Fuxing Park (复兴公园)
Park · Huangpu · Shanghai. Shanghai's 1909 French-style park, with plane trees, flower beds and a night funfair.
Source: https://chinafootnotes.com/places/fuxing-park · Data checked 2026-10-02 · Rendered for 2026-10-03 (Asia/Shanghai). Facts carry their status; "not found yet" means we searched and found no reliable source.
Notices in effect
- 2026-08-23 to 2026-12-31: Renovated funfair open; night mode Wed–Sun 19:00–22:00 with light installations.
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-03: Metro Lines 10 and 13 run extended late service.
Why go
Fuxing Park (复兴公园) opened in 1909 as the 'French Park'. It keeps a formal French layout: sunken flower beds, a rose garden and more than 1,700 plane trees over 50 years old. By day it is a calm stop between Xintiandi and the old French Concession streets. From Wednesday to Sunday evenings the old funfair turns into a lit-up night playground.
What to do
- Walk the French flower beds. Start at the sunken flower garden (沉床花坛) and the rose garden, then the lotus pond and rockery. Look for the Marx and Engels statue on the lawn.
- Smell the October osmanthus. More than 100 osmanthus trees (桂花) bloom in September and October, mostly around the rose garden, the Chinese garden and the sunken flower beds.
- Ride the night funfair. From Wednesday to Sunday, 19:00–22:00, the renovated amusement park runs a carousel, bumper cars and a small coaster under stage lights. Rides cost about ¥30 each, or ¥88/¥99 in a bundle.
- Play the 'burning' piano. After dark, an old piano wrapped in orange light and mist stands among the light installations, and visitors may play it. Nearby are a giant disco ball and trees that light up when you clap.
- Pass the old wooden gate. The wooden South Gate at Fuxing Middle Road and Chongqing South Road is the park's historic entrance, kept when the walls came down in 2022.
- Don't miss: The 2022 wisteria pergola along Chongqing South Road (重庆南路), where the old wall used to be.
- Best time: Early morning, or Wed–Sun after 19:00
- Skip if: Skip the evening if crowds, smoke effects and loud music bother you; the daytime park is quiet.
Practical details
- Hours: Park open from 05:00 · night area to 22:00
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun: 05:00–null
- City guide lists 05:00–21:00; the tourism bureau and 2022 press say 24 hours.
- No night fair on Monday or Tuesday. Night funfair Wed–Sun 19:00–22:00; an Aug 2026 notice gives the funfair 08:30–18:00 Mon–Tue and 08:30–22:00 Wed–Sun.
- Admission: Free · funfair rides paid
- Funfair ride, single: ¥30 — Same price day and night
- Funfair ride bundle: ¥88 — A ¥99 bundle is also sold
- INS Land (INS新乐园), the club complex inside the park, is a separate paid venue.
- Booking: No booking for the park
- Passport accepted: not_applicable — No ticket or ID check for park entry.
- A visitor reports buying ride tickets at the fairground entrance; window, QR-code and payment methods are unconfirmed.
- Last admission: No entry cutoff for the free park
- Time to allow: 45–90 min; longer for the funfair
- Getting there: Line 10 / 13 · Xintiandi · Exit 5
- Metro Line 10/13 to Xintiandi (一大会址·新天地), Exit 5, about 8 min walk
- Show a taxi driver: 复兴公园北门，黄浦区雁荡路105号
- Map: Apple Maps · Amap 高德
- The North Gate is at the south end of Yandang Road (雁荡路), a pedestrian street off Huaihai Middle Road.
- Dianping lists Line 13 Huaihai Middle Road Exit 1, about 680 m (third-party listing).
