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This place is truly magnificent. What is it?

This is the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. I was there bright and early one morning, taking everything in and listening to half of a public tour given by a really well-spoken volunteer. I’m still extremely hazy on a lot of facts, but I will be dropping by again in a week’s time (for free yay) so I’ll be paying closer attention then. In the meantime, here are some photos of the beautiful garden and random facts that I remember.

Everything from this garden is from China except for the water and… the trees? Something along those lines.

The garden is near Downtown (and obviously by Chinatown), thus the buildings.

The roofs have some kind of funky story or something behind it. I can’t remember now.

There’s a Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park on the other side of the Garden, which is free while the garden is not. Needless to say, the garden is way more interesting than the park.

The difference between the garden and the park is that the garden is basically all imported from China (except for the water and some plants I think) and the park is more western and doesn’t contain all of these unique things.

These rocks are really funky too. All of them are different and sometimes reveal various pictures according to what you see. Do you see George Washington on this rock?

What about this? What do you see? Cool, eh?

Some pretty huge fish live in the ponds of the garden. I wonder if they’re from China too…

And of course there have to be a few little turtles roaming around as well.

The inside of one of the rooms.

This hallway’s really interesting. Just on the other side, there’s a hallway exactly like that. The reason for the back-to-back hallways? It all depends on whether you want to walk in the sun or in the shade, and if it’s raining, if you want to walk under the rain or on the dry side.

I believe this is called a moon gate. The funky designs around the gate have no nails or glue or anything attached to them to keep them in place. They’re just designed to fit in properly and stand the entire thing up.

If you look past the moon gate, you’ll see a railing and a little area where you can sit. If you lean back on the railing (which is at a 45 degree angle), it’s really uncomfortable, but the point of the railing is not so you can lean back on them. If you turn your body to the side and rest your arm over the railing, it makes a perfect portrait shot. Photographers love that pose and the railing is the perfect place for a shot like that.

And there you have it, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Everything I could remember plus a bunch of photos jumbled up into one blog post.

Upcoming…

This funky crazy modern looking building recently finished construction. What is it used for? (And if you didn’t know, Stanley Park, that 1 000-acre clump of trees, is to the right.)

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