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Rishe Garden (Qiao Garden) 日涉园Rìshè Yuán
National heritage site · Taizhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taizhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Rishe Garden (Qiao Garden)
Built in 1574 for the Ming official Chen Yingfang and later called Qiao Garden after a Qing salt commissioner who owned it, Rishe Garden is regarded as the oldest surviving classical garden in northern Jiangsu. Restored in 1990 after a Qing painting of the garden, it packs a central hall, pavilions on a rockery crowned by three stone 'swords', a stream and an old cypress said to date from the Ming into a small space; the opera star Mei Lanfang stayed in one of its pavilions in 1956.
How to get to Rishe Garden (Qiao Garden)
In Taizhou's old town, about 500 m south of the City God Temple; it is one of the sites covered by the Fengcheng River scenic area.
Nearby
- Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 50 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Xuezheng Examination Hall 学政试院 (under 10 km), Taizhou City God Temple 泰州城隍庙 (under 10 km), Fengcheng River Scenic Area 凤城河 (under 10 km), Daohe Historic Quarter 稻河 (under 10 km), PLA Navy Birthplace Memorial Hall 海军诞生地纪念馆 (under 10 km), Qiuxue Lake Eco-Park 秋雪湖 (under 10 km).
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