List of Chinese gardens

This is a list of Chinese-style gardens both within China and elsewhere in the world.

Greater China

This list is organized by region within the Greater China region, roughly following the structure laid out by Maggie Keswick in The Chinese Garden. The names of Chinese gardens are very problematic in English; this list aims to capture all the major variants, both in Chinese and in English.

North China

• Beijing area
  • Da Guan Yuan (Prospect Garden)
  • Ning Shou Yuan (Garden of the Qianlong Emperor; Garden of Tranquil Longevity)
  • Qu Yuan (Garden on Harmonious Interest)
  • Yu Hua Yuan (Imperial Palace Garden)
  • Taoranting Park (Carefree Pavilion Garden)
  • Zi Zhu Yuan (purple Bamboo Garden)

East China

• Shexian
  • Xin'an Bei Yuan (Xin'an Garden of Stelai)
• Suzhou
  • He Yuan (Crane Garden)
  • Qushui Garden
  • Xi Yuan (Western Garden)
• Yangzhou, Jiangsu
  • Ping Shan Tang (Hall Level with the Mountains)
  • Pian Shi Shan Fang (Sliver of Rock Mountain Cottage)

West China

• Xi'an
  • Huaqing Pool
• Chengdu
  • Du Fu Cao Tang (Thatched Hut of Du Fu)

South China

• Guangdong
  • Ke Yuan (Adore Garden, Kind Garden)(東莞可園）
  • Lan Pu (Orchid Nursery)
  • Liang Yuan (Garden of the Liang Family), also known as the Qun Xing Caotang (Thatched Hut of the Assembled Stars)
  • Qing Hui Yuan (Garden of Pure Splendor)
  • Yu Yin Shan Fang (Mountain Cottage of Abundant Shade)

Macau

• • Lou Lim Ieoc Garden
  • Comendador Ho Yin Garden

Hong Kong

• • Hang Hau Man Kuk Lane Park
  • Hollywood Road Park (荷李活道公園)
  • Kowloon Park (partial)
  • Kowloon Walled City Park (九龍寨城公園)
  • Lai Chi Kok Park
  • Lok Kwan Street Park
  • Nan Lian Garden (南蓮園池)
  • Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)

Taiwan

• Taipei
  • Taipei Botanical Garden (Chinese: 台北植物園)
  • Zhishan Garden (Chinese: 至善園) in National Palace Museum
  • Lin Family Mansion and Garden(Chinese: 板橋林家花園)
  • Shuangxi Park and Chinese Garden (Chinese: 雙溪公園)
  • Shilin Official Residence (Chinese: 士林官邸)
• Hsinchu
  • Nanyuan (Chinese: 新竹南園)
• Taichung
  • Wufeng Lin Family Mansion and Garden (Chinese: 霧峰林家宅園)
• Tainan
  • Tainan Wu Garden (Chinese: 吳園)

Outside China

Asia

Japan

• Enchoen, Yurihama, Tottori, Japan
• Fukushūen (Fuzhou Garden) in Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Philippines

• Chinese Garden, Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines

Singapore

• Chinese Garden, Singapore in Singapore

Australia

• Chinese Garden of Friendship, Chinatown, Sydney in Australia

Europe

Germany

• Chinesischer Garten in Berlin, Germany
• Der Chinesische Garten in Mannheim, Germany
• Qian Yuan in the Botanischer Garten der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Netherlands

• Hortus Haren in Haren, Groningen

Malta

• Chinese Garden of Serenity in Santa Luċija, Malta

Switzerland

• Chinese Garden, Zürich, Switzerland

United Kingdom

• Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire^[1]
• Tatton Park, Cheshire^[2]
• Fanhams Hall, Hertfordshire^[3]
• Kew Gardens, London
• Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire^[4]
• Beggar's Knoll, Wiltshire^[5]

North America

Canada

• The Chinese Garden at the Montréal Botanical Garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver, BC, Canada

United States

• The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden 寄興園 in Staten Island, New York, USA
• Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon, USA
• Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園 or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California
• Seattle Chinese Garden in Seattle, Washington, USA
• The Astor Court in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA
• The Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden in the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

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