Tangshan Mining Park

Address: Meiquan Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing City

Tickets: Free, including Mining Field Fun Children's Park charges

Walking time: 2020.3

My friend lives in Tangshan and mentioned Tangshan Mine Park to me many times. As the epidemic improves, public areas are gradually lifting the ban. I haven't started work yet due to the epidemic, so I'll drive to this park for a stroll! Now there is a expressway from Nanjing to Tangshan, the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway and Provincial Highway 122 can easily reach Tangshan Mine Park on Meiquan Road.

The park is open. If you didn't drive here, you can enter the park anywhere on Meiquan Road. We parked the car in the parking lot, which was just on the roadside of Meiquan Road. We parked the car as soon as we turned the road, and we came down to the park. The first thing that comes into view is a green lake surrounded by green trees. On one side of the lake, a schematic diagram and introduction of the park are introduced using the brown color of the earth as a plate.

On the right side of the park, there is an introduction to the park on the display boards lined up by the lake.

Tangshan Mine Park is located at the southern foot of Tangshan Mountain. The park's predecessor was the Longquan Quarry in Jiangning County. After about 20 years of mining, five mines lined up from west to east were finally formed at the southern foot of Tangshan Mountain. After the quarry was shut down and abandoned in 2004, under the call of the "Urban Double Repair" action of ecological restoration and urban repair, Tangshan Mine Park became the first batch of pilot projects of "Urban Double Repair". In April 2017, the quarry was renovated and rebuilt to "turn waste into treasure." The purpose is to build it into a multi-functional ecological scenic spot integrating leisure, entertainment and gathering. The park's landscape design is based on the current situation of topography and landform, makes full use of the existing vegetation and mine resources in the area, and restores the ecosystem and landscape features through landscape elements such as wetlands, meadows, and lake areas.

The park covers an area of 40 hectares, and one is being built and the other is being opened. Therefore, the park is still under construction while opening up. The "Construction Progress" map uses different colors to mark completed projects and projects under construction. Here I found the Pioneer Bookstore under construction, which made me happy. In the era of e-books, Pioneer Bookstore, as a representative of a paper bookstore, sells not only paper books, but a reading concept. This bookstore is not a bookstore in the traditional sense. It covers a lot of content. I am looking forward to it. Because of the openness here, many large-scale activities have been held in the built area. Yoga festivals and music festivals have all been settled here.

Tell us the mining process through words and illustrations.

Against the backdrop of the mountains, the lake and trees surround a building with solid stones and clear glass curtain walls.

This is the tourist service center. During the epidemic, a small table was placed at the entrance of the service center to measure body temperature. The display board at the door has various notices and regulations for visiting the park during the epidemic, as well as a procedures for medical workers across the country to visit the park for free in 2020 with valid certificates. In this park, only the mining field is charged. It is a small playground. Tickets are not required for other areas.

It can be seen from the size of the outer building that the area here is very large and divided into different themes. There is an open service desk in the middle lobby, where service staff will answer your inquiries about the park and Tangshan tourism. The beautiful women we met had a very professional and skilled understanding of Tangshan and this park, and gave us a lot of answers and help. There is a charging treasure and must-have service supplies at the service desk. Here are guide maps of the park and guide maps of Tangshan's tourist resources. They are free. I suggest you get one each to facilitate your next visit.

On the left side of the door is a "TANG Courtesy" gift shop. The cute and cute little girl at the entrance of the store makes people feel affectionate.

As soon as you enter the door, in the right corner is a big hippos and elephant bookend.

On the main counter at the entrance is a series of paintings. There is a doll piggy bank holding a big apple, a phone case, a notebook, a ledger, a refrigerator sticker... Nowadays, gift shops in scenic spots are becoming more and more interesting, and the design of cultural and creative products is becoming more and more cultural and creative, rather than just the sale of goods in the traditional sense. And this gift shop is a gift shop that I like at a glance. Starting from the cute little girl who has not yet entered the door, I like and even love every detail.

On the right side, from the large paintings on the ground, to the soft pillows placed on the table, paintings, various notebooks, to the paintings on the wall and various canvas bags

....... They are all derivatives of a series of paintings.

