The River Viewing Pavilion (Wangjianglou) park
is a lovely, historic place with forests of 100 varieties
of bamboo! The yellow columns of bamboo with their thin green
leaves cast wonderful shade and make a exquisite sound when
the wind blows. The pavilion is more than 30 meters tall,
overlooks the Jin River (Jinjiang), and was once the symbol
of Chengdu. The pavilion itself was built in memory of Xue
Tao, a Tang Dynasty female poet who loved bamboo and wrote
many poems here. She reportedly drew water from a well that
is also in the park grounds.
The park is in the southeast area of Chengdu,
off Wangjiang Lu and with Sichuan University to the northwest.
Opening hours:6:00am-9pm daily
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