Bucheon Central Park부천 중앙공원

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Bucheon Central Park is Neighborhood Park No. 1, located in Jung-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, right next to City Hall. With a large pond and fountain at its center, it offers lovely scenery, and it is also a poetry monument park, home to monuments inscribed with poems by Byeon Yeong-ro and Hwang Myeong (Bok-dong). Facilities such as the Bucheon City Symbol Tower and a gateball court make it a place for sports and leisure, and its many old trees give it the character of an arboretum. The uniquely shaped Bucheon City Symbol Tower stands at the very center, surrounded by an open space that serves as a plaza, where a temporary stage is set up for each performance. On the west side of the park is a peach memorial garden planted with peach trees donated by Okayama, a Japanese city known for its peaches. If the west side is themed around trees and plants, the east side is all about water: curious winding waterways, a country-style stream with stepping stones, a large fountain, and an artificial island floating alone in the middle of a man-made pond lead visitors into a world of water. Every summer, an outdoor water play area opens free of charge.