The Chinese Garden

Liu Fang Yuan or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside of China. Filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture, the landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre garden.

This is one of several bonsai I saw on display.  If you look closely, you can see that this is really old, as in perhaps 50 years or more.  I wish I could have asked someone but didn't think of that.

This is The Courtyard of Assembled Worthies, and in the distance, The Flowery Bush Library.  Such stunning buildings so different from the architecture we are familiar with.

A close up of the stonework in the courtyard.  Stunning in its detail.

A detail of the water lilies in the pond, from the first photograph in this series.

There is a wall with different shaped doorways and windows in one part of the garden.  Looking through the window you see a piece of limestone mined from a lake in China.  There are limestone pieces that are much larger than this all around the lake area.

Another of the structures surrounding the lake.  I failed in my duties to look for signs describing the buildings, so I don't know what this is called, but it is just beautiful in its design.