Surging News reporter Lu Xinwen.
According to the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, the Xiangyang Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau released a "summary of response responses" on December 20, in which some netizens questioned "why the lawn of Moon Bay Park is not allowed to lie down", and the Xiangyang Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau replied that according to the 20 articles of Xiangyang civilization and the requirements for the creation of a national civilized city, reclining seats (lawns) in the park are uncivilized behaviors.
The Xiangyang netizen left a message saying that Moon Bay Park is a public service place, and some lawns can be trampled and played, so why can't you even take a nap here when the weather is sunny?When basking in the sun, the security guards have been coming to remind people, which makes people feel no mood to play. The park's management regulations prohibit lying down very unreasonable, and people don't take a break when they're tired of playing, and as a tourist, they just want to say that they won't come again. There are no such unreasonable requirements in the parks of Wuhan and around East Lake, and it is natural to take a break when you are tired of playing. I have a complaint about being disturbed while playing in Moon Bay Park!
The Xiangyang Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development recently replied that according to the 20 articles of Xiangyang civilization and the requirements for the creation of a national civilized city, the reclining seats (lawn) in the park are uncivilized behaviors, and Moon Bay Park, as a beautiful window of urban civilization, strictly follows the standards of civilized cities to persuade and stop uncivilized amusement behaviors such as reclining seats (lawns), so as to better display the image of Xiangyang as a civilized city. To this end, I hope to understand and support the park management work more and contribute to the urban civilization of Xiangyang.
According to public information, this year is a crucial year for Xiangyang to create a national civilized city. **The list of nominated cities for the 2021-2023 creation cycle of national civilized cities determined by the Civilization Office includes Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. At the beginning of 2023, the work report of Xiangyang City proposed to promote the creation of a national civilized city in depth.
However, in the "20 Articles of Xiangyang Civilization" issued by Xiangyang in 2018, "do not lie down on park benches" is listed as the third article, which does not explicitly mention that you cannot lie on the park lawn. In recent years, the field investigation part of the operation manual of the national civilized city evaluation system only emphasizes that there is "no phenomenon of lying on public seats" in main and secondary roads, public squares, parks, scenic spots, buses and other places, and does not explicitly mention that it is not allowed to lie on the lawn of parks.
In fact, the parks and green spaces in many places in China have always been only for viewing, not entering or stepping on. In July 2019, the Xiangyang Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said in response to the "Suggestions on Strengthening the Protection and Management of the Moon Bay Wetland Park in Xiangyang City" by Luo Hong, a member of the third meeting of the 14th Xiangyang City of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, that Moon Bay Park is currently the largest comprehensive park in Xiangyang City, located in the Hanjiang River embankment of Xiangyang City.
In February this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Open and Shared Urban Parks and Green Spaces", requiring all localities to actively promote the open sharing of urban parks and green spaces. According to the notice, it is an important measure to expand the open and shared new space of parks and green spaces by delineating open and shared areas in areas such as park lawns, understory spaces and idle land, improving supporting service facilities, and better meeting the needs of the people for outdoor activities close to nature such as tents, sports and fitness, leisure and recreation.
On August 29 this year, the Xiangyang Municipal Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development revealed in its reply to the second meeting of the 15th CPPCC Xiangyang Municipal Committee of the Gonggong Party "Suggestions on Improving the Construction of Urban Parks in Our City" that Xiangyang City has conducted a thorough survey of urban parks and green spaces, and has preliminarily formulated six parks, including Moon Bay Park, Huancheng Park, People's Park, Tangbai River Landscape Belt, Haoran Square and Yuliangzhou Island Landscape Belt, as a pilot project for the opening and sharing of green space. At present, these six parks have been demarcated as open and shared areas in 10 areas such as park lawns and understory spaces, with a total green area of 1310,000 square meters, providing an accessible and experiential activity space for the public.
*: The Paper).