Odd Garden.

Ouyuan was the East Garden of Hengwang Palace in Ming Dynasty. After Hengwang Palace was raided in early Qing Dynasty, it became the private garden of Feng Pu, Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace in Qing Dynasty. Because Feng Pu lived in Wanliu Garden when he was an official in the capital, he named the house given to him in Qingzhou by the emperor "Ouyuan", which means "there is no unique coincidence". According to "A Brief Account of Ou Garden", the main buildings of Ou Garden include: one mountain (three-peak rockery), one hall (Jiashan Hall), two waters (waterfall water, cave spring water), three bridges (big stone bridge, horizontal stone bridge, waterfall bridge), three pavilions (Songfeng Pavilion, Yunjing Pavilion, Green Grid Pavilion), four pools (fish pond, reservoir, square pool, waterfall pool), and four pavilions (Youshi Pavilion, Yicao Pavilion, Jinqiao Pavilion, Woyun Pavilion). Although Ou Garden is not large in scale, it has a rigorous structure, proper layout and unique charm, which fully reflects the superb garden architectural art of the Chinese working people. In Ouyuan, the most attractive thing is the Ouyuan rockery. It was designed and supervised by Zhang Nanyuan, a famous stone stacker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is the only well-preserved artificial rockery in the Kangxi style in China. It condenses the beautiful mountains and rivers of Kyushu, with jagged stone peaks, scattered pavilions, winding streams, high waterfalls and deep pools. It has extremely high artistic and historical value.
A very nice garden, highly recommended.

Post by Elysianbutterfly | Nov 18, 2024