Shanghai Hanxiang Water Expo Park is a water ecological garden built by Pengdu Village, Maqiao Town, Minhang District to protect the safety of Shanghai’s drinking water intake. It is a key tourism project in the suburbs of Shanghai. The park covers an area of 400 mu and is adjacent to the Huangpu River. It is a museum of ancient bridges and a protected area of famous ancient trees. It is also a classical garden with water, bridges, pavilions, terraces, towers, attics, trees, flowers, grass and wood rarely seen in Shanghai.
The water expo park is composed of ancient ecological park, ancient cultural park and rural sightseeing paradise. The ancient ecological park takes river channels, ancient bridges, ancient trees, landscape stones and antique buildings as the main components. With a simple, natural and wild style, there are more than 600 ancient trees over 100 years old and 25 relocated ancient bridges in the park. There are also two popular science venues built in the park. The ancient cultural park focuses on excavating and displaying the water culture of the Huangpu River, the ancient culture of Maqiao and the famous historical and cultural figures of Maqiao. There are simulation halls of Maqiao ancient cultural sites, Dong Qichang Painting Academy, etc. The rural sightseeing paradise mainly functions as modern agricultural sightseeing, rural life on the bank of the Huangpu River and display of local culture, and rural leisure and entertainment. It has eight major projects including agricultural ecological display area, riverbank village exhibition hall, aquatic cash crop park, fruit tree planting area, fishing area, shopping leisure street, rural resort and agricultural science and technology exhibition hall.Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:00 to 17:00.
Preferential policies: Children: Free for those under 1.3 meters (excluding) in height.
Disabled people: Discounted with disability certificate; half price with valid certificates.
Families of martyrs: Free with valid martyr’s family certificate.
