Liang Garden | No wonder it is featured in National Geographic
| No wonder it is featured in National Geographic. As one of the four famous Lingnan gardens in Guangdong, Foshan Liang Garden may not be as well-known as the other three, but the exquisite layout of its pavilions, bridges, flowing water, and stone paths still amazed me.
Liang Garden is the general name for the Liang-style residential gardens in Foshan and is a representative work of Lingnan gardens. The combination of residences, ancestral halls, and gardens, with some buildings adopting Western decorations such as Manchu windows and diamond-shaped stone steps, creates a blend of exquisite decoration, simplicity, and elegance known as 'snow traces of a swan'.
Walking into the garden of Liang Garden, one can feel the unique cultural characteristics of Lingnan, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. Inside the garden, there are ancient buildings, fish ponds with swimming fish, and chirping birds. Walking over the stone arch bridge and sitting quietly in the heart of the lake, it feels like returning to the old times.
📍Address: No. 93, Pioneer Ancient Road, Songfeng Road, Chancheng District, Foshan City
🎫Ticket: 10 yuan (free on Saturdays)
🕰️Opening hours: 09:00-17:00
🚇Subway: Exit D of Zumiao Station on Guangfo Line, then walk for ten minutes
🚌Bus: Take routes 105, 109, or 118 to Liang Garden Station
🚘Driving: Navigate to Liang Garden, parking available
🅿️Parking: 6 yuan per time
🌈Scenic Features
1️⃣Residential Area
The essence of Liang Garden lies in its 'first suppress then raise' design style. Entering Liang Garden through the low-key gate, the first thing you see is the residential area, including buildings such as Bucao Residence, Buddha Hall, Liang's Residence, and the Cishi Family Temple.
2️⃣Qunxing Caotang
Built by Liang Jiuhua during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the layout is quite exquisite, especially its garden, which is divided into two courtyards: a stone courtyard and a water courtyard. The water courtyard features a curved pond, with a deep southern part and an open northern part. There is a half pavilion with a unique structure: a hexagonal half on the first floor and a complete square on the second floor.
3️⃣Fenjiang Caolu
This is the most beautiful place in my opinion. Passing through the 'transparent' arch gate, a wide lake suddenly appears before your eyes. This is Fenjiang Caolu. The overall layout of Liang Garden emphasizes progression from small to large, from simple to complex, with increasingly spectacular scenery.
4️⃣Songzhu Liao
Many literati and poets highly appreciate the great writer Su Shi's saying, 'Better to have no meat to eat than to live without bamboo.' Bamboo represents integrity, being straight and resilient; its characteristics of bending without breaking and enduring harsh conditions symbolize the gentleman.
5️⃣Stone Courtyard
It is said that Liang Garden has more than 400 strange stones, earning the reputation of 'more strange stones than books.' The most attractive part is the Stone Courtyard, one of the most splendid areas of the garden, praised as a masterpiece of Lingnan courtyards and a major highlight of Liang Garden.
6️⃣Half Pavilion
The iconic building of Liang Garden, the pavilion's structure is very unique, with a hexagonal base and a square top, presenting a half-side appearance. It is the work of the garden owner seeking imperfection.
⚠️Tips
1. As the temperature rises, it is recommended to take mosquito precautions!
2. There are various exhibitions inside the garden buildings, and it takes an afternoon to stroll and take photos.
3. Around the Yun Bridge of Changyi Lake, there will be mist at regular times, making it very picturesque for photos.
4. On the left side of Liang Garden, there is a free exhibition hall showcasing the historical features of Foshan Ancient Town.
5. There are restrooms and a mother-and-baby room inside.
After visiting the entire garden, it is really deeply felt: when the living room returns to the landscape, people also return to nature. Indulging in everything, not in the world. It seems to be a generous feeling, but also a drunkenness. No is no action, no desire and no struggle... The realm of life, between the willing, between the nature and life of the gardener... Dongguan City, the four major gardens in Lingnan, "can garden, although small, but there is indeed elegant charm"; 😁 Guangzhou City, the top of the four major gardens in Lingnan, "Yuyin Mountain House, beautiful, the eight-point pavilion in the garden to see the beauty of the eight directions: beautiful and impeccable! 😁😁 The gardening style of this park: random and natural, but not lost in exquisite and luxurious, worthy of the name of the four famous gardens, one of the must-come attractions in Foshan 😁😁😁😁😁😁
The introduction is known as one of the four major gardens in Lingnan. It is obviously different from the Jiangnan garden style in Wuyue, but it is also really unique to Lingnan flavor. The buildings in the park have obvious traces of old repairs, but unfortunately they still don't seem old enough. The wooden furniture displayed in each room is mostly exquisite and beautiful, worth a look.
Foshan Liangyuan is the general name of Foshan Liang's house garden, which was renovated in 1984 and renamed Liangyuan. Liangyuan is mainly composed of multiple groups in different locations such as "Twelve Shizhai", "Qunxing Caotang", "Lijiang Caotu" and "Cold Xiangguan", and is large in scale. The main body is located in the ancient road of Songfeng Road, and the others are located in Songxianli and Shengping Road. Liangyuan was built by local poetry and book famous people Liang Airu, Liang Jiuzhang and Liang Jiutu uncle and nephew in Qing Jiaqing and Daoguang years (1796 - 1850 AD), which lasted more than 40 years. It is now a key national cultural relics unit, one of the four major gardens in Lingnan.
Liangyuan in Foshan Chancheng District, the area is not large, about an hour can be transferred, compared to Qinghui Garden, whether it is scale or grade, it is slightly inferior, many pavilions and pavilions are newly repaired.
This is a great place I often go and highly recommended! Very beautiful
This is a great place I often go and highly recommended!
The exhibition in Liangyuan is very rich, there are pottery exhibitions Sculpture exhibitions, stone exhibitions, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, it is worth a good look for a long time, very elegant. There are a lot of bamboo in Liangyuan, and there is no bamboo. The garden is very exquisitely repaired. There are also regular smog landscapes and Xianli immortality. Walk around Xiaoyuanzi to feel the elegance of the ancients, and you can also see the history and culture of Liangjia.