| Jing'an Park | |
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.jpg) The American Company of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps present arms during the Memorial Day exercises at the Bubbling Well Cemetery | |
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| Type | Park |
| Location | Nanjing Road |
| Nearest city | Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°13′20″N121°26′48″E / 31.2222°N 121.4468°E /31.2222; 121.4468 |
| Created | 1954 |
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Jing'an Park (Chinese:静安公园;pinyin:Jīng'ān Gōngyuán) is apark located at the Western section ofNanjing Road, just opposite theJing'an Temple inShanghai, China. It occupies the site of the former Bubbling Well Road Cemetery.
The park is located at the crossing ofNanjing Road andChangshu Road, extending over the area south ofJing'an Temple Station.
What today constitutes the Western section of Nanjing Road was originally calledBubbling Well Road. Bubbling Well Cemetery was opened in 1898 and closed in 1951 with redevelopment into a park taking place in 1954. There were approximately 5,500 total burials and approximately 1,350 cremation conducted in the cemetery. In the winter of 1953-54 the cemetery was reclaimed for redevelopment. There were 43 British naval and 13 British military graves. In the process of removal of the military graves the Chinese authorities deliberately obliterated all details other than names[1] The lane ofplane trees down Jing'an Park's centre is a surviving feature of the former cemetery.[2]
The following people of note were buried or cremated in the cemetery:
