{"id":22919,"date":"2021-02-16T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T02:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=22919"},"modified":"2021-04-02T09:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:19:30","slug":"the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible Chinese Gardens at Huntington Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for a beautiful and relaxing outdoor getaway for the day, the new\u00a0Chinese\u00a0Gardens\u00a0at the\u00a0Huntington\u00a0Library, Art Collections, and Botanical\u00a0Gardens\u00a0are a spectacular sight to behold. Reopened to the public this summer, the Liu Fang Yuan, or\u00a0Garden\u00a0of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the largest classical-style\u00a0Chinese\u00a0gardens\u00a0in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the centuries-old Chinese tradition of private gardens, Liu Fang Yuan is filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture. The landscape is enriched with references to literature and art. Visitors can find both physical relaxation and mental stimulation when exploring the dramatic 15-acre\u00a0garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22914\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22914\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens\" width=\"850\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens-600x304.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Chinese Gardens are one of the largest classical-style Chinese gardens in the world.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liu Fang Yuan is a tribute to the gardens of Suzhou, a city located near Shanghai in southeastern China. During the Ming dynasty (1368\u20131644), wealthy scholars and merchants there built tasteful private gardens combining architecture, waterworks, rockeries, plants, and calligraphy. Many of the features in Liu Fang Yuan are modeled on specific Suzhou gardens, eight of which are depicted in the woodcarvings in the Love for the Lotus Pavilion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22915\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22915\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-Liu-Fang-Yuan.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese plants and architecture at Liu Fang Yuan\" width=\"850\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-Liu-Fang-Yuan.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-Liu-Fang-Yuan-600x308.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-Liu-Fang-Yuan-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-Liu-Fang-Yuan-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Liu Fang Yuan is filled with Chinese plants and framed by exquisite architecture.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Upon entering the gardens the first thing that struck me was all the peaceful ponds and bridges surrounded by meandering walking paths, hundreds of plants and trees and stunning architecture. One of the highlights is the Stargazing Tower, a hillside pavilion situated on the highest point in the garden. Boasting memorable views of the water, pavilions, treetops, mountains, and skies, the tower pays homage to nearby Mt. Wilson Observatory, which is visible from the tower, and to the work of astronomer Edwin Hubble, a neighbor of library founder Henry Huntington. Hubble\u2019s papers are part of the Library\u2019s holdings in the history of science.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22916\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22916\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Pond.jpg\" alt=\"walking paths and ponds, Liu Fang Yuan, Huntington Library\" width=\"850\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Pond.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Pond-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Pond-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Pond-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Walking paths and ponds and lush vegetation are everywhere in the gardens.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rocks are also an important part of the Suzhou\u00a0gardens. The stones found throughout Liu Fang Yuan are a type of limestone traditionally harvested from the bed of Lake Tai near Suzhou. The rocks for the\u00a0Huntington\u2019s exhibits were quarried in various regions of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/made-in-china\/\">China<\/a>. For more than 1,200 years, these rocks have been renowned for their strange shapes and many holes. Particularly prized individual specimens, like the towering stone near the teahouse, \u201cPatching Up the Sky,\u201d were seen as embodying energy-like ethers, or\u00a0\u201cqi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like all Suzhou-style\u00a0gardens, Liu Fang Yuan has written text on the structures. Every pavilion and courtyard bears a name in\u00a0Chinese\u00a0characters. And the entrances to some buildings are also adorned with poetic couplets. These calligraphic inscriptions were written by more than 30 contemporary artists from <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/terracotta-warriors-xian-china\/\">mainland\u00a0China<\/a>, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The names and couplets that they have inscribed are drawn from classic works of\u00a0Chinese\u00a0literature.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22917\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22917\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-Pond-Rocks.jpg\" alt=\"rocks at pond, Liu Fang Yuan\" width=\"850\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-Pond-Rocks.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-Pond-Rocks-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-Pond-Rocks-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-Pond-Rocks-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rocks found throughout the garden are harvested from China.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like the text, the construction of the gardens was also a masterful collaboration. Construction of the garden was an international partnership between Chinese and American architects, contractors, and craftsmen who worked together to ensure the gardens are authentic to Chinese traditions of architecture and landscape design, while meeting state and federal regulations for seismic safety and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles architect Jim Fry developed the detailed construction plans for the expansion, based on the conceptual designs of the Suzhou Institute of Landscape Architecture Design in\u00a0China. To keep things as authentic as possible,\u00a0Chinese\u00a0artisans from the Suzhou\u00a0Garden\u00a0Development Co., Ltd. worked on site for several months to complete important details by hand. These craftsmen specialize is skills such as wood carving, roof tiling, and stone masonry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22918\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22918\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-Pagoda.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese pagoda a garden, Liu Fang Yuan\" width=\"850\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-Pagoda.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-Pagoda-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-Pagoda-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5-Pagoda-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Landscapers from China where brought on site to help with authenticity.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 16-acre Chinese Gardens are just one part of the Huntington\u2019s massive outdoor displays. In all, the preserve covers more than 200 acres, of which 120 acres are gardens. In 1903 Henry E. Huntington (1850\u20131927) purchased the San Marino Ranch, a working ranch about 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles with citrus groves, nut and fruit orchards, alfalfa crops, a small herd of cows, and poultry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22913\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22913\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-Stargazing-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"Stargazing Tower\" width=\"850\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-Stargazing-Tower.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-Stargazing-Tower-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-Stargazing-Tower-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6-Stargazing-Tower-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Stargazing Tower pays homage to nearby Mt. Wilson Observatory, which is visible from the tower.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Huntington\u2019s superintendent, William Hertrich (1878\u20131966), was instrumental in developing the various plant collections that comprise the foundation of The Huntington&#8217;s botanical gardens. The property \u2014 originally nearly 600 acres \u2014 today covers 207 acres, 120 of which are open to visitors and include some 15,000 different varieties of plants.<\/p>\n<p>Other themed\u00a0gardens\u00a0at the\u00a0library\u00a0include tributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/discovering-australias-sunshine-coast-prologue\/\">Australia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/walk-japan-exploring-head-heart-soul-of-a-country\/\">Japan<\/a>, California, children, camellias, the desert, herbs, the jungle, lily ponds, roses, the subtropics, sculptures &amp; fountains, and a mausoleum.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntington is currently beginning a phased reopening; the gardens are now open, while galleries remain closed. All visitors, including Members must reserve tickets online in advance. The Library is located at 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108. For hours and admission, call 626-405-2100 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntington.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for a beautiful and relaxing outdoor getaway for the day, the new Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens are a spectacular sight to behold. Reopened to the public this summer, the Liu Fang Yuan, or Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the largest classical-style Chinese gardens in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[917,4642,301,4643,4636,4641,4637,4645,4638,164,4640,4639,4644],"class_list":["post-22919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-usa","tag-china","tag-chinese-gardens","tag-gardens","tag-henry-e-huntington","tag-huntington-library","tag-landscape-architecture","tag-liu-fang-yuan","tag-san-marino","tag-southern-caifornia","tag-southern-california","tag-stargazing-tower","tag-suzhou","tag-william-hertrich"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Incredible Chinese Gardens at Huntington Library - Traveling Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The new Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens are a spectacular sight to behold.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Incredible Chinese Gardens at Huntington Library - Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens are a spectacular sight to behold.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-17T02:32:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-02T16:19:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Aragon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Aragon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Aragon\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/de824c03851ffc81097e16e0bc6be6be\"},\"headline\":\"The Incredible Chinese Gardens at Huntington Library\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-17T02:32:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-02T16:19:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/\"},\"wordCount\":880,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/the-incredible-chinese-gardens-at-huntington-library\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-Chinese-Gardens.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"China\",\"Chinese Gardens\",\"gardens\",\"Henry E. 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