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About Changchun World Sculpture Park
The Friendship, Peace and Spring monument supplies a visual centre, while the African art collection introduces Makonde wood carving in a more concentrated indoor setting. The Wei Xiaoming museum adds sculpture, drawings and related work by one artist. Choosing the outdoor collection and one indoor museum creates a clearer visit than trying to inspect every sculpture scattered across the grounds.
Changchun World Sculpture Park was founded in 2001 and officially opened in September 2003. It covers an area of 92 hectares (230 acres), including 11 hectares (27 acres) of lakes, combining natural and cultural landscapes under the theme of 'friendship, peace and spring'. The sculpture tower embodying this theme was co-authored by the sculptors Ye Shan, Pan He, Cheng Yunxian, Wang Keqing and Cao Chunsheng, and stands 29.5 meters (97 ft) high.
The tower is composed of young girls, flowers and doves of peace, surrounded by five groups of cast bronze statues and white marble reliefs representing the five continents; it won the outstanding works prize at the Third National City Sculpture Construction Achievement Exhibition. The Changchun Sculpture Art Museum, built on a slope and opened to the public in 2003, covers 12,500 square meters and houses exhibition halls, lecture halls, multi-functional halls and creative rooms alongside its African wood-carving collection.
The park has been named a national 5A-class tourist attraction. It holds more than 340 sculptures from more than 130 countries and over 300 sculptors, including works reflecting Ma'anshan, Eskimo and Maori cultures alongside Indo-European, African, Latin American and East Asian traditions.
What to look for
- The Friendship, Peace and Spring monument and varied outdoor sculptures around the lake.
- Makonde wood carving in the African art collection, or Wei Xiaoming's sculpture and works on paper.
The surrounding area
Provincial capital base for modern history, Xinmin Avenue and the separate Jingyuetan outdoor area.
Location & getting there
Getting to Changchun World Sculpture Park
Use the entrance at 9518 Renmin Street in Nanguan District, near the Municipal Government metro station. Check which indoor museums are open and whether their access is separate from the grounds.
Combine your visit
Suggested order within this visit:
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Friendship, Peace and Spring monument
Establish the park's central theme and scale.
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Lakeside outdoor sculpture route
Compare different materials and sculptural approaches.
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African art collection museum
Conclude with a focused collection of Makonde wood carving if the museum is open.
This sequence is an editorial suggestion based on the features described in the sources. Access to individual buildings or areas should be checked locally; no travel time or shared admission is implied.
Find Changchun World Sculpture Park
长春世界雕塑园 · 长春市
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Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1317932153.
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Background paragraphs condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "Changchun World Sculpture Park", English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1317932153.