Xiao Yu Hill
Xiao Yu Hill, or Small Fish Mountain Public Park (Chinese: 小鱼山公园), sits northeast of Laiyang Road in Qingdao. It is about 60 meters high and covers 2.5 hectares. It is Qingdao’s first hill park built in a classical garden style. From the hill, you can see Zhan Qiao Pier, Xiaoqingdao Island, Lu Xun Park, the bathing beach, and Badaguan.
In 1934, a Buddhist teaching room was built at the summit by Wang Jinyu. Called Zhanshan Building, it was a two-story structure with a black-tiled roof and about 12 acres in size. Many people came on Sunday afternoons to listen to the dharma. The building was demolished in 1959, leaving only the site.
In the early 1980s, Qingdao’s Environmental Health Bureau began developing Xiao Yu Hill into a classical-style hill park. The park highlights the sea, pavilions, terraces, and a winding corridor. The main gate features a bronze inscription, and the walls have green tiles with small fish motifs that reflect the park’s name.
On June 8, 2012, Xiaoyu Hill’s cultural street was listed as a Chinese historical and cultural street. It lies among old streets bordered by Fushan Road, Daxue Road, Laiyang Road and Yushan Road, where many historic buildings create a charming, time-worn scenery.
Nearby is Kang Youwei’s house on Fushan Road. He bought the house in 1923 during Germany’s occupation of Qingdao. The last Qing emperor, Puyi, gave the house the name TangMing, so Kang called it Sky Garden. Kang Youwei visited and lived there for periods until his death in 1927. The site now houses the Kang Youwei House Museum, which preserves his history and the Hundred Days’ Reform, with photos, writings, and three rooms showing old home life.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 05:03 (CET).