Yuyuan Gardens
August 22nd 2008 Despite the heat of Thursday we decided to venture a bit outside our immediate neighbourhood and check out the Yuyuan Gardens. The gardens were built about 500 years ago by an aristocrat from Sichuan Province. It was an amazing collection of traditional Chinese architecture, art, water-eroded rock sculptures (which seem to be very popular decorative pieces here) and peaceful pools of koi (who I
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