In addition to the fresh and cute painting series, it also covers Tangshan local special tourist souvenirs, hot spring masks with soup bath culture, hot spring moisturizer and other hot spring derivatives. There are also impressions of Tangshan's cultural products, photos, postcards, and displays of Tangshan's characteristic culture on various cups, large and small.

The dinosaur jigsaw model represents Tangshan's ancient culture.

The exhibition of Tangshan's geological culture shows that the planets made of ore have the feeling of stars in the universe.

All kinds of ores, you can take a box home with a small amount of silver.

Such a gift shop kept me in my footsteps and looked at it carefully.

After leaving the gift shop, I found Teacher Duan Xinxin's introduction in the lobby. It turned out that the paintings in the series of works in the gift shop were a series of works by Teacher Duan Xinxin's "I am Buda". "Buda" comes from Sanskrit and means an enlightened person, a person who realizes perfection. The artist hopes that she will become a "Buda". She paints her wishes into the painting to dedicate them to you and me who are still in a childlike mood.

We came to another space in the tour center-the Little TANG Circle. This is a parent-child creative space, an educational space created for children with the theme of "Create, Play". Teacher Duan's art exhibition is now underway here. The "If Doll" holding a big apple at the door welcomed us.

"Seed of Dreams" This is Buda's story.

In the entire space, there are Teacher Duan's words "If","Slowly","Hi, Buda" and "Hug" on the wall, on the ground, and on the table... Various warm series.

Dream like the Wizard of Oz

Looking at these paintings, you can taste the colorful colors, but it is like reading a picture story in a wordless book. In today's fast-moving world, time passes in an instant. Under the busyness of work and the pressure of trivial life, they brought me a brilliant meditation. The colors of the pictures are all very bright, but when I faced their bright colors, my heart became more and more sentimental. The girl holding the rabbit, I felt her sadness in her gentleness. The boy holding a flower in his hand didn't know what he was waiting for. There was some uncertainty in his eyes, a trace of determination, and a sense of story.

There are several rows of tables, chairs and benches in the space facing the lake, where various parent-child activities can be carried out. I also sit here quietly to feel the open and bright space in front of me, and taste the paintings full of childhood and wisdom on the wall in front of me. I think every painting by Teacher Duan can be an episode of picture-book stories. When chatting with the waiter, there were only paintings and no picture books, but this space once held activities for parent-child picture book reading. In such a space, among the fresh paintings in the house, this in itself is the best way to promote picture books. The waiter told me that although Teacher Duan's works did not become a separate picture book, her paintings were used as covers in books by Bi Shumin and Zhou Guoping. Good things must be better and more widely utilized, and be known and liked by more people, so that they can be more meaningful. Buda with dreams entered our world. Her appearance and her demeanor give us warmth and encouragement. We will be happier and more powerful because of her. I haven't really started my trip when I came to Mine Park, but because I met Buda, I felt happy and fell in love here immediately.

TANG. Coffee. The simple European-style bar was closed due to the epidemic.

The wood-grained cement walls, warm lighting, and murals on the walls make the place warm, romantic and textured.

The large glass windows in the indoor space can provide a view of the lake of Sandie Lake, and the outdoor space can be directly exposed to the beautiful outdoors. Maybe next time I come here, I can have a cup of coffee here, enjoy the light sunshine, and admire the lakes and mountains. What a pleasant feeling it is.

There is also an area in the Tourist Service Center that introduces ore mining, but it is not open to the public now. Step out of the service center and look at the building from a different perspective. The combination of rock, steel structure and glass curtain wall is rough and delicate.

The green lake in front of you is surrounded by trees. The four huge mines in the park not far away look magnificent.

A small bridge on the east side of the visitor center spans Sandie Lake, and at the other end is a tea house under construction. The combination of bluish-gray and red brick walls has harmonious colors and eye-catching. The building is full of layers and beats.

In addition to brick walls, a large number of stones are also used, which is very characteristic of Tangshan ore.

The park has complete supporting facilities and car rentals. Think carefully!

The water of Sandie Lake flows down from here. The surrounding lawn is gradually spitting new green.

