Do you need to book Lord Bao Memorial Park in advance?
Yes — Lord Bao Memorial Park in Hefei runs on real-name advance reservation. A foreign passport works as the real-name ID. We have not found an official statement of when tickets release or a booking page we can link, so the practical route is your hotel front desk — and we say so rather than guess.
Verified 2026-06-13 · rules change; confirm on the official channel before you travel
The booking rule, in detail
- Reservation
- Required in advance
- Foreign passport
- A foreign passport works as the real-name ID.
- Official channel
- Not found. We hold the rule but not an official page we can link, and we will not link a reseller in its place.
How a foreign visitor actually books it
The park itself has been free and open since 2024 — you can walk the grounds, the lake and Qingfeng Pavilion without a ticket. The historic core buildings (the Bao Gong Memorial Hall and the tomb) carry a small paid ticket. Real-name entry applies: scan in with the official WeChat account or just show your passport at the gate as ID. There's a time-slot reservation system you can use up to 7 days ahead, but in practice walk-up with a passport works on ordinary days.
What else to know
The official booking page is null — the park publishes notices and a scan-to-enter WeChat flow rather than a standalone official English ticketing site we could verify. On Wuhu Rd in central Hefei, dedicated to Bao Zheng (Lord Bao), the Song-dynasty incorruptible judge of Chinese legend. Open roughly 9:00-17:00 with last entry around 16:30; the open parkland keeps longer hours. The Memorial Hall ticket runs around ¥20; confirm the current split at the gate.
If the official channel does not work
The two reliable fallbacks are your hotel front desk, which books these through domestic apps every day, and the on-site manual window where one still exists. What does not work is buying from someone who approaches you or from a marketplace listing: entry is real-name, so a ticket registered to another person’s ID will not admit you. The mechanics are in buying tickets the official way and booking without WeChat.
Other Hefei sights and their booking rules
- Anhui Museum walk in
- Xiaoyaojin Park book ahead
Full city context, hotels that register foreigners, and what to eat: Hefei guide. Release times across every city we track are in Reservation Radar.