page_title: People's Park (Nanning)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: People's Park (Nanning) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 120 mm Krupp cannon manufactured in 1891 and bought by the Qing government to protect the southern border of China with Vietnam. 3.37 m high, barrel 4.15 m long and 0.12 m in diameter. Now in the grounds of Guangxi Autonomous Region Museum, Nanning, Guangxi.
context_page_description: People's Park is an urban public park in central Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. It is also known as White Dragon Park because of the White Dragon Lake inside the park.
context_section_description: According to the Southern Song dynasty geographical text Yudi Jisheng (輿地紀勝), Di Qing (1008–1057), the Northern Song general who suppressed the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in Guangxi, stationed his troops nearby. He once saw a flock of white sheep beside the lake, which he thought resembled a dragon, and named the lake White Dragon Lake.
  The Temple of Six Lords (六公祠) once stood on top of Wangxian Hill in the park. The temple was dedicated to six significant people in the history of Nanning, namely Di Qing, Sun Mian (孫沔), Yu Jing (余靖), Su Jian (苏缄), Wang Yangming, and Mang Yitu (莽依圖). In 1917, the Guangxi warlord Lu Rongting demolished the temple and built the Zhenning Fort on the site, with a 120mm rail-mounted cannon manufactured by the German Krupp Company in 1890. The fort and the cannon are now open to visitors.
caption: 120 mm Krupp cannon manufactured in 1891 and bought by the Qing government to protect the southern border of China with Vietnam.
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