Lu Xun Park

Lu Xun Park in Hongkou is a public park that holds the tomb of the writer Lu Xun, a memorial hall to him and a memorial to the Korean independence activist Yun Bong-gil. The site began as land bought by the Shanghai Municipal Council in 1896, partly for a shooting range for the Shanghai Volunteer Corps. The rest was laid out as a park that was finished in 1909 and was used as a sports ground. The second Far Eastern Championship Games, in 1915, and the fifth, in 1921, were held there. Sources differ on who designed it, so the designer is left unnamed here.

In 1922 it became Hongkou Park, the name it kept until 1988. On 29 April 1932 Yun Bong-gil set off a bomb at a military ceremony in the park. A memorial hall to him opened in 2003 and reopened after renovation on 29 April 2015.

Lu Xun died in 1936 and was first buried in the International Cemetery. His remains were moved to this park in 1956, twenty years after his death. The tomb stone is inscribed 鲁迅先生之墓 (“Tomb of Mr Lu Xun”) in Mao Zedong’s calligraphy, and the Lu Xun Memorial Hall stands in the grounds. The park took his name in 1988.

Later changes are mostly in the landscape. In 1984 Chinese and Japanese young people planted cherry trees in the park, and a friendship bell stand was built that year. The park had its first major overhaul in 55 years, costing about 68 million yuan, and it reopened on 28 August 2014. Chinese Wikipedia gives the park’s area as about 22.37 hectares.

Opening hours and any entry charge are not confirmed here, so check on arrival.