HONG KONG: Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin Nunnery
About Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin Nunnery
Nan Lian Garden (南蓮園池) is situated at Diamond Hill, Kowloon. The Garden is a designated public park, with an area of 3.5 hectares, which opened to the public in November 2006. It is built in the classical style of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), on the blueprint of Jiangshouju, the only Tang landscape garden the original layout of which can still be placed and traced today, and the shape of which bears a significant resemblance to the Garden site. Hills and rocks, waters, plants and timber structures are built and arranged according to classical Tang style and rules, accommodating the local environment, and the best view of the sprawling mountain range to the north is taken as the seamless backdrop.
Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑) is a large Buddhist temple complex located in Diamond Hill. The serene 1930s Chi Lin Nunnery (rebuilt in 1998) is spread across 3.2 hectares and is China’s largest group of hand-crafted timber buildings incorporating traditional Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) construction techniques. The complex contains halls of religious relics and lotus ponds.
Read MoreNan Lian Garden (南蓮園池) is situated at Diamond Hill, Kowloon. The Garden is a designated public park, with an area of 3.5 hectares, which opened to the public in November 2006. It is built in the classical style of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), on the blueprint of Jiangshouju, the only Tang landscape garden the original layout of which can still be placed and traced today, and the shape of which bears a significant resemblance to the Garden site. Hills and rocks, waters, plants and timber structures are built and arranged according to classical Tang style and rules, accommodating the local environment, and the best view of the sprawling mountain range to the north is taken as the seamless backdrop.
Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑) is a large Buddhist temple complex located in Diamond Hill. The serene 1930s Chi Lin Nunnery (rebuilt in 1998) is spread across 3.2 hectares and is China’s largest group of hand-crafted timber buildings incorporating traditional Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) construction techniques. The complex contains halls of religious relics and lotus ponds.
