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Ge Garden 个园Gè Yuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yangzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yangzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Ge Garden
A salt merchant's garden rebuilt in 1818 by Huang Zhiyun on the site of an older Ming garden and named after its bamboo, whose clustered leaves resemble the character 个 (ge). It is best known for its four-season rockeries, which use bamboo with rock, grey Taihu stone, Huangshan stone and Xuan stone to evoke spring, summer, autumn and winter. The garden is part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site.
How to get to Ge Garden
On the north side of Dongguan Street in the north-east of Yangzhou's old city; walk or taxi.
Nearby
- Slender West Lake 瘦西湖 under 10 km
A ribbon of willow-fringed water lined with the pavilions of Qing salt merchants
Also within 20 km: Yipu Garden 逸圃 (under 10 km), Wang Xiaoyuan Residence 汪氏小苑 (under 10 km), Dongguan Street 东关街 (under 10 km), Wu Daotai Mansion (Wu Family Residence) 吴氏宅第 (under 10 km), Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Memorial Hall 扬州八怪纪念馆 (under 10 km), Tomb of Puhaddin 普哈丁墓 (under 10 km).
On the map
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