Qinglonghu Wetland Park
Reclaimed flood-control reservoir turned wetland park, with bird-rich waters and a pavilion built from a demolished school.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Qinglonghu Wetland Park in Chengdu starts at a small pavilion called Floating Seeds, whose brick walls came from a demolished primary school and breeding farm that once stood on this ground, and asks why that history is hidden in plain sight. It traces the site back to a flood-control reservoir built in 2008, quietly holding back a canal for seven years with no visitors and no birds to watch. From there it follows the state investment company that saw an ordinary reservoir as a way to raise the value of the apartments rising around it.
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