"Alright! Let's not talk about these mundane things and just enjoy life as it is now." Zhu Wencong strolled through Huangpu Park with the ladies.
In 1863, the Public Works Bureau (Government Office) of the Anglo-American Joint Concession planned a transformation of the Bund, for which Huangpu Park was designed and created.
Originally, Huangpu Park was a shallow bank at the estuary of the Suzhou River, which meant that it required land reclamation and the total cost was merely over ten thousand taels of silver.
After five years, it officially opened to the public in August 1868, hence only Zhu Wencong and his group could be seen in the park now; foreigners were not allowed entry.
As for why the foreigners were so keen on building the park; mainly it was because of the construction of three racecourses nearby, which at the time were the most popular athletic events.
