This quaint park of stone paths, leafy gardens and ocean vistas is also a museum of Western treaty port architecture.
Stroll by the former American Consulate Building , which retains some original interior features and contains an exhibit on Yāntái’s port days. Nearby, the former Yāntái Union Church dates from 1875, and now serves as the office for a wedding-planning company. The former British Consulate overlooks the bay with its annexe surrounded by an overgrown English garden. At the top of the hill is the Ming-dynasty Dragon King Temple , which in 1860 was co-opted as military headquarters for French troops. Wolf-dung fires burned continuously along the smoke terrace above, beginning in the 14th-century reign of Emperor Hongwu. Behind the temple, the lighthouse houses a maritime museum . In the west of the park, the 1930s-built Japanese Consulate is an austere brick structure with a ‘torture inquisition room’.
