Tashan Scenic Area

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Tashan Scenic Area
LocationChenghai, Shantou[1]
Area3,200 mus (~19.7 km²)
Opened1990[2]

The Tashan Scenic Area (simplified Chinese: 塔山风景区; traditional Chinese: 塔山風景區), literally translated to "Pagoda Mountain Scenic Spot",[3] or Tashan Scenic Zone,[4] is a scenic spot located in Tucheng Village, Lianshang Town, Chenghai District, Shantou City, [5] covering an area of 3,200 mus [6] (approx. 19.7 km²). The area is known as Tayuan (塔园), or Tower Park, and was opened to the public in 1990. Including the later-closed Cultural Revolution Museum, it contained 25 scenic spots related to the Cultural Revolution. One side of the mountain has a 900-year-old temple.[2]

Cultural Revolution Museum[edit]

On January 1, 2005, Shantou Cultural Revolution Museum, the first museum dedicated to the Cultural Revolution in China,[7] was opened in the Tashan Scenic Area, due to the unyielding efforts of Peng Qi'an (彭启安),[8] the former vice mayor of Shantou.[9] In 2016, the museum was closed down.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ China Tourism. HK China Tourism Press. 2005.
  2. ^ a b Sally Wang (2012-08-18). "Remembering the dark days of China's Cultural Revolution". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  3. ^ Jie Li; Enhua Zhang (26 October 2020). Red Legacies in China: Cultural Afterlives of the Communist Revolution. BRILL. pp. 338–. ISBN 978-1-68417-117-0.
  4. ^ Miriam Clifford; Cathy Giangrande; Antony White (2009). China: Museums. Scala Publishers. ISBN 978-1-85759-593-2.
  5. ^ "Environmental Impact Report for Construction Projects" (PDF). www.chenghai.gov.cn. 2021-01-23.
  6. ^ "Tashan Scenic Area". www.chenghai.gov.cn. 2019-04-19.
  7. ^ Didi Kirsten Tatlow (Oct 2, 2016). "Fate Catches Up to a Cultural Revolution Museum in China". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Li Minggong (9 January 2018). China's Three Major Mysteries. Sea Dove Culture Publishing Books Limited. pp. 361-. ISBN 978-986-392-006-9.
  9. ^ Clifford Coonan (21 February 2006). "China's first Cultural Revolution museum exposes Mao's war on 'bourgeois culture'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.
  10. ^ Didi Kirsten Tatlow (2016-10-08). "China's Only Cultural Revolution Museum Covered by Fences". The New York Times.