GardenKuanzhai Alleys, People's Park and Qingyang Palace
PEOPLE'S PARK AND HEMING TEAHOUSE · RENMIN GONGYUAN
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VERIFIED2026.09.12Kuanzhai Alleys, People's Park and Qingyang Palace · 30.660°N 104.055°E
No ticketingClosure day
Chengdu's first public park (opened 1911 as Shaocheng Park) and the place the whole 'slow Chengdu' cliché comes from: Heming Teahouse (the park dates it to the mid-1920s, everyone else says 1923), the largest teahouse in the city, bamboo chairs under the trees by the lake, ear-cleaners working the tables with their tuning forks, and on weekend afternoons the marriage market where parents trade their children's CVs on umbrellas. Also here: the 1913 monument to the Railway Protection martyrs (the 1911 uprising that helped end the Qing began in this city), a national heritage site. Free, no ticket (the park publishes no hours; its lighting runs 6:30-22:00 in winter), Metro Line 2 at the gate.
AdmissionNo ticketingPublic park, no ticketing; tea and ear-cleaning by consumption
HoursNo park hours published; lighting notice: winter 6:30 on, 22:00 offVerified · 2026-09Source ↗
ClosedPark open daily; two gardens & Railway hall shut MondaysVerified · 2026-09Source ↗
Address9 Citang Street, Qingyang District (main gate); 12 Shaocheng Road side gateVerified · 2026-09Source ↗Navigate ↗
EntranceMetro Line 2 and Line 17 People's Park station, Exit A (park notice) — the east gate; Line 4 Kuanzhai Xiangzi is 15 minutes north-west
Last verified 2026-09-12Source: platforms and press
How to book
No ticket. Inside, the orchid and bonsai gardens (1 May-30 Sep 8:30-17:30, 1 Oct-30 Apr 9:00-17:00, closed Mondays for maintenance) and the Railway Protection Movement hall (9:00-17:00, closed Mondays, open on holidays) are also free (park visitor notice, Oct 2018)Verified · 2026-09Source ↗
Beat the crowds
Heming fills by 10:00 on a sunny day and stays full to dusk; before 9:00 it is the regulars' early tea (the city account's own observation). The marriage market runs weekend afternoons on the paths by the west gate — a scene to watch, not to photograph close up.
Language
Chinese only; the ear-cleaners communicate with a tuning fork and a price on a phone screen.