You can see many interesting carvings in the Lin Family Garden. There are bright wood carvings under the eaves. The story of this wood carving is about a famous general celebrating his 80th birthday. This general′s name is Guo Ziyi … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Carvings
There are many bizarre windows in the Lin Family Garden. Want to see them? The shape of this window is a bat, blessing good fortunes and luck. This is too! A bat in Chinese is a “Bian-Fu(蝙蝠)”, two characters, and … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Bizarre Window (I)
The Chinese like to enjoy the moon. The Lin family is no exception. They dug a pond in the garden and built a hut , called “Yue-Po-Shui-Hsieh“, dedicated to enjoy the moon on the pond. It looks like a small … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Traditional Chinese Buildings (III)
The Lin family thought that education is very important, so they had many buildings designed and named for encouraging studying. This is Jigu Study House where the Lin family collected and studied books. (See more Jigu Study) It is interesting … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Tranditional Chinese Buildings (II)
There are three Halls in the Lin Family Mansion and Garden. The first main building is Guan-jia Hall where the Lin family could see the farmers working on their land. On the sightseeing platform of the second floor, the Lin … Continue reading The Lin Family Garden – Traditional Chinese Buildings (I)
This attraction is The Lin Family Mansion and Garden in New Taipei city, one of the Four Great Gardens of Taiwan. The Lin Family Mansion and Garden — along with the Tainan Wu Garden, Hsinchu Beiguo Garden, and Wufeng Lin … Continue reading The Lin Family Mansion and Garden