A Comprehensive List of Chengdu's Stunning Ancient-Style Gardens: You'll Never Finish Exploring!

The park city dazzles with flowers, and the ancient-style gardens hidden within the city sketch the elegant demeanor of Chengdu. In this issue, Xiao Jin has compiled a collection of the most beautiful ancient-style gardens in Chengdu, each one is absolutely amazing! Baobao, come see which ones you have visited? 👉Xinfan East Lake Park 🚇You can navigate by car to "Xinfan East Lake Park" East Lake Park is a must-visit spot for citizens and tourists when visiting Xinfan. Its main building, Huaili Hall, was built to commemorate the famous Prime Minister Li Deyu, who dug East Lake and contributed to the land of Shu. The garden has excellent landscapes, clever layouts, and various types of boat houses. Despite being a thousand years old, it still maintains the style of a Tang Dynasty garden. 👉Yanhua Pond 🚇Tang'an East Road (Caijia Nian) bus station, 18 minutes walk Yanhua Pond is a stunning garden hidden around Chengdu and was also a filming location for the 1987 version of 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. The Yanhua Pond Museum also has an important check-in spot, Lu You Shrine, where historical culture and garden landscapes intertwine, forming a gorgeous tapestry. The garden's lakeside corridors, bridges, pavilions, and rockeries are interspersed with each other, with the delicate and elegant charm of Jiangnan gardens. 👉Xindu Guihu Park 🚇Machao West Station subway station - Exit C, 23 minutes walk The former residence of the famous Ming Dynasty scholar Yang Shen (also known as Sheng'an) in Chengdu is now called "Sheng'an Shrine", and there is a beautiful man-made lake inside the shrine. Yang Sheng'an once planted osmanthus trees along the lake, hence the name "Guihu" (Osmanthus Lake). This place was also a filming location for multiple scenes in the 1987 TV series 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. The familiar scenes in the garden make one feel as if they have traveled through time and space, finding themselves in the bustling Grand View Garden. 👉Wangcong Shrine 🚇Wangcong Shrine subway station - Exit A, 8 minutes walk Wangcong Shrine was built to commemorate the earliest Shu king, Wangdi Du Yu, and his successor, Congdi. It is also the only imperial mausoleum in the southwest region that worships two rulers in one shrine. Exploring the ancient and seeking the secluded at Wangcong Shrine, the history of Wangcong's two emperors founding and governing the country seems to be contained in the thick bricks and tiles, the grass and trees, and despite thousands of years, the traces of civilization still have their tremendous force. 👉Wangjiang Tower Park 🚇Sanguantang subway station - Exit B, 12 minutes walk Wangjiang Tower Park was established during the Qing Dynasty's Guangxu period to commemorate the Tang Dynasty female poet Xue Tao. The park has architectural complexes such as Chongli Pavilion, Zhuojin Building, and Yinshi Building. Xue Tao loved bamboo, and Wangjiang Tower Park is also nestled in bamboo forests. The park currently has over 500 species of bamboo that are protected and thriving, with the greenery particularly eye-catching. These classical gardens are not only the historical and cultural heritage of Chengdu but also a vivid embodiment of the beauty of Chengdu as a park city. Chengdu·Sichuan