hyde park generally refers to Hyde Park (a scenic spot in Sydney, Australia).
Hyde Park is located in the center of Sydney. Hyde Park was first built in 1811 and has a history of more than 211 years. There are large clean lawns and towering trees for more than a hundred years. It is a good place for holidays and leisure. In the center of the park is a fountain with unique design. He is made up of a group of bronze sculptures, with a young man holding an guqin in the middle, a fan-shaped water spray behind him, and several groups of bronze sculptures in the pool.
Hyde Park was originally intended to build a barracks, but after it was completed, no troops stayed, but it became a place to hold prisoners from all over the world. Now it has become a museum showing the life of early Australian exiles and some precious objects.
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Hyde Park is the oldest park in Australia, with an area of about 16.2 hectares and a rectangular distribution. The northern end of the park is curved and the southern end is straight. It is the earliest place in Australia to organize horse racing, boxing, cricket, rugby and other competitions and the earliest urban water supply system in Europe. Moreover, the park is rich in plants, with large green areas and hundreds of large trees, mostly fig trees and palm trees, among which the boulevard lined with 581 fig trees is particularly famous.
The park is located in the downtown area and has become a favorite place for residents and tourists. Every day, there are many families and tourists here for leisure, picnics, parties, play and sunbathing; In addition, the park often carries out various recreational activities, and also specially holds Aboriginal Day activities.
Archebold Fountain is the most distinctive attraction in Hyde Park. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful fountains in Australia. This fountain featuring sculpture art is located in the northern center of the park and was built in 1934 (to commemorate the Sino-French alliance in World War I).
The main landscape of the fountain is mainly composed of a group of bronze sculptures. In the center of the fountain is Apollo, the giver of life. He is a representative of art, beauty and light. His left hand holds a lira and his right hand stretches out, which seems to appease all beings. The fan-shaped fountain water column behind him represents the sun's light, and the finger is pointing to the east of sunrise, symbolizing that sunny Australia is a young and ambitious country.
Besides, there are three groups of bronze sculptures around its body: Diana, the hunting goddess holding a bow, her hound and stag; The young god Pan, who manages nature and crops, is surrounded by rams, ewes and lambs. I hope the hero Theseus will fight the legendary animals. They have different shapes and show their postures.
In a word, the design of the main landscape of the fountain skillfully organizes mythical figures and various beasts in the landscape atmosphere of the theme sculpture in a very vivid way, and forms the fountain momentum that is skillfully matched with the waterscape space through the change of the rhythm of different lines in the fountain water column. In terms of style, it not only inherits the momentum of European sculpture fountains, but also embodies the romantic style.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia -hyde park.