Mengxia Park

Coordinates: 25°2′9.6″N 121°29′59.7″E / 25.036000°N 121.499917°E / 25.036000; 121.499917

Mengxia Park
艋舺公園
Type Park
Location Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan
Opening 22 January 2005
Public transit access Longshan Temple Station

The Mengxia Park or Mengjia Park (Chinese: 艋舺公園; pinyin: Měngxiá Gōngyuán) is a park in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Name

Mengxia Park or Mangka Park in Taiwanese Hokkien is a transliteration of the word moungar, a Taiwanese aborigines word for canoe or gathering place for canoe.

History

In 1738, the Lungshan Temple of Manka was constructed. In 1923, the land area in front of the temple was forested and named Mengxia Park. In 1956, Taipei Mayor Kao Yu-shu (Chinese: 高玉樹) gave permission for street vendors to set up their stalls at the park. Since then, the park became the gathering place for the vendors and homeless people, which resulted a bad and dirty environment around the park. In 1992, Mayor Huang Ta-chou allocated a budget to rejuvenate the area. In 1995, the Department of Rapid Transit Systems held a public competition to carry out the planning and design to rejuvenate the park, which was won by ROW and Associates Architects. Later in an effort to preserve the area, Taipei City Government planned to make urban renewal plan on the temple area, three major squares and lotus pond, and to create culture and art gallery, underground shopping center and underground parking lot. The project was won by Weichuan Construction Company, Kailay Engineering Company, Fure-Lin Engineering Company and China-Ryoden Company. The permit for underground construction was issued in July 1998 and the groundbreaking ceremony was officiated by Mayor Ma Ying-jeou on 24 February 1999. The park was officially opened in a ceremony officiated by Mayor Ma on 22 January 2005.

Architecture

The park features a dragon-shaped fountain.

Transportation

The wetland is accessible from Longshan Temple Station of Taipei Metro.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stock Photo - Gardens at Mengxia Park, in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan". Alamy. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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