Canton Private Tours

Yuyin Garden lies in Nancun Town, Panyu, 17,000 meters away from Guangzhou, 1,498 square meters in size. It was built in 1867, Qing Dynasty when emperor Tongzhi reigned over the country. The house is enjoyed for its small and exquisite design. This garden, together with Qinghuiyuan Garden in Shunde city, Keyuan Garden in Dongguan city and Liangyuan Garden in Foshan city were called "four famous gardens in Guangdong".

The garden contains pavilions, terraces, ponds, accommodations, and carved corridors, arch bridges, hills, flower paths, enclosures, which serve to focus the deep and indistinctly appeared structure of the garden. The relief sculptures and architectural decoration in the garden worked with great care by skilful craftsmen create an atmosphere of peace and seclusion, going well together with poems, calligraphy and paintings.

There is an arch bridge named ‘Huan Hong Kua Lv’ (Red Flowers with Green Trees) in the middle of the garden. When shadows of the moon, arch bridge, and people appear together in the lotus pool below, the scenery is called ‘Hong Qiao Ying Yue’.

The West Part of the Garden
Separated by the arch bridge, the western part of the garden is centered by a rectangular lotus pond made by stone. North to the lotus pond is the main hall named Shenliu Hall (Willow Hall), while to the south is the Linchi Pavilion (Waterside Pavilion). Shenliu Hall, as the main building of the whole garden, was used to receiving guests. Well-decorated by several gems, such as a 32 piece mahogany fan painting and fine wood carvings, etc, it is of the typical architectural style of Guangdong Province. In the front, there is an old tree on both sides. When flowers are in full bloom, they seem like red raindrops which are very attractive. The Linchi Pavilion was a study of the host in the past. The host liked bamboo very much, but the garden is small. Finally, the owner came up with a good idea: planting bamboo between walls to conserve land and control the overspreading of bamboo as well. Thus it can also protect the garden from any dust coming from outside.

The East Part of the Garden
The octagonal pool, being special for its shape is in the middle of the east part. Situated in the pool is an octagonal pavilion named ‘Ling Long Shui Xie’. It used to be a place for writing poems and drinking wines. There are windows in each of the eight directions, so it is the best place for visitors to view the scenery. All eight angles of the roof are decorated by different carved ornamentations. To the southeast of the pavilion are rockeries along the walls of the garden; to the northeast are two small pavilions and to the north is ‘Wo Piao Lu’, a place for resting. Around the pool, there are many old trees such as Chimonanthus tree and metasequoia glyptostroboides.

Yu Garden
Yu Garden, also known as Ladies’ Building is located to the south of Yuyin Garden. It was built by Wu Zhongyu, the fourth-generation grandson of Wu Bin in 1922. Now, it is a part of the Yuyin Garden. It was a place for ladies to play Zheng and paint, etc. The first floor is a boat hall; the second floor is a glass floor from which you can overlook the whole scenery of the Yuyin Garden.

Info

How to get there