These Yangpu scenery along Metro Line 12 are amazing

The dark green Metro Line 12 is Shanghai’s veritable “King of Transfers”. Taking Line 12, you can go directly to Longchang Apartment, the Tongzilou in the movie “Kung Fu”, and you can also visit the famous Fuxing Island Park.

Caption: Photo by Tang Min, reporter of Xinmin Evening News in Fuxing Island Park

Fuxing Island Park

Address: No. 386 Gongqing Road, Yangpu District span>

Transportation: Fuxing Island Station of Line 12

Fuxing Island Park opened to the public on May 28, 1951. The landscape is mainly surrounded by palms, metasequoia, coral trees and other trees as hedges. The lawns in the whole garden reach 12,000 square meters, accounting for a quarter of the total area. There are 3,359 trees and shrubs of 71 species such as camphor, magnolia, cypress, black pine, Metasequoia, Pittosporum, sweet-scented osmanthus, wisteria, etc., which can be enjoyed all year round.

The original site of Fuxing Island Park was the Shanghai Junpu Sports Club built in the 1930s. It was occupied by the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, and the sports club garden was transformed into a Japanese-style courtyard. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the park was returned to the Junpu Bureau, and a “Fuxing Island Recovery Monument” was built in the garden. After the liberation of Shanghai, the Municipal Port Authority took over Fuxing Island Park. Due to the small number of permanent residents in Fuxing Island, the free and open Fuxing Island Park has always been quiet and elegant.

Longchang Apartment

Address: Lane 362, Longchang Road, Yangpu District< /p>

Transportation: Line 12 Longchang Road Station

Longchang Apartment is a square-shaped building like the Colosseum in ancient Rome. The spacious yard, like a large square, is surrounded by five-story buildings in earth-grey color, like a replica of the pig cage city in the movie “Kung Fu”. Longchang Apartment was built in the 1920s and 1930s. There are two elevators in the apartment. It was the first apartment in Shanghai and even China to use gas and tap water. In 2004, Longchang Apartment was registered as an immovable cultural relic, and in 2015 it was listed as an outstanding historical building in Shanghai.

It needs to be reminded that the life of the residents of Longchang Apartment can be said to be semi-open and limited, so please try to avoid disturbing them when visiting and taking pictures.

Jiangpu Park

Address: No. 1111, Changyang Road, Yangpu District< /p>

Transportation: Jiangpu Park Station of Line 12

Jiangpu Park combines various characteristics of the surrounding environment, such as residential style and living objects, and focuses on reflecting People-oriented, the modern concept of returning to simplicity, integrates leisure, entertainment and health into people’s daily life, and realizes the interaction and harmony between man and nature.

Xinmin Evening News reporter Shen Qihua