Introduction:
Fuzhou National Forest Park
Fuzhou National Forest Park is one of the nine forest parks in China. Formerly known as Fuzhou Arboretum, it is a comprehensive park for scientific research and sightseeing. Located in Chiqiao Village, Xindian Town, north suburb of Fuzhou City. Built in February 1960, it has an area of 859 hectares. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on the other, it is rectangular. The highest mountain, Bijia, is 643 meters above sea level. There are also the world's five major scenic tree species, Japanese golden pine, cedar, golden pine, coast redwood, and the world's three most popular drinks - coffee, cocoa and tea. In particular, the coast redwood, known as the "messenger of friendship" between China and the United States, is the second generation of the friendship tree given to the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai by former United States President Richard Nixon during his visit to China. In addition, there are four major street tree species in the world -- sycamore, elm, horse-chestnut, basstree and the Chinese traditional ten famous flowers (camellia alone has 74 varieties).
Main SCENIC SPOTS: BAMBOO ORNAMENTAL GARDEN, TREE ORNAMENTAL AREA, CULTURAL scenic area, FOREST Museum, BIRD LANGUAGE FOREST, rare BOTANICAL garden, millennium ancient BANyan TREE.
1. Bamboo viewing area: There are 226 varieties of bamboo, which is the garden with the most abundant collection of bamboo varieties.
2. Tree viewing area: Bamboo garden, rare botanical garden, Palm garden, Cycad garden, Banyan Tree landscape area, Fujian Orchid Garden, Celebrity tree planting area, Yinsheng Botanical Garden (fitness area) and other 8 special plant parks.
3. Cultural Scenic Area: In the cultural landscape area, Zhengxin Temple, which was built in the Song Dynasty, adds a breath of Buddhist culture to the park; The tomb of Liu Bingru, Lin Zexu's first son-in-law, is a district-level cultural relic protection unit; The park opened up Tianma Mountain climbing trail, the restoration of the Song Dynasty Jinjing ancient Post road (Zhuangyuan Road), connecting the park and the North Peak tourist area, become the best place for citizens to climb fitness and sightseeing.
4, Forest Museum: Fujian Forest Museum is China's first forest as the theme of the special museum, opened on January 21, 2001. The contents of the Fujian Forest Museum are divided into four parts. First, there are 50 kinds of animal specimens, 41 kinds of reptiles, more than 200 kinds of birds, more than 500 kinds of butterflies. The second is plant specimens, mainly including 29 kinds of wood specimens, 50 kinds of pressed film specimens, 20 kinds of amber specimens, 40 kinds of soaked specimens, and fossil trees (namely siliconized wood). The third is the forest ecological landscape, including Nanjing South Asian tropical rainforest ecological landscape, Wuyi Mountain middle subtropical broad-leaved forest landscape, Minnan mangrove landscape. The fourth is the forestry achievement Hall, focusing on "returning to nature", using the synchronous technology of electricity, sound and film and television.
5. Bird Language Forest: Located in Fuzhou National Forest Park, covering an area of 25 mu, it is the only bird eco-tourism attraction in Fujian Province. The park has collected more than 150 species of rare birds from all over the world about 5000 birds, including more than 10 species of rare birds in the world and more than 20 species of rare birds in the country. It is a bird language forest with the most complete species of birds, the largest number of birds and the most abundant bird art performances in China.
6. Rare botanical Garden: In the garden, there are alsophila spinulosa, metasequoia, yew, Balding and other national first-class protected plants. There are long leaf Torreya tree, Eucommia and other national secondary protection plants. There are also North American redwood, teak, cedar, kauri and other tree species from more than 30 countries and regions. It has become an important refuge for rare and endangered plants and an important base for forestry science popularization in Fujian Province.
