Heyuan Garden, or He Garden, is also known as Ho Family Garden or Jixiao Mountain Villa which is famed as the top private garden of the late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). Located at No. 66 Xuningmen Street, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, it was built on the original site of the Double Locust Garden. The once private garden has now become a national 4A-rated tourist site, and attracted many ancient architecture lovers.
 

The garden was the private residential yard of the He Family, a notable family and great clan in Yangzhou. It was built by He Zhidao, an official of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He resigned in 1883 and set up business in Yangzhou. He then bought the ancient site of Wu’s Sliced Stone Mountain Villa, and enlarged it into a big garden for his family. Construction lasted 13 years.

With a built-up area of 8,372 square yards (7,000 square meters), covering half of the total 16,744 square yards (14,000 square meters), there are various architectures of character that were densely arranged in this garden. Besides features of the imperial gardens from northern China and the private gardens of the south, western architectural style was also incorporated into the construction. The Double Way Covered Corridor in the West Garden is the highlight. Many ancient garden experts praised the He Garden as the ‘unique case of gardens in Jiangnan’ (Jiangnan, regions south of the Yangtze River).

Visitors may follow the introduction below to tour the garden, which is divided into the Sliced Stone Mountain Villa, Residential Area, East Garden, and the West Garden.

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Travel Tips
Add: No. 66， Ningmen Avenue, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province 
Entrance Fee: CNY 45
Opening Hours:08:00-17:30
Transport: take bus nos. 19, 66, Tourism Special Line, or Sightseeing Bus, and get off at Kangshan Culture Park (He Garden) Station.
 

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