How the urban parks have enriched Chinese people's life? The following photos may give you some hints. Various activities in parks mirror changes of people's leisure life in their pursuit of happiness.
BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Urban parks in China offer easy place for people to relax and unwind. Furthermore, China's urban parks feature more less-impact exercise equipment and ways to have fun for young and old.
With the breeze blowing and boats floating in the parks, people enjoyed dancing, singing and folklore performance from 1950s to 1990s. Nowadays, people have more choices of activities in the parks, like the fashion show by the elderly locals and the low expense wedding ceremony for the young people.
These typical scenes of China's urban parks not only mirror the changes of people's leisure life, but also show the social development in miniature, as China is building ecological civilization and promoting the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.
File photo taken in 1957 shows people rowing boats on the lake at Beihai Park in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Ye Hua)
Photo taken on May 4, 1952 shows people singing and playing the music at the Beihai Park in Beijing, capital of China. (Photo by Cai Zhongzhi/Xinhua)
File photo taken on May 2, 1954 shows young men riding bicycles at the Taoranting Park in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua)
File photo taken on Nov. 5, 1957 shows children playing a fishing game at the Jingshan Park in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zheng Xiaozhen)
File photo taken in June 1959 shows eldly people practicing Taiji at the Zhongshan Park in Beijing, capital of China. Urban parks in China offer easy place for people to relax and unwind. (Xinhua/Tang Likui)
File photo taken in December 1961 shows a girl learning Wushu, the Chinese martial arts, with a scimitar at the Beining Park in Tianjin, north China. (Xinhua/Zhang Yinghua)
File photo taken on Sept. 13, 1987 shows performers walking on stilts at the Ritan Park in Beijing, capital of China. Urban parks in China offer easy place for people to relax and unwind. (Xinhua/Tang Shizeng)
Children play on a slide at the Tiantan Park in Beijing, capital of China, June 1, 1989. (Xinhua/Song Lianfeng)
File photo taken in August 1994 shows people dancing in summer at the Wuchaomen Park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Xu Peng)
Photo taken in December 1998 shows a group of eldly people practicing chorus at the Luxun Park in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)
Visitors feed gulls at the Haigeng Park in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 11, 2003. (Xinhua/Qin Qing)
People play shuttlecock kicking at the Tiantan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 8, 2006. (Xinhua/Li Wen)
Women take morning exercises after snowfall at the Hongshan Park in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 23, 2006. (Photo by Li Xiongxin/Xinhua)
A man practices Chinese calligraphy on the ground at the Renmin Park in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2007. (Xinhua/Wang Min)
People hold a group wedding ceremony at a beach park in Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 1, 2010. (Photo by Chen Weifeng/Xinhua)
An enthusiast of winter swimming jumps into the river at a park in Mudanjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 1, 2012. (Photo by Zhang Chunxiang/Xinhua)
A man practices Wushu, the Chinese martial arts, with a broadsword at a park in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 8, 2012. (Photo by Wang Jianzhong/Xinhua)
People enjoy fresh air with their birds at the Zhongshan Park in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 26, 2014. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Enthusiasts of cheongsam, a traditional Chinese women's dress also known as Qipao, perform during a show at the Renmin Park in Weifang City, east China's Shandong Province, May 3, 2015. (Photo by Zhang Chi/Xinhua)
A man and his boy have fun on Kunming Lake skating rink at the Summer Palace in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)
A visitor strikes the big bell at the Huanghelou Park in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 5, 2019. (Photo by Zhou Guoqiang/Xinhua)
Students have a spring outing at the Suihe Park in Huaibei City, east China's Anhui Province, April 4, 2019. (Photo by Zhou Fangling/Xinhua)■
