People's Park of Chengdu, first built in 1911 during the Qing Dynasty as Shaocheng Park, is an urban public park in central Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.

The original name of the park reflected the structure of ancient Chengdu, which was divided into Shaocheng (small city) and Dacheng (big city).

Shaocheng used to be a garrison for Manchu and Mongol soldiers, and the park received its name because it was located in Shaocheng.

The construction of the park was granted by then local official Zhou Shanpei. Covering an area over 50 mu (33,300 square meters), the park featured an artificial lake, several gardens, and pavilions and plants. It was Chengdu’s first park, and the original size only covered a small area east of the monument. It was only 20 percent of its present size.

In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Sichuan official Yin Zhongxi planned the park’s expansion, working to build a monument to the martyrs of the Railway Protection Movement.

The Railway Protection Movement Monument in the park is now a major historical and cultural site of China.

The expanded construction took inspiration from Beijing’s Baiyun Temple and Shanxi’s Lingyun Temple, and was a blend of Eastern and Western design.

The whole monument features a structure of masonry, is shaped like a pyramid and is 31.86 meters high. Like a great sword pointing to the firmament, the monument is majestic. The pedestal of the monument is about 10m high and has a railway style platform. It has a white marble board with characters indicating it was built by Chuanlu Corporation in the second year of the Republic of China. Each character is about 1 square meter and was written by a famous artist.

The different chirographies include the seal character of Zhang Kuijie (courtesy name: Xuechao), the official script of Mingshan Wubo (courtesy name: Zhiying), the Weibei handwriting style Huayang Yankai and the handwriting style of Hanbei of Zhao Xi. The monument survived the Diexi earthquake (1933) and bombing from Japanese military aircrafts in 1941. In 1922, then Sichuan supervisor Yang Sen upgraded the park with modern facilities, including an education center, a stadium, a library, a music room and a movie room. Lotuses were planted in the pond, and the zoo in the park was expanded as well.

The park suffered another disaster before the liberation of China, after being defeated the Kuomintang solders retreated to Chengdu. They set up base in the park, destroyed doors and windows, cut down trees, burnt the children's reading room, and even slaughtered innocent civilians in the park and displayed corpses at the roadside.

After modern China was founded, Shaocheng Park was renamed People's Park, and a major repair effort was carried out. Roads, bridges and the gate were repaired. More flowers and trees were planted, and the damaged pavilions were repaired to take on an entirely new look.

In the spring of 1951, General He Lung carried out another large scale repair after his inspection, adding new artificial hills, new pavilions, a new spray fountain, new parks and a garden with potted plants.

After the renovation was completed, the park attracted floods of visitors day and night. The park now is over 160 mu, and a new Chinese flowering crabapple garden and a new Chimonanthus praecox garden have been built. There are more than 70 kinds of trees in the park, including ancient and famous trees such as gingko, Lindera megaphylla and hackberry.

As part of Chengdu’s culture, six tea houses are open in the park too. Each tea house attracts a unique group of people, for example Zhen Liu tea house is popular with students and He Ming tea house is more popular with teachers.