[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Huoshan Park (North Gate) (Updated May)

#shinsider Located out of the way in Hongkou District, Huoshan Park is part of the Jewish historical area. It’s a relatively small park with a Jewish memorial and a hall that is included in the Historic Jewish tour. The park has a lot of cats just lounging around and also older people visiting for a calm and quiet sit down. Its small enough to spend 10 minutes or calm enough to sit for hours. #shanghai #tripblazers #parks #chinahistory

Huoshan Park is located at No. 118 Huoshan Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, on the south side of the T-junction of Huoshan Road and Zhoushan Road, facing south to north, with residential houses on the east, west, and south sides, covering an area of 3,700 square meters. Huoshan Park was established in the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), and the architectural features such as the corridor frames, scenic pavilions, and floor tile mosaics all bear a distinct British style, harmonizing with the 'Queen Anne style' buildings in the surrounding residential area. In the early years of the Republic of China, Western expatriates living in the area raised funds to lease the original site of the park to create a playground for expatriate children. In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), some expatriates wrote to the Public Works Department of the International Settlement requesting the purchase of the land to be converted into a park. In the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), with the approval of the annual meeting of the tax-paying (foreign) residents of the Settlement, the Public Works Department bought the land, which was 5.47 acres (3,647 square meters), for 18,800 taels of silver. In August of the same year, the park was opened to foreign children and was named Stadley Park. In 1958, including Huoshan Park, 3,700 graves from four Jewish cemeteries were relocated to the Shanghai International Cemetery in the western suburbs, and Huoshan Park was restored as a park. During the years 1966—1976, kilns for brick firing and air-raid shelters were constructed in the park, and Huoshan Park was forced to close. In 1978, the park was renovated with the construction of sheds and fences, and Huoshan Park was reopened. In 1994, a monument explaining the Jewish refugee residential area was erected in Huoshan Park.

Hushan Park, located at No. 118 Hushan Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, was established in 1917 and opened to the public in 1918. It was originally named Stadley Park. In June 1944, it was renamed Hushan Park. From the 1930s to the early 1940s (during World War II), a large number of Jewish refugees came to Shanghai for refuge, and Hushan Park became a gathering place for Jewish refugees. Today, the park still retains the Jewish refugee shelter of that year (Figure 6, now converted into a park mother and baby room). On the front wall of the building, there is a plaque (Figure 7) with Chinese and English inscriptions: To thank the Shanghai people for their shelter of Jewish refugees before and during World War II, with the support of the Hongkou District People's Government, the Israeli government and Israeli companies have specially funded the renovation of this building for commemoration. In 1994, the Hongkou District People's Government built a new monument in the park to explain the Jewish refugee residential area (Figure 4) to record history and for tourists to admire. Although Hushan Park is not large, it attracts special attention because of this unforgettable history. Hushan Park

Huoshan Park is located at No. 118 Huoshan Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai. It is on the south side of the T-junction of Huoshan Road and Zhoushan Road. It faces south and is surrounded by residential houses on the east, west and south sides. It covers an area of ​​3,700 square meters. Huoshan Park was built in the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917). The corridors, pavilions, floor tile puzzles and other buildings in the courtyard all have obvious British style, which is in harmony with the "Queen Anne style" buildings in the residential areas around the park. * Jewish refugee shelter There is a plaque on the front wall of the building of the Jewish refugee shelter, with words in Chinese and English reading: To thank the people of Shanghai for sheltering Jewish refugees before and during World War II. * Jewish Refugee Quarter Memorial The Jewish Refugee Quarter Monument is 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters high, with a solemn brown granite background. It details the specific location of the "Jewish Ghetto" in Chinese, English and Hebrew. Huoshan Park