Idle Lakeside Pavilion Brews Coffee After 15 Years in Dalian’s Xishan Lake Renewal

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): According to CNR (cnr.cn) Dalian, October 4 (reporter Ding Yi) — during the National Day holiday, by the Xishan Lake in Ganjingzi District, Dalian, a lakeside pavilion that had sat idle for 15 years now wafts the aroma of coffee. The Xishan Lake cultural-tourism complex is ushering in a new round of unveiling, while a year ago this was still lakeside wasteland.

CNR Dalian, October 4 (reporter Ding Yi) — During the National Day holiday, by the Xishan Lake in Ganjingzi District, Dalian, a lakeside pavilion that had sat idle for 15 years now wafts the aroma of coffee. The Xishan Lake cultural-tourism complex where the pavilion sits is ushering in a new round of unveiling: the wooden cabin east of Xihu Coffee Phase II opened before the holiday; at the Macabaka Park green meadow, the capybara fountain is lively and the viral swing swings with laughter, while the “Sky Mirror” reflects the water and sky as one. Yet a year ago, this was still lakeside wasteland.

The starting point of the change is revitalization. The Hongqi Subdistrict set its sights on idle open spaces, aged facilities and inefficient assets within its jurisdiction, exploring a park-operation path of “public welfare as the foundation, market empowerment, free opening, and collective income growth”: on the premise of safeguarding the public nature and openness of public space, it introduces market-based cooperation and professional operation to renovate old spaces. The Phase I Xihu Coffee project of the Xishan Lake cultural-tourism complex is a landed sample of this thinking — that lakeside pavilion, ignored for 15 years, was transformed into a “natural ecology + coffee culture” themed viral village cafe integrating lake-view leisure, cultural experience and social interaction, giving concrete meaning to “turning waste into treasure.”

The success of Phase I validated the feasibility of the path, and Phase II takes on the task of “lengthening the chain.” While extending Phase I’s effect, the subdistrict accelerated Phase II; the renovation goes beyond adding consumption scenes and synchronously advances upgrades of surrounding greenery trimming, public restrooms, road networks, rest areas and commercial amenities — easing operation-maintenance burdens while improving the visitor experience, achieving a win-win of collective income growth, asset appreciation and environmental enhancement. Barren land becomes a park, scenery becomes a scene, and idle space is awakened while bringing real foot traffic. As the consumption chain keeps extending, old assets are being transformed into income engines that generate sustained returns.

From an idle pavilion to a viral village cafe, from lakeside wasteland to a family park, the renewal of the Xishan Lake area is not only an upgrade of business formats but also an improvement of public services. The reporter learned that the Hongqi Subdistrict will continue to revitalize idle assets, linking ecology, leisure, culture, study tours and other formats to create more cultural-tourism scenes close to daily life.

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