Halfway up the mountain, a building that looks like an alien object is the Star Sky Restaurant. At this time, it is still in the construction stage. At that height, the 360-degree panoramic design allows us to directly overlook the lake view and Tangshan view, as well as the mine view. I wonder if I can also look at the stars from afar? I'm looking forward to it!

Cross the straight bridge over Sandie Lake

There was a fork intersection, so we chose the east intersection and walked straight up the hillside. Judging from the map, this is the area of mountains and rivers, but the flowers haven't bloomed yet at this time of year!

Looking up at the mountain, the mine entrance and the amphitheater on the top of the mountain.

Arriving at the top of the mountain, a large area suddenly became clear. A group of big and small "if" Buda occupied a space on the top of the mountain.

What Buda said to us.

Seeing this passage and seeing the apple held high in Buda's hand, I thought of a line in a Japanese movie "Infected Islands" I had just seen: "Even if the earth is destroyed tomorrow, apple trees must be planted today." Life must hold high the dream of hope.

A colorful kite is particularly eye-catching in the gray sky.

Amphitheater on the side of the mountain top

Standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the park, this is the Sandie Lake we just passed.

Looking far away, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers, cities and forests. You can see Tangshan's Olai City from far away. It is a shopping center. There is a tall Ferris wheel in the shopping center area. Sitting on the Ferris wheel gives you a particularly good view of Tangshan.

The platform on the top of the mountain is very spacious, with several steps leading up the mountain. The space here can carry out many interesting activities.

There is a long cement tunnel at the foot of the mine entrance.

Does it feel like a "time tunnel" through time and space? What I will see at the end is something I can't wait to know.

At the end of the "Time Tunnel", a magical scene appeared in front of you. This is the bottom of the first notch. What stood out in front of us was the rough and steep rock walls of the former quarry. The majestic rocks and rocks are stacked on top of each other, crisscrossing and crisscrossing, and several red characters on the rocks "Shengtang Jade Spring" are dotted on the gray rocks.

A "Zanzijian Waterfall" with a height of 100 meters and a width of 50 meters is being built here. When completed, it will become the largest artificial rockery waterfall in the country. Maybe the next time I come again, when I pass through the "Time and Space Tunnel", the waterfall that flies down from the steep rock wall will definitely amaze me.

Looking around the mountain, I felt a little moved. Ordinary mountains and ordinary stones can also have so many changes. They become very layered, messy, majestic and unique. Brings me such a shocking picture.

The cliff head that was cut like a knife and axe stood upright and seemed to cut the sky.

The few brown traces on the gray rock are like tears flowing silently on a human face.

The huge quarry feels untouchable and unreachable. Facing the rocky mountains, my heart was filled with blood. As long as you are in the mood to observe carefully, you will find that the mountains are telling you story after story.

There are two roads leaving Hangkou, one going straight and the other turning leads to another viewing platform.

The circular viewing platform seems to be suspended above the top of the mountain. This is a relatively flat site formed by accumulating waste ballast in an old quarry. After rest, the wall made of stone and the white railing in the middle of the platform supported the creative shape.

Stand on the viewing platform and overlook the city's mountains and forests in the distance, and the panoramic scenery of the nearby park.

There is a red tower above the mountains in the distance. The overall conception is very beautiful. I am also curious about what the tower above the mountains does?

Hard rock bodies can be seen everywhere in the brown soil around the platform. The edges and corners of the rocks and the wild branches in the mountains all show an unyielding quality, demonstrating a public and strong personality in the world.

Turn back from the viewing platform onto the road, and the straight road will come to this platform suspended on the top of the mountain.

Standing on the platform and overlooking, there is a brown sky corridor that takes us back from the sky to the earth.

The sky corridor winds around the mountain. This sky corridor reminds me of the sky corridor of Changchun Water Cultural Park. On the one hand, the air corridor protects nature to the greatest extent possible, and on the other hand, it also brings a pleasant and romantic experience to tourists.

Dangkou looked scarred from a distance, but walked in with majestic momentum. Whether it is the vegetation in the cracks in the rocks or the plants cultivated in the open space, they are matched with the cold stone walls to form a beautiful texture.

