# Lianhuashan Park, Shenzhen > Lianhuashan Park (莲花山公园, Lotus Hill Park) is a hilltop park in Futian, right north of Shenzhen’s CBD. Entry is free; it’s open daily 6:00–23:00, last entry 22:30. The summit, with a bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping, gives the best free view over Futian’s skyline. Allow 60–90 minutes. Metro: Children’s Palace, lines 3 and 4. Web page: https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/lianhuashan-park - City: [Shenzhen](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen), China - YesGo score: 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) - Time on site: 1 h 15 min - With kids: Fine with kids - Entry: Free — no ticket or booking - Opening hours: Daily 6:00–23:00, last entry 22:30 - Parking: Reservation only - Metro: Children’s Palace (lines 3 and 4), exit F1 — 160 m; Lianhuacun (lines 3 and 10), exits D and E - Climb to the summit: 15–25 minutes at an easy pace from the south gate - Time needed: 60–90 minutes; half a day with a picnic or kite - Best time: Early morning before the heat, or dusk for the city lights - Address: 6030 Hongli Road (红荔路6030号), Futian District - Coordinates: 22.55500, 114.05000 - Facts checked: 04.11.2026 ## Key facts - **Free** — entry, with no ticket or advance registration (source: Shenzhen Bendibao; Chinatripedia) - **6:00–23:00** — daily opening hours, last entry 22:30 (source: Shenzhen Government Online) - **≈ 100 m** — height of the main summit; China Daily gives 106 m (source: Shenzhen Government Online; Eye on Shenzhen; China Daily) - **181 ha** — park area at the north end of the Futian CBD (source: Shenzhen Government Online; Eye on Shenzhen; China Daily) - **1997** — the park opened to the public in June 1997 (source: Eye on Shenzhen; English Wikipedia) - **4,000 m²** — the summit plaza, with the Deng Xiaoping statue at its centre (source: Shenzhen Government Online; Eye on Shenzhen) - **Southeast** — where the big kite-flying lawn is (source: Shenzhen Government Online; Chinatripedia) - **≈ 5 ha** — Lotus Lake (莲花湖) in the southern part of the park (source: Shenzhen Government Online; Chinatripedia) - **160 m** — from Children’s Palace station exit F1 to the park — about a 3-minute walk (source: Shenzhen Government Online) - **All gates** — on Shenzhen Metro take contactless Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay, Amex and JCB (source: Shenzhen Municipal Transport Bureau, via Shenzhen Special Zone Daily) ## Is Lianhuashan Park free, and what are the opening hours? Yes, it’s **free**. There’s no ticket and no need to book — just walk through any gate. The park is open **every day from 6:00 to 23:00**, and the gates stop letting people in at **22:30**, according to the Shenzhen government’s park listing. Travel sites quote slightly different times (6:30–23:00, or closing at 22:00 or 22:30); we go with the official page. The only thing you book is a space in the park’s car park, which is reservation-only. As a visitor you won’t need it: the metro drops you at the gate. Inside, the rules are simple — group dancing and mass exercise to music are banned throughout the park, picnics on the lawns are fine, and you take your rubbish with you or bin it. ## What is Lianhuashan Park? **Lianhuashan Park** (莲花山公园, “Lotus Hill”, also signed Lotus Hill Park or Lianhua Mountain Park) covers 181 hectares of wooded hills, lawns and a lake at the northern end of the Futian Central Business District. It opened to the public in 1997, and its main summit rises to roughly 100 metres — enough to look down on the whole of central Shenzhen. The summit plaza is the reason most people climb. A **bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping** stands at its centre and is the park’s best-known landmark. From the southern edge of the plaza you look straight down Futian’s central axis: the wave-shaped roof of the Civic Center, then the cluster of towers led by [Ping An Finance Centre](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/ping-an-finance-centre) and the business blocks around it. YesGo’s take: this is the best free view of downtown Shenzhen, and a welcome green break from the malls. It is a city park, though — busy with families at weekends, and the view is of skyscrapers, not mountains or sea. > **Go early or late — it’s a real climb in the heat** The path to the summit is stairs and sloping paths, and Shenzhen is hot and humid for most of the year. Come in the early morning while it’s cool, or about an hour before sunset so you see the skyline in daylight and then lit up. Just remember the gates stop admitting people at 22:30. Bring water: there’s little shade on the top. ## What to