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Situated in Red Bridge Village (Chiqiao Village) Xing Dian Town, a northern suburb of the city, Fuzhou National Forest Park is one of the nine principal forest parks in the China, serving both scientific research and tourism. It is 7 km away from the urban area with a total area of 859 ha. It's surrounded on three sides by mountains while the other faces the river.
The entire park is divided into five parts: Mid-Asian tropical evergreen broadleaf tree region, South-Asian tropical jungle region, Banyan tree region, region of wild fruit trees in hilly country and off-shore wood region. It also includes a rare botanical garden and a rose & camellia garden. This park has been collecting and cultivating more than 2,500 kinds of plants from home and abroad, thus becoming a distinctive forest museum. The "Banyan King" of Fuzhou stands tall and upright on the bank of Bayi Reservoir in this park.
The park in Red Bridge Village on the northern outskirts of Fuzhou consists of a forest zone, a tree nursery, a greenhouse, a special tree specimen park, and a rest area.
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