Looking back at the road we came from, the glass-enclosed platform seemed to be a place very close to the sky, as if we could reach the blue sky and white clouds. Under the blue sky and white clouds, branches and branches with prominent branches, rocks with a sense of hard strength, and brown steel corridors are like brown waterfalls pouring down from the top of the mountain.

Gray, brown, nature's most original colors. The hard rock stands tall in the wind with its ravines covered body. The hard steel corridor is paired with weather-beaten rocks, and taking pictures of people with such a picture in the background feels like a large film. It's just that I'm not used to using portrait photos in travel notes, especially my own portrait. But please believe me, if you like taking portraits, you must come here and give it a try. All of them are blockbusters.

We circled down the air corridor from the majestic bay. Face this scar left by humans to nature at the southern foot of Tangshan Mountain. I can't use words to describe the shock and thinking brought by facing these cold stone walls.

Looking at the mountain from this angle, the air corridor in the mountain is now like a streamer winding around the mountains. The renovation of abandoned mines makes walking in the air a ceremonial and romantic feeling. Whether you are alone here or two people are company, you will definitely have your own thoughts and insights in this place so close to nature.

There is a huge trampoline in the mountains.

Mining Wild Fun is an open-air parent-child playground and a very special non-powered playground. This used to be a place where waste was piled up in the quarry, and the original vegetation and hydrology have been completely destroyed. According to the on-site conditions, on the basis of restoring the hydrological ecology and strengthening the hillside, climbing, slides, swing zip lines, trampolines and other activity facilities are combined to form a parent-child playground. Even during the epidemic, this was the most lively place in the park because it was all favorite projects for children.

In early spring, the grassland spouts green, and the "white ants" on the grassland add childlike interest to the place.

After leaving the mining fields for fun, we went downhill all the way back to the bottom of the mountain.

Surrounded by lakes at the bottom of the mountain, the stylish and interesting buildings themselves are beautiful landscapes in the park.

Looking up at the foot of the mountain, the heights of the four mines range from about 30 meters to nearly 100 meters. Looking from a distance, in the lush green areas at the southern foot of Tangshan Mountain, only the mine pits show a large area of gray and white, and the rocks are exposed, which is very majestic.

I went back to the visitor center of Stone House because I was reluctant to part with Buda all the way. I'm here to take a Buda home.

This time I actually found a big open-air platform in the visitor center, so I climbed up the stairs.

There are tables and chairs to rest on the open-air platform on the second floor, but the bigger function is to browse the park again from a different angle.

See the tower again. On the viewing platform on the top of the mountain, I also found a similar tower on the left side of the park. There must be a story. I will go to the visitor center and ask the warm and thoughtful waiter later.

See the park on one side of Meiquan Road on the platform.

The tea house on the other side of the lake

Look at the mountains in the distance, look at the starry sky restaurant halfway up the mountain, and look at the park paths under your feet extending in all directions to any side of the park.

The tunnel on the top of the mountain is vividly visible in the amphitheater. It's a great feeling to see the park from this perspective.

I returned to the gift shop and picked up this Buda canvas bag and brought it back. I originally wanted to bring back a mobile phone case, but it seemed that the mobile phone cases were all for Apple. They were not suitable for my domestic products. What a pity. But canvas bags have become a ritual in my travel.

Every time I go to a city, I bring back a canvas bag. Today, I am carrying a commemorative canvas bag from the Songhua Lake Ski Resort in Jilin. Traveling requires some sense of ceremony and some thoughts.

At the visitor center, the little girl really solved my question. It turns out that there are three watchtowers left over from the Republic of China in the Tangshan area-the Three Towers of the Republic of China. The three towers of the Republic of China are the remains of "national" military buildings of the Republic of China in Nanjing. The three towers are arranged in a triangle, two of which are on the left and right of the Mine Park. We expressed that we wanted to have a closer look at how to get to the watchtower. The watchtower on the right side of the park is under construction and maintenance and cannot be reached. She recommended the watchtower on the left and told us to continue to the east less than two kilometers-Tangshan Historical and Cultural Center, where you can enjoy the watchtower up close. So we set off, very close. Meiquan Road turned onto Quanyun Road. We drove deep into Quanyun Road and found a place on the roadside to stop the car. The bunker was seen on the roadside. There are several such bunkers along the way. Bunkers are also a military project of the Republic of China.

