Liyuan Garden

Liyuan Garden is located at Beiyi Village of Tangkou Town of Kaiping City. The garden is designed by an overseas Chinese, Mr. Xie Weili. It is one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong with unique architectural style. Covering approximately 11013.99 square meters, the garden faces east and back on west. Roughly 10 years were spent and initially completed in 1936.

 

Liyuan Garden is vividly shown by Chinese traditional charm and beauty of garden-style architecture meanwhile the western architectural feature was used as well. Mixed together, two kinds of architectural type brought finally the fame and reputation of this private garden.

 

The layout of Liyuan Garden generally is comprised of three parts: Villa Zone, Big Garden Zone and Small Garden Zone. Three zones are separated with a man-made river or a wall, but also naturally and skillfully connected with bridge and corridor.

 

Each part of the garden has a style of its own. They are separated by water or walls, but are connected by pavilion bridges and winding corridors, which can provide much food for thought for their views within the view and gardens within the garden. Moreover the couplets hung on the pillar and written by famous calligraphers make the garden rich in cultural connotation. Plenty of romantic and elegant clay carvings and printed murals make us feel that we are staying in a Fairyland.