see in Lianhuashan Park - **The summit plaza** (about 4,000 m²) with the Deng Xiaoping statue — the high point of the park, literally. - **The Futian skyline** from the plaza’s southern edge, lined up along the CBD axis with Ping An Finance Centre in the middle. - **The kite lawn** in the southeast — a huge open meadow where, on a breezy weekend, dozens of kites hang in the sky. - **Lotus Lake** (about 5 ha) in the south of the park — an easy lakeside stroll once you’re back down. - **Wooded paths** on the slopes — shade, birdsong and quiet a few minutes from the avenues. - **The lawns at the foot of the hill**, where local families spread out picnic blankets. ## How long does it take to climb Lianhuashan? From the south gate to the summit plaza takes **about 15–25 minutes** at an easy pace on stairs and paved paths. That’s unofficial: guides range from 10 minutes to over half an hour depending on the route and stops. The climb isn’t technical, but it’s noticeable in the heat; anyone reasonably fit, including children, can do it. Come down a different way for variety — towards Lotus Lake, or down the east side to Lianhuacun station. All told, the park takes **60–90 minutes**: up, a look around the top, and back down to the lawns. Add a picnic or a kite and it easily becomes half a day. ## Can you fly kites at Lianhuashan Park? Yes — it’s one of the park’s signatures. Kites go up from the **big lawn in the southeast**, close to the south gate and Children’s Palace station, so you don’t have to climb at all. On windy weekends you’ll see everything from small kids’ kites to long trains of dozens linked together. Bring your own kite or buy one in town beforehand; we wouldn’t count on vendors at the gate. Keep away from the trees and the paths on the slopes, where it gets crowded. The same lawn works for a picnic — just take your rubbish home. ## How to get to Lianhuashan Park 1. From central Futian (**Civic Center** station, lines 2, 4 and 8), ride line 4 one stop north to **Children’s Palace** (少年宫) — or walk north, about 15 minutes. 2. At Children’s Palace (lines 3 and 4), take **exit F1**: the south gate is about 160 m away, a 3-minute walk. 3. From Huaqiangbei or on line 10, use **Lianhuacun** (莲花村, lines 3 and 10), exits D or E, for the east side of the park. 4. On line 2, get off at **Lianhua West** (莲花西), exits A1 and A2, for the west side. 5. From Bao’an airport, take line 11 to **Futian**, change to line 3 and ride one stop to Children’s Palace. From the Hong Kong border at **Futian Checkpoint**, line 4 runs straight to Children’s Palace. 6. Paying: every Shenzhen Metro gate now takes contactless Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay, American Express and JCB cards — just tap in. Alipay or WeChat Pay transit QR codes and single-journey tickets from station machines work too. ## Is Lianhuashan Park worth it? Yes, if you’re anywhere near Futian. Observation decks on Shenzhen’s towers charge for the view; here you get the CBD from above for nothing, plus a proper stretch of green and a short workout. It pairs naturally with the Civic Center below and the electronics market at [Huaqiangbei](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/huaqiangbei), one stop on line 3 from Lianhuacun. Skip it if you want wild nature or quiet trails — this is a busy urban park, and weekends bring crowds to the lawns. For greenery on a bigger scale, [Fairy Lake Botanical Garden](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/fairy-lake-botanical-garden) is the better trip. ## Before you go - [ ] Water and a hat for the climb - [ ] Comfortable shoes for the stairs - [ ] A contactless foreign card, Alipay or cash for the metro - [ ] A kite or picnic blanket, if you’re heading to the lawn - [ ] Arriving before 22:30 — later, you won’t get in - [ ] A charged phone for the summit panorama ## Viewpoints in Shenzhen Shenzhen’s best views, scored by YesGo. - [Ping An Finance Centre](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/ping-an-finance-centre) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 15 min · ¥200 at the counter, from ¥180 online - [Lianhuashan Park](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/lianhuashan-park) — YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 15 min · Free - [Shenzhen Talent Park](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/shenzhen-talent-park) — YesGo score 30/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free - [Bay Glory Ferris Wheel](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/bay-glory) — YesGo score 24/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · ¥140–150, more on holidays ## A day in Futian: hill, tower and market The skyline from Lianhuashan’s summit in the morning, the Ping An tower and the electronics market by day, then old Dongmen for the evening. Add it to your trip and YesGo fills in the timings and transfers. 