Quanyun Road is accompanied by the river

The reeds flying by the river

Beautiful scenery on Quanyun Road.

neat street trees

Slightly thin peach trees, shallow peach blossoms hanging on the branches

There is a landscape building at the end of the river. The pavilion is very distinctive, like an official hat.

The river is quite open, and three or two citizens are fishing here.

The watchtowers with red brick walls can be seen in the square by the river

to go near it

Through the blooming white magnolia trees, the red magnolia trees look up at the watchtowers.

From the ramp on one side, you can get up to the platform and get close contact with the watchtower. From the ramp to the first platform, you can see the mountain of the Mine Park we have just visited, overlooking the flowing river and the trails accompanying the river. The sense of hierarchy in front of you is very clear.

A few steps up, on a spacious platform, tall watchtowers stand tall in circles of circular lawns.

I walked around it a few times and looked at this watchtower, which attracted my attention thousands of meters away. I came for you.

Looking up and feeling its height

In February 25 (1936), General Zhang Zhizhong was in charge of building two national defense fortification lines, the Wufu Line and the Xicheng Line, in the main defense direction between Beijing and Shanghai, forming the Nanjing Outer Guard Line defense position. The southeastern front position of Nanjing, mainly Jiangning County, and the Nanjing Yangtze River Crossing Point and City Box Guard Fortifications and various basement fortifications were completed in the same year, serving as the defense positions of the Nanjing Inner Sentinel Line. The watchtower in front of us is one of the blockhouses in the Republic of China.

Artillery First Observation Tower

In addition to the watchtowers, there are also several irregularly shaped buildings on the large platform

That corner is a house with a mix of stones and glass. It's just that the shape is beautiful, but the inside is very messy and has not been taken care of. In fact, it's a pity. Even if you build a coffee house or a small reading room, it would still be a good use?

This triangular building is also very unique in terms of building materials and shape, but unfortunately it is currently idle.

I like the branches of these trees, so I put them in my camera.

The Meiquan Road at your feet, the asphalt road for cars, and the red trail for walking are naturally divided by green belts, each performing its duties. In the distance, the rolling Tangshan mountain is moving. Tangshan, located in the east gate of Nanjing, is a place full of history and rich in geomorphological resources, and is now more and more vibrant.

Standing here and looking, the intersection of Quanyun Road is Tangshan Historical and Cultural Center. Oh, it should also be an interesting place. Go down and have a look.

The red display board at the entrance contains an introduction to the Tangshan Hot Spring Cultural Center, and the text and map are clear at a glance.

A blue display board on the other side directly introduces Tangshan's tourism resources through an icon map. Tangshan's Hot Spring Tourism Resort has hot spring hotels, hot spring B & Bs, historical relics such as Chiang Kai-shek Hot Spring Villa, Man Cave, and the Three Towers of the Republic of China; there are also parks with geological and scientific characteristics such as Geopark Museum, Yangshan Monument, and Mine Park; there are also leisure and entertainment places such as Happy Water Cube, Jinwu Hot Spring Park, and Hushan Small Train Park. Tangshan will attract me to come again.

Entering this Tangshan Historical and Cultural Center, I am very disappointed. It is like a hotel or hotel. During the epidemic, only the front desk kept packages of steamed buns one after another. It was unknown whether they were takeout or employee welfare. The Tangshan Historical and Cultural Center I imagined should at least be a small museum or something, but it seems not.

What I went out to face was this watchtower. It was beautiful in the sunset. Standing here silently seemed to tell us about that dusty past.

Not far from the car dealer, we went to Tangshan Bailian Outlets, a large shopping venue. It is already open to the public. You can enter by taking your temperature and wearing a mask. This is also the first time we have visited the mall in a long time.

Because of the epidemic, I haven't gone out for a long time. Even if I go out, I'm just buying necessities and rushing home. I still feel a little tired after going back today. But looking at the Buda I brought back, I like Tangshan more and more. When Pioneer Bookstore opens, I will go to Mine Park again, and I will go to see those lovely Buda again.