On December 9th, the winter sun shone on the pocket park along Zhangba East Road, the elderly on the fitness equipment moved their legs and feet, some people sat on the yellow bench to bask in the sun, and some people watched children playing. Along the way, in the 4 pocket parks, citizens walking and relaxing can be seen everywhere, and on this sunny winter afternoon, there are many happy smiling faces.
The fitness trail of the Tang City Wall Ruins Park (Yanta Section). 134 "pocket parks" have been built on the "leftover" land
Pocket parks, also known as pocket parks, are small urban open spaces with greening, landscaping and leisure functions.
In order to create a "15-minute convenient leisure circle", this year, Xi'an aims to see 300 meters of greenery and 500 meters of garden, and along Zhangba East Road, the green space with damaged facilities and missing functions has been upgraded and renovated to improve the functional facilities, and build a modern public service green space with excellent ecology, complete functions and superior performance.
In the renovated pocket park, there is an activity space that meets the needs of people of different ages, and fitness equipment, children's amusement equipment, and leisure corridors are connected through health trails. In the selection of plants, some new ginkgo, red maple and other color leaf plants, not only let the surrounding residents better enjoy the greening construction results of going out to see the green, looking at the flowers, and enjoying the scenery in the four seasons, but also add a good place for everyone to rest and enjoy the cool at the door of the house, leisure and entertainment.
In addition to the Zhangba East Road, before this year's "May Day", 18 pocket parks such as Streamer Park, Oxygen Hill Park, Yudou Road and Yuhua Third Road Northwest Corner Greenland Park in Xi'an High-tech Zone were "newly launched in batches" and opened to the public almost at the same time.
Glow-in-the-dark courts, starlight lawns, multi-purpose plazas, parking lots, ......The pocket park in the southwest corner of Keji 6th Road and Hualong 1st Road in the High-tech Zone has become a must-go park for surrounding residents and parents after picking up and dropping off their children.
Wave courts, circular corridors, children's sand pits, leisure stations, etc., the pocket park at the northwest corner of Yudou Road and Yuhua 3rd Road not only integrates with the municipal parking lot, but also sets up a large number of interesting popular science theme facilities, edutainment, and opens the door of knowledge for children in the green leisure space.
In addition, in the pocket park of the kitchenware market on the north side of Zaoyuan West Road, the tall and short trees and shrubs in the park complement each other, and the fitness trails and leisure benches are readily available, and the citizens with children can wander in it.
The pocket park has turned the simple green space, idle land and corner of the block into a fitness field, a sports field, a playground and a leisure greenway, adding a lot of activity space for the citizens at their doorstep.
The reporter learned from the Xi'an Municipal Urban Management and Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau that in 2023, in order to meet the needs of the masses for a better environment, Xi'an will insist on leaving blank space to increase greenery, demolishing illegal greenery, inserting green in the cracks, and increasing greenery in three dimensions, and use urban land "leftovers" such as urban demolition and relocation vacated land, idle land, road nodes, street corners and existing green spaces to build pocket parks according to local conditions, and further improve the coverage rate of park greening activity venues. As of the end of November 2023, 134 pocket parks along Zhangba East Road in Yanta District, Luyuan Avenue in Gaoling District, and Xuanwu East Road in Chanba Ecological District have been newly built, renovated and upgraded in the city this year, completing 134% of the annual task (100).
Tang City Wall Ruins Park (Yanta Section) Tang Poetry Cultural Landscape. Create all-weather and all-age public green space
In the Tang City Wall Ruins Park (Phase I), which was only opened this summer, Li Honghong, a citizen who lives in Jinlei Daxingfang Community in Beishanmen, pushed his father in a wheelchair to walk, he said: "As soon as we go out of the community gate is the park, before there is no park, there is no good place to go out for a walk, my dad can't walk far, after having this park, often come out to turn, the old man is in a good mood." ”
The reporter saw that the Tang City Wall Ruins Park (Phase I) takes Tang poetry as the main line, and uses calligraphy, sculpture, painting, arts and crafts and other means of expression when landscaping, and is a leisure and cultural corridor integrating poetry, history and culture, aesthetic experience and ecological garden.
The Daren Ruins Park near the Xi'an International Medical Center is a pocket park built on the basis of the Shang and Zhou cultural relics, with a small area but complete functions, and has become a good place for citizens to enjoy leisure and entertainment as soon as it is opened.
Chen Xiaoqian, a citizen who roller skates at Daren Ruins Park with her children, said: "We live nearby, and when the weather is good on weekends, there are many people who come here to play. In the children's playground, adults can take their children to play slides, dig sand, and swing, which is a good place to 'walk the baby'. ”
There is also a large area of grass, and many people bring their children to camp and fly kites in autumn. The unique plant maze and matrix staircase here have even become a "check-in place" for citizens.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Xi'an Urban Management and Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau, this year's construction of pocket parks and urban parks pays special attention to the needs of the elderly, children and special groups, rationally builds terrain, garden roads and facilities, creates an all-weather, all-age garden environment, and enhances the inclusiveness of parks and green spaces. At the same time, we will do a good job in the fine maintenance of new green spaces, and supervise and inspect the irrigation, pest control, pruning and shaping of the opened parks every month, so as to continuously improve the quality of landscaping.
More and more pocket parks not only provide a happy and healthy living environment for everyone, become a new carrier of urban renewal, but also "carry" the happy time of Xi'an people.
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Editor-in-charge: Cheng Yumeng).