Liang's Garden
Liang's Garden (Chinese: 梁园; pinyin: Liángyuán; Jyutping: Leung4 jyun2, also known as Liang Yuan), is located in Foshan, China, and is one of four famous gardens in Guangdong Province. (The other three famous gardens are: Yuyin Garden, Keyuan and Qinghui Garden.)
Liang's Garden contains residencies, pagodas, sculptures lakes with fine gardens of trees, shrubs and flowers. It includes the Twelve-Stone House(十二石斋), Qunxing Thatched Cottage (群星草堂), Fenjiang Thatched Cottage (汾江草芦) and the Hanxiang House (寒香馆), among others.[1]
It is a traditional private garden that belongs to Liang's family. The builders are uncles and nephews of the family: Liang Airu, Liang Jiuzhang, Liang Jiuhua and Liang Jiutu.[2] They built in the Qing empire 1796, carefully built over 40 years. In the early Republic period (about 1912), the garden was nearly destroyed.
In 1982, Foshan government saved and protected Qunxing Thatched Cottage. In 1990, Liang's Garden was given cultural relic protection status by the Guangdong provincial government. In 1994, large-scale total repair began, which covered a land of 21.260 square meter.
References
- "A Visit to Liang's Garden - Foshan China". Sulhan Photography. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "Liang Garden". China International Travel Service. Retrieved 13 August 2014.