First created 7 Mar 2014. Version 1.2 - 16 Mar 2014. Jerry Tse. London.

A Chinese Garden

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Nanlian Garden, Hongkong

Architecture

Walled enclosurePondsRock worksTrees & flowersHalls & PavilionsWinding path & zig-zag galleriesSeries of views

Features of a Chinese Garden

The design of the garden is based on a garden plan during the Tang Dynasty (618 AD to 907 AD). One of the unusual tree in the garden.

The centrepiece of the garden is the golden pavilion and a red bridge.

Spray fountain

A hall for the wedding banquet and the summer theatre

Flowing water

Sound of flowing water

Pavilion bridge

Dove fountain

An unusually weathered stone

Hall for family functions, overlooking the pond

Exotic plants

Carps in pond

A forest of trees and rocks

In the middle is a Chinese draining pipe for rain water.

Isolated tranquility

Unusual stones are mandatory, sometimes called scholar stones. This is a fossil stone

Fossil tree

It is unusual to have a golden pavilion like this but a red bridge is fairly common.

Decoration on the roof of the golden pavilion.

Eroded rocks

Flowering trees and fossil trunks.

In Fengshui (mythical influence of nature on people) associates water with prosperity.

Chinese gardens are made up of varieties of views, instead of an open plan unrestricted panoramic view.

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Music – Theme from the Deer Hunter by The Shadows