This is a green belt in the city that offers locals and visitors a place to slow down the pace of life and destress. There are many trees and beautiful flowers around this big park, with the nice and cute dragon displays (it's the year of the dragon) with artful landscaping, bonsai garden, tea houses, kiddie amusement rides, a pond with row and motor boats. It is tranquil. And there are monuments to commemorate those who perished during the Xinhai Revoluntionaries and Anti-Japanese era. You will find that time has stopped temporarily here and you can enjoy in the quietness over a cup of tea, while enjoying the tea pouring demonstration or the pond to relax and recharge!

In People’s Park, everyday life is enjoyed by ordinary Chinese people. We saw people getting their ears cleaned, having massages, dancing, boating in small boats, playing cards, and - like us - drinking jasmine tea by the bucketful. The park is incredibly graceful and very photogenic in the late afternoon. A good tip: Avoid the overcrowded Heming Teahouse and find your way to one of the other cozy teahouses where there is space. It was at one of these teahouses that we saw card games, ear cleaning, and neck massages.

This park is not just a normal green park that u wld meander aimlessly. I find each section of the park embodies the life and soul of the Chengdu city. My 1st stop was the HeMing tea house. Choose a table near to the lake to get the best tranquil view of the park. The attendants wil come with a menu or u can scan teh QR code to order tea and snacks. Seated in the bamboo chairs, with a lake in view, be prepared to spend at least 2 hrs enjoying the tea and food the local people way. I also took the ear wax cleaning service at RMB 110. It was an experience, and seriously they were careful and skillful. I wld do that again. The teahouse was built in 1923, and the setting remained relatively unchanged. A a great experience in Chengdu. We also came across the Match Making section in the park where the parents of unmarried sons and daughters, seeks out other parents/ guardians and exchange their childrens‘ details hoping to get a match. The younger generation today have their way of making social connects but when it does not yield the desired ouctome, the parents take over. I know of some happy marriages that were made in these exchanges, it’s our chinese way and very pragmatic way too.