Jiangmen Star Park (Chinese: 江门星光园) is a celebrity park opened in November 2010 in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China at an estimated cost of 10 million yuan.[1]
| Jiangmen Star Park | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 江門星光園 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 江门星光园 | ||||||||||
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Theme
The theme of the park is based on notable celebrities with specific ancestral roots from the Greater Taishan Region of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui & Jiangmen, Enping, Heshan. The list is quite long with about 120 celebrities.[2][3][better source needed] The following are some notable people from within a particular district of the same city.[1][4]
| Celebrity Theme Park | |
| District | Celebrities |
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| Pengiang | Andy Lau, Joey Yung |
| Jianghai | Eric Tsang, Connie Chan Po-chu |
| Xinhui | Lai Man-Wai, Alan Tam, Gigi Leung, Hacken Lee, Gillian Chung |
| Toishan | Tony Leung, Donnie Yen, Wong Ka Kui, Danny Chan |
| Kaiping | Chow Yun-fat, Kenny Kwan |
| Heshan | Raymond Wong |
| Enping | Ekin Cheng |
Others include: Kenny Bee, Bobby Au-Yeung, Patrick Tam, Jamie Chik. So far Yi Jianlian is the only person not to be from the TV-film-music entertainment industry. He is a basketball player.
Opening
Throughout the year in 2010 many hand prints of celebrities were collected.[5] In the afternoon of November 6, 2010 an official opening ceremony was held at the park with many in attendance including Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Eric Tsang, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Xia Yu, Kiki Sheung, Gillian Cheung and many others.[6][7] A large night celebration concert was held at the Five Counties cultural center (五邑文化广场) and televised by TVB to Hong Kong in an event called "Stars shine over Jiangmen" (群星閃耀江門情).[8][9] Main performers include Gigi Leung, Jenny Tseng, Wong Ka Keung, Joey Yung, Andy Lau, Gillian Cheung and members from The Voice.[8] Others in attendance include the Chief Executive of Macau Fernando Chui and a crowd of about 15,000 at the square.[8]