1. [Lianhuashan Park](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/lianhuashan-park) — YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 15 min · Free 2. [Ping An Finance Centre](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/ping-an-finance-centre) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 15 min · ¥200 at the counter, from ¥180 online 3. [Huaqiangbei](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/huaqiangbei) — YesGo score 41/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · Free entry 4. [Dongmen Pedestrian Street](https://yesgo.io/china/shenzhen/dongmen-pedestrian-street) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free ## Good to know Several stations carry “Lianhua” in their name: **Children’s Palace** is by the south gate, **Lianhuacun** by the east side, **Lianhua West** by the west side, while **Lianhua North** on line 4 is beyond the park. And Shenzhen’s Lianhuashan Park is not the Lianhuashan (Lotus Hill) scenic area in Guangzhou’s Panyu district — that’s a separate park in another city. ## Tips - Enter by the south gate at Children’s Palace: climb to the summit first, then come down to the kite lawn and the lake. - For the best light, arrive an hour before sunset — daylight skyline first, then the towers lighting up. Mind the 22:30 last entry. - Carry water: the climb and the summit have little shade. - Want to see the park from above? The observation deck at Ping An Finance Centre is a short metro ride away. - Weekends bring crowds to the lawns; come on a weekday for a quieter walk. - Snacks and drinks are easiest to pay for with Alipay or WeChat Pay linked to your card; carry a little cash in small notes as a backup. ## Questions ### Is Lianhuashan Park free? Yes. Entry is free with no ticket or booking; only the car park needs a reservation. ### What are Lianhuashan Park opening hours? Daily 6:00–23:00, with last entry at 22:30 (Shenzhen government listing). It’s open every day of the week. ### How do I get to Lianhuashan Park by metro? Children’s Palace station (lines 3 and 4), exit F1 — about 160 m to the south gate. Lianhuacun (lines 3 and 10) and Lianhua West (line 2) also work. ### How long does it take to climb Lianhuashan? About 15–25 minutes at an easy pace from the south gate to the summit plaza (unofficial). ### What can you see from the top of Lianhuashan? The Futian CBD laid out along its central axis — the Civic Center roof and the towers led by Ping An Finance Centre. ### Where is the Deng Xiaoping statue in Shenzhen? On the summit plaza of Lianhuashan Park, a 15–25 minute climb from the south gate. ### Can you fly kites in Lianhuashan Park? Yes, on the large lawn in the southeast of the park near the south gate. Bring your own kite. ### How much time do I need at Lianhuashan Park? 60–90 minutes for the climb, the summit and the lawn; half a day with a picnic or a kite. ### Is Lianhuashan Park worth visiting? Yes, if you’re in Futian — it’s the best free view of central Shenzhen. For wilder greenery, go to Fairy Lake Botanical Garden instead. ## How we checked Hours come from the Shenzhen government’s park listing; travel sites give other times (6:30–23:00, or closing at 22:00 or 22:30). Free entry is confirmed by Shenzhen Bendibao and several guides, but the official page doesn’t state a price, so it’s marked “verifying”. Area follows the government and Eye on Shenzhen (181 ha); Wikipedia says 150 ha. Summit height is given as about 100 m officially and 106 m by China Daily. Guides disagree on the kite lawn’s size (20,000 vs 200,000 m²), so we leave it out. China Daily places the statue on a “Kite Square”; the government and Eye on Shenzhen place it on the summit plaza, and we follow them. Climb times come from travel guides and vary widely. ## Sources - Shenzhen Government Online, city parks: Lianhuashan Park — address, hours, area, summit, kite lawn, lake, metro - Eye on Shenzhen: Lianhuashan Park (10 January 2024) - China Daily: Lianhuashan Park page for the Shenzhen government - English Wikipedia: Lianhuashan Park, Shenzhen Metro lines 3 and 4, Lianhuacun and Lianhua West stations; Wikidata Q15941172 - Shenzhen Bendibao: entry, parking, metro stations - Chinatripedia: gates, kite lawn, lake - Shenzhen Municipal Transport Bureau (14 September 2026): international bank cards on Shenzhen Metro --- This is the Markdown version of a YesGo page for AI assistants. Quote the web page link above, not this file.