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3 unusual facts about Chinese garden


Centre Le Corbusier

It can be reached by foot (20 minutes from Bellevue) or by public transportation: Trams 2 and 4 and bus line 33 to stops Höschgasse or Fröhlichstrasse, or bus lines 912 and 916 from Bellevue to Chinagarten.

Chinese Garden, Zürich

Pine symbolizes the male principle among the trees and a long life.

Greater Western Sydney

The Western Sydney Parklands, a major urban parkland stretching through many local government areas in Western Sydney, also contains many attractions such as picnic areas and lookouts, Calmsley Hill Farm, Blacktown Olympic Park, Eastern Creek Raceway, and, most notably, the Nurragingy reserve (features picnic areas and a Chinese garden).


Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley

The temple's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD) architecture is faithful to the traditional style of buildings, Chinese gardens, and statuary of ancient Chinese monasteries.

Larz Anderson Park

A self-guided walking tour brings visitors past museum, the Putterham School, the water garden, Chinese garden, Japanese garden, Italian garden and bowling green.

Tao Te Ching

Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Daodejing as a source of inspiration.

Zhang Dai

His family's wealth allowed him to develop his aesthetic tastes in such pursuits as Moon watching festivals, Chinese lantern design, the sponsorship of dramatic troupes, appreciation of tea, and garden and landscape aesthetics.


see also

Chinese Garden of Friendship

The Chinese Garden of Friendship was designed by Sydney's Chinese sister city, Guangzhou in China.

Dunedin Chinese Garden

The Dunedin Chinese Garden is designed as a late Ming/early Qing Scholar’s garden, and is separated from the rest of the city by a four metre perimeter wall.

The garden is an authentic Chinese Garden, having been created with the support of the Dunedin City Council and the Shanghai Municipal Government.

Grandview Gardens

Daguanyuan, a mythical Chinese garden sometimes translated as "Grand View Garden"

Willsmere

In fact, they are much nearer the length of Beijing's Summer Palace which contains the longest corridor in Chinese garden architecture (780 metres).