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up of nurseries and forest, Forest Park is located at Tuyunguan, 2.5 km.
southeast of Guiyang City. It covers an area of 3,900 mu with continuous
mountains and various peaks. More than 1 million species of rare plants
and trees are widely planted here, among them masson pine, cypress, oak,
poplar, pine, China fir, Chinese catalpa, camphor trees and tea-oil trees
are just a sampling. There are also flower beds, orchards, tea houses
and the Zhong Shan Garden in the park along with the well preserved stone
tablets and cliff-carvings of the Qing Dynasty. The monuments to the international
medical aid workers to China and the tomb of an English woman-doctor Gaotianyi,
stand in the park in memory of the aid of friends abroad during China's
Anti-Japanese War. The park is densely wooded and quite secluded.
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