Dongping National Forest Park is located in the north-central part of Chongming Island, the third largest island in China, with a total area of 5,400 mu, away from the county seat (Nanmengang) 12km. It is the largest plain plantation in East China, a famous tourist attraction in Shanghai, a national 4A-level tourist attraction and a national agricultural tourism demonstration site. Its predecessor was Dongping Forest Farm, and 1993 was built into a national forest park. 1997 was rated as one of the top ten new tourist and leisure attractions in Shanghai. The trees are lush, the lake is clear, birds are singing, and the wild interest is rich. Nathan Garden is characterized by "quietness, beauty and wildness", which integrates forest sightseeing, conference tourism, leisure vacation and participatory entertainment. It is the best resort for people to "return to nature". The main tourism service facilities include the unique "crab" room multifunctional leisure tourism center, 500 square meters water park, Chongming characteristic forest restaurant, outdoor tent, forest hammock, 20,000 square meters beach swimming pool, youth camping base and so on. The project features include grass skiing, rock ballet, rock climbing, forest golf driving range, tennis court, beach volleyball court, forest zip line, paintball shooting, spinning bike, forest horseback riding, happy forest go-karting, outdoor barbecue, forest sunbathing, forest fairy tale garden and forest orientation activities to enhance team spirit. There are many forest resorts in the park to provide you with elegant environment and excellent service, so that you can feel at home. There is a football base in Xu Genbao waiting for you to get in touch with celebrities and visit the daily training life of football stars in China.

There are Gui Huayuan, Meiyuan, cherry orchard, Maple Garden and Rose Garden in the park. It's all open, just like entering a paradise, which makes people linger. The park is rich in plant resources, including nearly 1000 species of trees, shrubs, gnats, aquatic plants and terrestrial wild plants, among which there are more than1000 species of medicinal plants alone. The main trees in the park are Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Cryptomeria fortunei, Populus alba, Cryptomeria fortunei, palms, Robinia pseudoacacia, Shu Lian, Ginkgo biloba and Cinnamomum camphora. Among them, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, known as the "living fossil", is the main tree species in the park, with its tall and straight, beautiful tree shape and huge population, which is almost everywhere in the park. Because Metasequoia glyptostroboides has almost no pests and diseases, visitors will feel very comfortable and refreshing when walking under the tree. There are also abundant wildlife resources in the park. There are dozens of reptiles, amphibians and mammals such as frogs, snakes, otters and rabbits, and nearly 160 species of migratory birds and resident birds inhabit the jungle, especially egrets such as egrets, grey egrets and Chinese egrets, which are numerous, and fierce eagles and falcons often haunt. With a total area of 358 hectares, the park is the largest plain plantation in East China and the largest forest park in Shanghai. The bamboo forests in the park are lush, fragrant with flowers and fruits, birds singing and flowers singing, and full of wild interest, full of rich island scenery and forest scenery. Let tourists linger. The main tourism projects and service facilities in the park are: unique forest exhibition center, forest bar surrounded by green trees, criss-crossing 70,000 square meters of forest lakes, beach bathing, forest hunting, forest barbecue, fishing, horse racing and sightseeing bus. Many projects are calling for people's yearning for nature. Dongping National Forest Park in the future will integrate forest sightseeing, conference tourism, rehabilitation, leisure vacation, participatory entertainment and other functions, and become the best resort for people at home and abroad to return to nature.

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