Shixiang Garden was also called Geshan Thatched Cottage in the Qing Dynasty. It got its name because there were ten kinds of fragrant flowers such as jasmine planted in the garden. Here was once the residence of Ju Lian and Ju Chao, painters in the late Qing Dynasty and also the founders of the Lingnan School of Painting. Gao Jianfu and Chen Shuren, founders of the Lingnan School of Painting, all learned painting here, so it is of extraordinary significance. Shixiang Garden is a typical Lingnan garden, exquisite and small, with a quiet environment. It is composed of major buildings and courtyards such as Ju Chao’s former residence ‘Xiaoyue Qin Hall’, Ju Lian’s former residence ‘Jinxi An’ and the place where he taught ‘Purple Pear Blossom Hall’. There are also permanent exhibitions ‘Shixiang Garden and Ju Chao, Ju Lian’ and ‘Poetic and Picturesque Tracing the Source – The Origin Exhibition of the Ju School and the Lingnan School of Painting’, through which people can better understand the owner of the garden and the origin of the Lingnan School of Painting.
Opening hours: closed all day on Monday throughout the year; open from 09:00 to 16:30 from Tuesday to Sunday throughout the year. If Monday is a legal holiday, it is open as usual. The specific opening hours are subject to on-site announcements.Shixiang Garden
Shixiang Garden was also called Geshan Thatched Cottage in the Qing Dynasty. It got its name because[...]
