzhou, China. The burial mound above contains the remains of the communist fighters who died in the 1927 Guangdong Communist Uprising. Guangdong is the province that Guangzhou is in. I am going to take a flying leap and assume that this park was built after the communists took over in 1949. I tried to make a close up on the burial mound's inscription, but I have no idea what it says.  (My husband hates translating stuff).

Even in winter, there are many beautiful flowers and greenery. Green winters are big novelty for me - I must be the only Canadian who never went on vacation in the tropics as a kid. Not even Florida. 

The caged bird (pictured) does not live in the park; there is one whole section of the park for set aside for people who want to bring their pet birds to the park.  The noise was tremendous - there were at least 100 birds when I was there - all talking up a storm.  It was the first time I had ever heard of taking your bird to a park for a bit of exercise (again, Canada).  But it must be very beneficial for the birds - there certainly was a lot of bird socialising going on.

Some of these pictures have bit of cityscape peeping through in the background.  The park itself is surrounded by busy streets (which are 8 lanes on average; 4 in each direction), expressways, and skyscrapers. Condo buildings and commerical buildings look the same - huge, towering behemoths.

That's it. My visit to Martyr's Park on Zhongshan Road in Guangzhou, China.

China pt. 3

I will make a big post about this park when I get back to Canada, where I don't have to struggle with dial-up.

China pt. 2

This is part of the Chinese New Year display at the Guangzhou Sports Centre.

China pt. 1

Somebody played their first game of mahjong....















and had their first haircut!