People's Park (Zibo)

People's Park (Chinese: 人民公园; pinyin: Rénmín Gōngyuán) is an urban public park in Zibo city, Shandong province, China. It is located in central Zhangdian District of Zibo.

Created in 1960, the park was thoroughly renovated from 2002 to 2003. The renovation project started in October 2002, took eight months and cost 40 million yuan, and the park was reopened on 1 July 2003. Its environment was made more natural, facilities upgraded, and the enclosing walls were demolished. In 2003, the People's Park renovation project won the China Habitat and Environment Award, the highest environmental prize in China.

People's Park covers an area of 260,000 square metres (2,800,000 sq ft), including 38,000 square metres (410,000 sq ft) of lake. There are 148 species of trees in the park. Three public plazas have been built in the east, south, and north sides of the park.

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People's Park (Valenzuela)

The Valenzuela People's Park, commonly known to the locals as simply People's Park, is a public local park located in Valenzuela, about 14 km north of Manila, beside the Valenzuela City Government Center and the Valenzuela Town Center. The construction of this 1.3-hectare park was started in 2014 and was formally opened to the public on February 14, 2015, during the 17th Valenzuela City Charter Day.

Location

People's Park is bounded by two major roads of the city, MacArthur Highway and A. Pablo Street. The park itself is surrounded by various landmarks, government buildings, and shopping centers. The South Supermarket (in front of the People's Park) and the soon-to-be Valenzuela Town Center (between the People's Park and the New City Hall) are the nearest shopping destinations for park visitors. The park is also located beside the state-of-the-art Valenzuela City Government Center. This would be connected to the ALERT Center of the city thru a proposed underpass in MacArthur Highway.

Norbulingka

Norbulingka (Standard Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཀ་; Wylie: Nor-bu-gling-ka; simplified Chinese: 罗布林卡; traditional Chinese: 羅布林卡; literally "The Jewelled Park") is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet, China, built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959. Part of the "Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace", Norbulingka is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was added as an extension of this Historic Ensemble in 2001. It was built by the 7th Dalai Lama and served both as administrative centre and religious centre. It is a unique representation of Tibetan palace architecture.

Norbulingka Palace is situated in the west side of Lhasa, a short distance to the southwest of Potala Palace. Norbulingka covers an area of around 36 hectares (89 acres) and considered to be the largest man made garden in Tibet.

Norbulingka park is considered the premier park of all such horticultural parks in similar ethnic settings in Tibet. During the summer and autumn months, the parks in Tibet, including the Norbulinga, become hubs of entertainment with dancing, singing, music and festivities. The park is where the annual Sho Dun or 'Yoghurt Festival' is held.