Eling Park was originally named Edingling (goose nape hill), for its narrow and steep shape resembling a nape of a goose.
Eling park was built in 1909, which was originally a private garden and was originally the home of lee Yaoting and his son, a rich businessman, also known as ‘courteous park', with special plant species and newly built tower(LiangJiang pavilion) providing the view of the whole city. In 1958, large-scale of restoration was carried out on the site of lee garden and the park was ‘ Eling Park '.
The park office used to be the Britain and Australia Embassy during the anti-Japan war, the flat houses in the park used to be Turkey Embassy.