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Guangyuan Garden 光园Guāngyuán
National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guangyuan Garden
The surviving main building of a residence put up around 1917 by Cao Kun, the Zhili-clique military leader then based in Baoding, which combined a Western-style hall with Chinese courtyard planning. Most of the original compound was demolished in the 20th and early 21st centuries, leaving one brick hall with a hip roof and carved stone doorway. It has been restored and houses the Baoding local-chronicles museum (opened 2015), with rooms on local history, the War of Resistance and the Republican period.
How to get to Guangyuan Garden
In the old city of Baoding, about 100 m west of the Zhili Viceroy's Office. Check that it is open before going.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Viceroy of Zhili's Office, Baoding 直隶总督署 (under 10 km), Ancient Lotus Pond 古莲花池 (under 10 km), Baoding Bell Tower 保定钟楼 (under 10 km), Qinghe Circuit Office 清河道署 (under 10 km), Daci Pavilion 大慈阁 (under 10 km), Huai Army Hall 淮军公所 (under 10 km).
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