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Established in 1961,the park contains more than 10 forest farms of different tree species. Forest Park is located at Tuyunguan, 2.5 km. southeast of Guiyang City. It covers an area of 3,900 mu with continuous mountains and various peaks. More than 1 million species of rare plants and trees are widely planted here, among them mass on pine, cypress, oak, poplar, pine, China fir, Chinese catalpa, camphor trees and tea-oil trees are just a sampling. There are also flower beds, orchards, tea houses and the Zhong Shan Garden in the park along with the well preserved stone tablets and cliff-carvings of the Qing Dynasty. Some guest-greeting pavilions and archways can also be found here. The monuments to the international medical aid workers to China and the tomb of an English woman-doctor Gaotianyi, stand in the park in memory of the aid of friends abroad during China's Anti-Japanese War. The park is densely wooded and quite secluded.
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