Shanghai Songjiang, a park bigger than Disney, is abandoned? Field visit of journalists

From: Shangguan News

"The abandoned amusement park here is so impressive. No wonder a little sister came in wearing a gothic skirt to take photos. However, the 50 yuan ticket was a bit poor. The climbing facilities were not maintained, and the hotel buildings were easily damaged." Recently, Mr. Wang, a citizen, visited Qingqing Tourism World in Songjiang District. He found that although the park operated externally, its internal facilities were almost deserted, and there was no normal maintenance and cleaning. According to the reporter's field survey, there are still many ruins exploration enthusiasts, nearby residents, and foreign tourists who come to clock in and play. The safety protection is worrying.

Punch in photos of ruins shared by users on social networking sites

No warning and protection facilities for abandoned amusement facilities

Qingqing Tourism World is located at 388 Chenhua Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai, more than 4 kilometers away from the nearest subway station "Songjiang University Town Station", covering an area of 2.4 square kilometers, about 2 Shanghai Disney size. The reporter went there on a weekday morning, and there were only sporadic vehicles in the huge parking lot. Stepping up the mottled stairs, the interior of Qingqing Hotel has been removed all the soft decoration, leaving bare beam and column reinforcement.

Qingqing Hotel, whose interior has been demolished

"Do you want to play or take photos? Buy tickets after thinking clearly!" At the ticket window of Shanghai Qingqing Tourism World, a ticket lady reminded that the amusement items in the park had been stopped, and only one picture of abandonment could be taken. The ticket window shows that the adult fare is 50 yuan, the student fare is 30 yuan, and the elderly fare is 10 yuan.

Just entering the entrance of the scenic spot, a deep corridor covered by trees, mottled trees, moss covered stone columns, and no one can be seen before and after. Stepping out of the corridor, the empty square is surrounded by turbid lake water and overgrown slope banks.

When the reporter came to a clearing that had been used as an "education and training base", a dog barked from the bushes. In the nearby barbecue camping area, the seats are covered with thick dust and bird droppings, so it is difficult to sit down. In the supporting public toilet, although there is LED lighting, the tap water is not used, no one cleans the squatting position, and dirty and smelly black water accumulates.

Public toilet with no one cleaning the squatting position

After a corner, an abandoned amusement park appeared on the social network. After being eroded by the sun and rain, the dark red rust has already covered every facility. The seat of the pirate ship has been "occupied" by weeds. The driving car of the "space walk" stayed on the rusty track, covered by crazy branches. The central merry go round is relatively intact due to its top cover. stainless steel The fence is open, and it seems that there are still tourists to experience it. The color steel roof of the snack bar and tourist souvenir shop was bent and deformed, nearly collapsed. In the west of the park, the wooden structure pavilion for people to rest is aging and out of repair, and the outer layer of the spire is deformed and mottled.

Abandoned playground

The wooden structure pavilion is aging and out of repair

The reporter met Uncle Zhang, a resident living nearby, who "slipped in" through the back door of the park. Under the leadership of Uncle Zhang, the reporter walked east through a paintball shooting range, climbed several soil slopes, climbed over the isolation belt, and walked south along the river bank of Dongjing Port to see the entrance and exit under the bridge of Dongjing Port. Along the way, I also saw the surrounding residents who came to fish, dig wild vegetables and take children for walks. Zhang Dabo said that more mosquitoes would appear in the warmer weather, and sometimes small black snakes would appear. Now is the best time to come.

The back door in the park fails to be managed

Xiao Wu is a photography enthusiast who travels to Qingqing World more to recall his childhood. He also believes that it is better to travel in groups during the day to avoid dangerous houses or amusement projects. In terms of clothing, it is better to choose long clothes and trousers to avoid being scratched or bitten by mosquitoes.

How should a partially abandoned paradise be managed?

At the beginning of 2001, the opening of Qingqing Tourism World attracted much attention. There are more than 40 amusement projects in the park, such as horse riding, barbecue, water cycling, tennis, and more than 1 million national first-class protected trees and precious trees. Many youth summer camp activities and physical fitness events are held here. The Qingqing Hotel in the park also undertook many wedding activities. In 2015, the park planned to transform into a firefly theme park, but was ordered to rectify due to incomplete procedures in the filing and approval, ecological imbalance or the spread of diseases and pests. Since then, with the development of Songjiang Happy Valley and surrounding businesses, Qingqing Tourism World has gradually become desolate in the public view.

Qingqing Tourism World was also very popular

In recent years, the trend of urban ruins exploration has sprung up in China. Through the spread of the Internet, the "lost" Qingqing tourism world is once again remembered by young people. The abandoned hotels and amusement facilities in the park have become popular online, becoming a place to look for personality and adventure, and even a place to shoot films and TV plays.

In fact, the park is not completely abandoned. Since the internal equestrian training ground is operated independently, there are still regular members coming to class. Different from the abandoned camping area in the east, a third party company has contracted outdoor barbecue activities on the lawn at the west entrance of the park to provide tent camping services. In addition, the park is planning fixed-point campers to expand functional services by building recreational vehicle blocks. It is understood that tourists who book these activities can enter the park free of tickets.

"The climbing facilities are not maintained, there is white garbage everywhere, and there is no place to drink water. Since the tickets are collected, why not simply repair them so that the surrounding residents can have a place to visit?" Many tourists put forward suggestions. The staff of the park replied to the reporter that the park is currently trying to transform and is initially contacting some development entities. Charging is still necessary, because it will cover the current security personnel expenses. According to the security guard, due to the complex debt situation of Qingqing Hotel and the nature of the plot, the transformation resistance of the park is still great.

The public parts of the park are in disrepair

Some netizens believe that the ruins have their own traffic. Now many enterprises upgrade and transform the abandoned places as tourism projects. Similarly, in recent years, Shanghai has also seen art museums, creative parks and citizen parks transformed from old trains and factories. Some netizens are fond of the renovated old places: "However, these clocking points are safe, designed and aboveboard."

The management of ruins landscape is controversial

According to the 2023 China Outdoor Exploration Accident Report issued by the China Exploration Association, according to incomplete statistics, there will be 425 outdoor exploration accidents in 2023, resulting in 320 injuries, 156 deaths and 26 missing people. As a new outdoor adventure activity, urban building ruins exploration is prone to safety accidents due to complex environment and high uncertainty. Some tourists suggested that the park management should strengthen the maintenance of facilities that are still in use, divide warning areas for abandoned amusement projects and supporting buildings, strengthen safety tips, timely remove buildings with major potential safety hazards, and persuade and supervise tourists who climb into abandoned facilities. Social platforms and relevant bloggers should give necessary tips on security risks, and make certain publicity and explanations, so as to avoid netizens following suit and ensure the bottom line of security to the greatest extent.