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He Garden 何园Hé 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 He Garden
A large late-Qing residence and garden, also called Jixiao Shanzhuang, built from 1862 to 1875 by He Zhidao, a former circuit intendant in Hubei, who added the older Pianshi Shanfang garden in 1883. A two-storey covered walkway links the halls of the house with the garden, and buildings with Western details stand among classical rockeries and ponds; the rockery of Pianshi Shanfang is attributed to the painter Shitao. In China it is often called 'the foremost garden of the late Qing'.
How to get to He Garden
On Xuningmen Street in the south-east of Yangzhou's old city, a few minutes' walk from the Lu residence and Xiaopangu.
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: Lu Salt Merchant Residence (China Huaiyang Cuisine Museum) 卢氏盐商住宅 (under 10 km), Xiaopangu Garden 小盘谷 (under 10 km), Jia Salt Merchant Residence & Erfen Mingyue Lou 贾氏盐商住宅 (under 10 km), Wu Daotai Mansion (Wu Family Residence) 吴氏宅第 (under 10 km), Tomb of Puhaddin 普哈丁墓 (under 10 km), Wang Xiaoyuan Residence 汪氏小苑 (under 10 km).
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