Hidden Depths: Ways Nanxun Is Unlike Any Other Ancient Town

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📚 Home to Jiayetang — One of China’s Greatest Private Libraries

Jiayetang, built by Liu Chenggan in the early 1900s, once held 150,000+ ancient texts, making it a scholarly landmark unmatched by any other water town.

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🌸 Little Lotus Garden (Xiao Lian Zhuang): A Scholar’s Garden

More than just a private retreat, this garden reflects the literati lifestyle: refined, poetic, and intellectual — not merely decorative like many tourist gardens elsewhere.

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Post by miniiiiiiii | Aug 4, 2025