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Jinci Park is located in a piece of open land in front of the ancient buildings of Jinci. It faces a lotus pond to the east, and the old architecture of Jinci in the west. The park is close to a thousand acres of rice fields, farm houses and villages on both the south and north wings.

Fulong Hill is a rockery inside the park. Halfway up the hill, there is a piece of rock embedded with the inscriptions of “Fulong Hill”. There is a stone cave and flowing water at the foot of the hill. Water flows out of the mouth of a stone dragon and flows into the pond. There are two stone arhat statues beside the pond and stone Devi and Mago statues in the pond. A lifelike stone tiger is drinking water at the side of the lake, which attracts the visitors.

In the middle of the park there is the De Yin Zhai, and in the northwest of the park there is Xian Weng Pavilion, also known as the Red Pavilion. The site is known for Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals who are worshipped there. The pavilion was initially built during the Hongzhi reign in the Ming Dynasty (1488-1505) and was later rebuilt in the 44th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1705). Additionally, there is another pavilion called Bei Ji Pavilion. This pavilion, which was initially built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, looks simple and dignified, elegant and uncommon. On the bottom gate there is an inscription reading “Gu Tang Cun”. The Taoran Cun lies separately in the park with its pretty and bright pavilion.

In the southeast of the Jinci Park lies the water land, commonly known as the South Lake. The water in the lake looks beautifully green and there is a three-arched bridge over it, with pedestrians walking over it and boats passing underneath the bridge, all together creating a vivid picture of the beauty of Southern China.