The top check-in spot in the north that rivals the gardens of Suzhou and Hangzhou
Linqing Wanyuan Garden.
The top check-in spot in the north that rivals the gardens of Suzhou and Hangzhou. Linqing Wanyuan Garden - located in the northwest corner of Linqing city, at the northern end of Dazhong Road, the western end of Yinhe Road, and west of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
It can be called a "Jiangnan ancient architecture, water town style" Suzhou-style garden.
The garden gathers the essence of many famous gardens, with exquisite layout, appropriate density, changing scenery with each step, winding paths leading to secluded spots, rich connotations, and profound artistic conception; the brick carvings, wood carvings, clay sculptures, blue bricks, gray tiles, and rockery constructions are all crafted by famous Suzhou artisans; the garden is filled with strange stones, showcasing the elegant aura of Taihu stones and Lingbi stones; built with reference to the ancient construction manual "Yingzao Fashi" and combined with modern Suzhou techniques, all the pavilions and towers use mortise and tenon joints, making the structure stable, delicate, and beautiful. It reflects the design concept of integrating "landscape poetry, landscape painting, and landscape garden", perfectly achieving the artistic effect of "a thousand scenes in a small world, a hundred paintings in the garden", displaying the rich historical and cultural heritage and broad connotations of the canal city from different angles and levels. The garden can be described as a scene with every step, spacious and wide, with towering gatehouses, magnificent and imposing, awe-inspiring. The pavilions and corridors are arranged in an orderly manner, the mountains, water, and trees complement each other, the corridors connect the courtyards, the winding paths are circuitous, famous couplets are everywhere, the strange stones are in various shapes, small bridges and flowing water, willows and flowers, the exquisite style of Suzhou gardens is vividly presented, as if in the water towns of Jiangnan. "Suzhou style and Beijing charm" can be seen in Wanyuan Garden - the exquisite craftsmanship of Jiangnan gardens and the grandeur of northern gardens are perfectly combined, a perfect match, ingeniously crafted, achieving a new leap in garden art, truly a superb masterpiece of contemporary garden construction. Ticket price: 50