It is the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese garden. It is a recreation of the garden of a scholar-official during the Ming dynasty. I found it beautiful and serene.
The structures in the garden include a reception hall where the scholar-official would formally receive visitors, the scholar-official's study, and pavilions. They were built in China, then dismantled and shipped to Canada. A major design element are these limestone rocks known as "taihu stone." They are only found at the foot of Dongting Mountain, and are almost never exported from China.
The garden is separated into two parts, representing yin and yang energy. The decorations on the yin side are composed of curves; on the yang side they use straight lines. Note the stonework on the floor and the latticed windows in these two pictures:
This is the reception hall, where the scholar-official would formally receive visitors:
The hall contains this incredibly detailed silk panel, which is not painted, but needlepoint!
This is the courtyard outside the scholar-official's study:
Feeding the koi in the pond:
The structures in the garden include a reception hall where the scholar-official would formally receive visitors, the scholar-official's study, and pavilions. They were built in China, then dismantled and shipped to Canada. A major design element are these limestone rocks known as "taihu stone." They are only found at the foot of Dongting Mountain, and are almost never exported from China.
The garden is separated into two parts, representing yin and yang energy. The decorations on the yin side are composed of curves; on the yang side they use straight lines. Note the stonework on the floor and the latticed windows in these two pictures:
This is the reception hall, where the scholar-official would formally receive visitors:
The hall contains this incredibly detailed silk panel, which is not painted, but needlepoint!
This is the courtyard outside the scholar-official's study:
Feeding the koi in the pond:
Hi Steve, Any baby news? -Kelly
ReplyDelete