Erling Park

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Erling Park

The Jialing River and the Yangtze River are flowing at the foot of it from south and north. The topography of the Erlin Mountain is very high and steep standing toweringly at the gate of the mountain city - Chongqing as if it was guiding for the mountain city. The Erlin Park was built in late Ch'ing Dynasty (1644 ~ 1911A.D.). Originally it was a private garden and called "Yiyuan". Later, a rich businessman purchased the place and converts in to a villa and named it "Liyuan". During Emperor Guangxu of Ch'ing Dynasty, a friend of the garden's owner - a calligrapher named Zhaoxi felt the topography of this mountain like a goose's head, so he wrote down "Erlin Mountain" to the owner. The owner was very happy and immediately he carved and set up a stone tablet. This is the origin of the name of the Erlin Park. The Erlin Park displays the layout of Suzhou gardens. There are pavilions, platforms, high buildings, winding paths and corridors, lotus ponds, arc bridges and so on in the whole garden. Additionally, there are potted landscape gardens and Nanyuan each with characteristic. The man-made landscapes on the mountain look quite elegant. In a lot of Chinese ancient poems, the Erlin Park is also very beautiful. Embraced by the Jialing River and the Yangtze River, the topography of the Erlin Park forms the shield of Chongqing - the mountain city. Chongqing City Tours CQCT-1 : 2 Days Chongqing Culture and Food Tour CQCT-2 : 3 Days Chongqing tour with Dazu Grottos CQCT-4 : 2 days Chongqing City Tour CQCT-5 : Chongqing one day city tour with airport transfer CQCT-6 : Chongqing half day tour of Chongqing Zoo and General Stiwell Museum CQCT-7 : One day Chongqing City tour of Great Hall of People, Chongqing Zoo CQCT-8 : One day tour of Dazu Grottos from Chongqing CQCT-9 : Chongqing one day downtown leisure tour for backpackers Chongqing & Extension Tour Packages CQETP-1 : 6 Day Chongqing & Chengdu tou with Leshan & Emei CQETP-2: 4 Days Chongqing tour with Yangtze Cruise CQETP-3: 6 Days Chongqing City tour, Dazu Grottos with Yangtze Cruise CT05 :10 Days Beijing Yangtze Shanghai Tour YR-01 : 4 Days China Yangtze Cruise Tour: Luxury 5 star Victoria Cruises Chongqing,Yangtze River Cruise, Yichang YR-02 : 5 Days China Yangtze Cruise Tour: Luxury 5 star China Regal Cruises Chongqing, Yangtze River Cruise, Wuhan YR-04 : 12 Days China Yangtze Cruise Tour: Luxury 5 star China Regal Cruises Beijing, Xi'an Chongqing, Yangtze River, Wuhan, Shanghai YTSS-2 : 8 Days Beijing Sights and Yangtze River Cruise Tour Chongqing Transfer Service CQTS-1 : Chongqing airport to hotel transfer serivce CQTS-2 : Chongqing Railway Station to hotel transfer service CQTS-3 : Chongqing downtown hotel to Chaotianmen port transfer serivce CQTS-4 : Chongqing airport to Chaotianmen port transfer service