7. Thousands of years old banyan tree: There is an ancient banyan tree with a chest circumference of 9 meters and covering an area of more than 1330 square meters in the rest area. According to legend, it was planted by Zhang Boyu, governor of Fuzhou, during the reign of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Recommended sightings: THE thousAND-YEAR-OLD BANyan TREE, the "LIVING fossil" metasequoia, the "Chinese DOVE tree" Davidia daube, the "Giant of the forest" Tree-looking tree, the "King of all trees" Balding, coast redwood, ALsophila tree - it coexists with dinosaur fossils
福州国家森林公园简介
福州国家森林公园是中国九大森林公园之一。原名福州树木园，是集科研与游览的综合性公园。位于福州北郊新店镇赤桥村。 1960年2月建，面积859公顷。三面环山，一面临水，呈长方形，最高处的笔架山海拔643米。这里还有世界五大风景树种的日本金松、南洋杉、雪松、金钱松、海岸红杉和风靡世界的三大饮料--咖啡、可可和茶树。尤其是那株被誉为中美"友谊使者"的海岸红杉，它是前美国总统尼克松先生访华时送给中国已故国务院总理周恩来的友谊树的第二代 。此外还植有世界四大街道树种--悬铃木、榆树、七叶树、椴树和中国传统的十大名花(其中仅山茶花就有74个品种)。
主要景区：竹类观赏园、树木观赏区、人文风景区、森林博物馆、鸟语林、珍稀植物园、千年古榕树。
1、 竹类观赏区：竹子品种多达226种，是园内收集品种最为丰富的竹类品种园。
2、 树木观赏区：竹类园、珍稀植物园、棕榈园、苏铁园、榕树景观区、福建兰苑、名人植树区、荫生植物园(足按健身区)等8个植物专类园区。
3、 人文风景区：在人文景观区内，始建于宋朝的正心寺，为公园增添了佛教文化的气息;林则徐大女婿刘冰如进士之墓，是区级文物保护单位;公园开辟天马岭登山道，修复了宋朝晋京古驿道(状元路)，连接公园和北峰旅游区，成为市民登山健身和观光怀古的最佳去处。
4、 森林博物馆：福建森林博物馆是中国第一个以森林为主题的专类博物馆，2001年1月21日对外开放。福建森林博物馆展示的内容共分四个部分。一是动物标本，主要有兽类50种、爬行类41种、鸟类200多种、蝴蝶类500多种。二是植物标本，主要有段木标本29种、压膜标本50种、琥珀标本20种、浸泡标本40种，还有树木化石(即硅化木)。三是森林生态景观，主要包括南靖南亚热带雨林生态景观、武夷山中亚热带阔叶林风光、闽南红树林景观。四是林业成就馆，以"回归大自然"为重点，运用电、声、影视同步技术。
5、 鸟语林：坐落于福州国家森林公园内，占地面积25亩，是福建省唯一的一家鸟类生态旅游景点。园内征集了世界各地的珍稀鸟类150多个品种约5000多只鸟，其中世界珍稀鸟类10多种，国家珍稀鸟类20多种，是国内鸟类品种最全、数量最多、鸟艺表演最丰富的鸟语林。
6、 珍稀植物园：园中有桫椤、水杉、水松、秃杉等国家一级保护植物。有长叶榧树、杜仲等国家二级保护植物。还有来自30多个国家和地区的北美红杉、柚木、南洋杉、贝壳杉等树种。成为福建省珍稀濒危植物重要的避难所和林业科普的重要基地。
7、 千年古榕树：休息区内有1株胸围9米、覆盖面积1330多平方米的古榕树，相传是北宋治平年间福州太守张伯玉编户植榕时种下的。
推荐观赏：千年古榕树、"活化石"--水杉，"中国鸽子树"--珙桐， "林中巨人"--望天树以及人称"万木之王"的秃杉, 海岸红杉，桫椤-它与恐龙化石并存
Website: https://baike.so.com/doc/5760855-5973618.html
The park is open from 8：00 to 16: 00
How to get there: Bus Line:54/72/527/328, “Senlin Gongyuan” station（森林公园）
Park: For Free