- Address: 上海市黄浦区雁荡路105号 / 105 Yandang Road
- Foreign visitors: Free walk-in; no ID needed for the park
Not found yet
- hours.rules[0].close: Official sources conflict on whether the park closes at 21:00 or is open 24 hours. (searched: government, official, Exa/web)
Traveler tips
- Come for the evening, not just the day. Official pages disagree on closing time: the city's English guide lists 05:00–21:00, while the tourism bureau and 2022 news say the park went 24-hour when its walls came down. In practice the evening is the liveliest time: the funfair runs to 22:00 Wednesday to Sunday, and a free in-park car runs to midnight Thursday to Sunday. Caveat: The exact closing time of individual gates is not published. source
- Use Xintiandi Exit 5 and Yandang Road. Take Metro Line 10 or 13 to Xintiandi (一大会址·新天地) and leave by Exit 5. Walk to Yandang Road (雁荡路), a short pedestrian street of plane trees running south from Huaihai Middle Road that ends at the park's North Gate. The historic wooden South Gate is at Fuxing Middle Road and Chongqing South Road, and the West Gate is on Gaolan Road (皋兰路). source
- Ride the night funfair after 19:00. The old children's funfair reopened in August 2026 after a refit, with the carousel repainted white. From Wednesday to Sunday, 19:00–22:00, it switches to a night mode with stage lights, music and costumed performers on the carousel, bumper cars and small coaster. You enter the night area through a door disguised as a vending machine. Caveat: There is no night fair on Monday or Tuesday. (4 travelers) source
- Buy ride tickets at the fairground gate. Night-fair ride tickets are sold at the fairground entrance: ¥30 per ride, or ¥88 for a four-ride bundle. Visitors are given a small bag with a radio and heart-shaped glasses for the carousel light show, to hand back at the exit. The rides are small, and lines can be long by about 21:00. Caveat: Gate sales, kit and queue details come from visitor posts (Aug–Sep 2026); payment methods were not reported. A news report calls one ride a 大转盘, while an X post calls it a Ferris wheel; the ride identity is unconfirmed. (2 travelers) source
- Enter by the east 'Gate of Light' at night. For the night fair, enter through the east gate, lit up as the 'Gate of Light' (光之门) opposite Sinan Mansions (思南公馆). Follow the arrows on the ground to the Fire Piano (火焰钢琴), then the painted footprints to the fairground. Caveat: Route from a single visitor post (2026-08-17). source
- Look for the costumed performers early. Actors in big-head masks and costumes wander the fairground and talk to visitors; look for Frankenstein's monster and Alice by the carousel, and a DJ by the bumper cars. There is no fixed show schedule, so come earlier in the evening. Caveat: A visitor who arrived around 21:00 missed the performers. (3 travelers) source
- Try the 'burning' piano. Among the night light installations is an old piano lit in orange with mist, so it looks as if it is burning while you play it. Nearby, a giant disco ball hangs over the main path, and some trees show birds and emoji in lights when you clap. Caveat: Called a favourite by an August 2026 visitor; a local notice says visitors may play the piano. source
- Ride the free in-park car at night. Since June 2026 a free electric sightseeing car (小火车) has run inside the park from Thursday to Sunday, 20:00–24:00. Its route goes from the East Gate past the INS Land entrance to a side gate a few steps from Sinan Mansions (思南公馆). It is a handy way to cross the park for dinner or drinks. Caveat: The 31 Dec 2026 validity date is an editorial recheck limit, not an operator-announced end date; operation after June has not been reconfirmed. source
- Follow the osmanthus scent in October. Fuxing Park has more than 100 osmanthus trees (桂花) of four kinds, including golden and silver osmanthus. They flower from September to October and are concentrated around the rose garden, the Chinese garden section and the sunken flower beds (沉床花坛). Visit on a still morning when the scent is strongest. source
- Look for the French Park history. The park opened in 1909 as Gujiazhai Park, known as the French Park, and for its first years admitted Westerners only. Look for the formal sunken flower beds, the long plane-tree avenues and the Marx and Engels statue. Locals still gather here to chat, dance and play cards, especially in the morning. source
- INS Land is a club, not the park. The large building inside the park, INS Land (INS新乐园), is a multi-floor complex of nightclubs, bars and an esports arena with its own paid entry. You do not need it to see the park, the lights or the funfair. A September 2026 report says young people mostly buy it on Friday and Saturday nights, so expect loud music and queues near it then. Caveat: The same report quotes a ¥288 pass. source
- Expect a small, calm park. Shanghai residents on r/shanghai name Fuxing Park among their favourites but describe it as small and 'really chill'. You can see the main lawns, rose garden and lotus pond in under an hour, so treat it as a rest stop between Xintiandi, Tianzifang and the French Concession streets. Caveat: Comments from April 2025. (2 travelers) source
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