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About Huilongtan Park
The pool’s history reaches back to the late Ming period, while the public park has been rebuilt and reshaped over later centuries.
The water provides the main organizing feature for a quiet landscape visit. Its neighbour, the Confucian temple, gives the area an additional educational and architectural theme. Explore the pond setting first, then treat the temple as a separate visit with its own entrance arrangements. The park and temple should not be assumed to share a ticket or identical opening schedule.
Its pool, known as Huilongtan (汇龙潭), was built in 1588, during the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty. In 1929, during the Republic of China, the pool and its surrounding scenery were laid out as Kuishan Park (奎山公园), the earliest park in Jiading. The park suffered severe damage after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Restoration of the Kuishan Park site began in the late 1970s, and the rebuilt park reopened to the public on 1 June 1979 under its present name, Huilongtan Park. A second-phase project was completed and opened on 12 March 1984. The park covers an area of 4.8 hectares.
What to look for
- The historic pool forms the focus of the landscaped park.
- The setting beside Jiading’s Confucius Temple connects a garden visit with the old town’s scholarly history.
Location & getting there
Getting to Huilongtan Park
Approach the Huilongtan park entrance beside Jiading Confucius Temple in the old-town area of Jiading.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.
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Huilongtan pond setting
Begin with the historic water feature around which the park developed.
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Jiading Confucius Temple
Add the neighbouring educational and religious complex as a separate architectural visit.
This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.
Find Huilongtan Park
汇龙潭公园 · 嘉定区
The pin marks the area, not the entrance.
More places nearby
Approximate straight-line distances between map pins, not travel distances.
Jiading Confucian Temple 嘉定孔庙
Less than 1 km awayJiading Confucian Temple began in the Southern Song period and was rebuilt and enlarged under later dynasties. Its surviving layout includes the Lingxing Gate, Pan Pond, Dacheng Gate and Dacheng Hall.
View guide →Qiuxia Garden 秋霞圃
Less than 1 km awayQiuxia Garden in Jiading brings together the remains of several private gardens and a City God temple precinct. Its origins lie in the Ming-period garden tradition.
View guide →Tanyuan 檀园
11 km awayTanyuan is a reconstructed garden associated with the Ming scholar and artist Li Liufang. The present garden was rebuilt in 2011 after the earlier property had long been lost.
View guide →Sources & visit information
The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.
- en.wikivoyage.org ↗
- 汇龙潭公园 ↗
- Shanghai/Jiading ↗
- Chinese Wikipedia: 汇龙潭公园 (revision 90903440, 2025-12-30) ↗
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “汇龙潭公园” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 90903440.
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, listing “Huilongtan Park” · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "汇龙潭公园", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 90903440.