Baoshi Park

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This is Baoshi Park，which was built in honor of u Baoshi，a great master of traditional Chinese painting from Xinyu.The park is located at the eastern end of Construction Road Xinyu City，18 kilometers away from Fairy Maiden lake.Covering an area of 29.13 hectares，it is the first park named after an artist in China，and also one of Jiangxi’s key culture facilities.

Now，we are in front of the East Gate.The arch of the East Gate is 13.5 meters high and 30 meters wide.Let’s go through it and take the steps.Now we can see a small hill.On the top of it is Qinfeng Pavilion，which is built on the highest position of the park.In the pavilion，we can see the statue of Baoshi.

Now we arrive at Children Paradise.There are many kinds of recreation facilities such as swing，horse-riding，Happy Sea，Air Playstation，electric automobile series（for example tanks，frog mobiles，rabbit mobiles，panda mobiles etc.），electric elephants-pulling-carts，electric motorcycles，Pig Bajie Carrying a Wedding Sedan Chair，round traveling mini-trains.

Come out of Children Paradise and go southwest，and now we come to Baoshi Exhibition Museum，which is located in the heart of the park.The museum is an archaized architecture.Here we can see the display of Baoshi’s life and his works.

Those photos，real things，pictures and Baoshi’s works present the great achievements this great master of traditional Chinese painting has made.What’s more，this museum is also treated as a culture exchange center，where the exhibitions of paintings，calligraphic works and photographs are often held.

Beside the Man-made Lake，the newly-built Xinyu Zoo occupies a land of 5000 square kilometers.There are many kinds of animals raised here，such as northeast tigers，pumas，crocodiles of Yangtze，leopards，brown bears，ostriches，spotted deer，peacocks，boas，shepherd dogs，foxes，monkeys and sheep.Two thirds of them belong to A-level animals under state protection.