Yu Yin Shan Fang

Yu Yin Shan Fang, also known as Yu Yin Garden, was the private garden of Wu Bin, a Qing dynasty imperial scholar, located on Beida Street in Nancun Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. Yu Yin Shan Fang was started in the sixth year of the Tongzhi era and completed in the tenth year. It is a representative of Lingnan gardens and is known as one of the four great gardens of Lingnan, along with Qinghui Garden, Keyuan, and Liangyuan. Wu Bin was an imperial scholar during the Qing dynasty, who rose to the position of a principal in the Ministry of Punishments. Later, he was honored by Emperor Xianfeng with the title of Tongfeng Dafu, and his official rank reached that of a second-grade official. Both of his sons were also imperial scholars, hence the saying, 'A family with three imperial scholars, father and sons all succeeded in the imperial examinations.' The name 'Yu Yin' was chosen for the garden to commemorate the blessings of the ancestors. Yu Yin Shan Fang's garden section has four main buildings, including the Wo Piao Lu, Lin Chi Bie Guan, Shen Liu Tang, and Ling Long Shui Xie, with a small rainbow bridge lying horizontally in the middle, dividing the garden into eastern and western parts. Within the cultural relics area of Yu Yin Shan Fang, there are themed gray sculptures that can be identified on ridge decorations, screen walls, door wall lintels, couplets, flower boxes, flower bases, and downspouts.