Nan Lian Garden
Tang Dynasty-style classical garden modelled on ancient Shanxi blueprints, surrounded by Hong Kong high-rises.
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This guide to Nan Lian Garden in Hong Kong walks through the Tang Dynasty design principles behind this recreation of paradise in Diamond Hill, modeled on a thirteen-hundred-year-old blueprint from Shanxi's Jiangshouju Garden. It traces how the designers used a technique called borrowing the landscape, plus rockeries and waterfalls, to fold the surrounding towers and traffic out of view. Listen for how the path leads across a footbridge toward Chi Lin Nunnery, built without a single nail.
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