Dalian World Peace Park (short for Dalian World Peace Park Co. Ltd.) is a sub-project under the Sun-Century Group (Hong Kong). It covers an area of 300,000 square meters and it is a theme park with “Forests of Steles in which verses for peace by the heads of many states ” as its key content.
In May, 1998, the World Poets Meeting was held in United States. The catastrophe caused by the two World Wars and other local wars was reviewed. So everyone realized that praying for peace and against wars was the common hope for the entire world. At the meeting, a famous Chinese poet Yanyi, Vice-chairman of the conference, together with Rosemary, a famous American poet, Chairman of the World Poets Meeting, sent invitations to the heads of many states through the diplomatic missions which were stationed in the United Nations. They were asked to write a verse or admonition for peace with the new millenium drawing near. The heads of many states responded the activity warmly.
President Jiang Zhemin of PRC. and President Clinton of the U.S.A. and other more than 120 heads of countries composed poems or wrote articles to chant and pray for peace. In commemoration of this unprecedented project, declaring the holy belief in peace, these peace verses would be carved on steles in order to be visited by people forever. Through our efforts, “The Forests of Steles in which verses for peace by the heads of many states ” will be stationed in Lusunkou, Dalian. And ” World Peace Park” will be built with peace as its key content. In the park there will be a hundred-metre peace scroll with signatures of 129 ambassadors to China, bronze statues of 106 heads of states and regions, souvenirs with peace as the key content from many countries, 631 stamp collections with peace as the key content and a host of large-scale sculptures, “Long Live Peace”, with 100,000 peace pigeons and so on. World Peace Park lies at Yueliangwan bay, Lusun Economy Development Zone, which is located at the juncture between the Huanghai Sea and the Bohai Sea. The length of the coastline is 2.5 km, with mountains and water surrounding it. The natural view is picturesque. The theme of peace forms a striking contrast with the humiliated history of Lushun, which lasted for almost half a century. With its beautiful natural view, pronounced culture of history and lofty peace belief, the World Peace Park will not only be a new scenic spot in Dalian but also the symbol of maintaining peace. And it will become a magnificent landscape of the world culture.
