Chinese Garden of Friendship

誼園

谊园

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yì yuán
Wade–Giles	i yang
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	ji6 jyun4
Yale Romanization	yi4 yang2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	gī-hn̂g

Waterfalls in the Garden

Entrance to the Garden

The Chinese Garden of Friendship (simplified Chinese: 谊园; traditional Chinese: 誼園) is a Chinese garden in Chinatown, Sydney, Australia. Modeled on the typical private gardens of the Ming Dynasty, the garden offers an insight into Chinese heritage and culture.

Design and location

The Chinese Garden of Friendship was designed by Sydney's Chinese sister city, Guangzhou in China. Chinatown, Sydney complements the area's already rich Chinese heritage and culture. The gardens were officially opened in 1988 as part of Sydney's bicentennial celebrations and they were named the Garden of Friendship symbolizing the bond established between China and Australia.

The Garden is located at the corner of Day Street and Pier Street, Darling Harbour, on the site of the former NSW Fresh Food and Ice Co, which is considered significant in the development of refrigeration and freezing in Sydney.^[1]

Features

The Chinese Gardens are filled with beautiful bamboo plants and glistening waterfalls. The whole garden cannot be seen from any point within the garden. The garden has a number of features including the Dragon Wall symbolizing the bond between New South Wales and Guangzhou, the Water Pavilion of Lotus Fragrance, the Twin Pavilion and The Tea House that offers traditional Chinese tea and other refreshments. The garden is also a popular venue for weddings.

In popular culture

The garden was used as a scene for Dulcea's compound in 20th Century Fox's 1995 superhero film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and also in the filming of The Wolverine in October 2012. Many features of the gardens were changed or covered up as the movie was set in Japan.

References

↑ "Chinese Garden of Friendship Statement of Significance". NSW Property, NSW Government. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chinese Garden of Friendship, Sydney.

Official website
Terri McCormack (2008). "Chinese Garden of Friendship". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 26 September 2015. [CC-By-SA]

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Coordinates: 33°52′36″S 151°12′09″E / 33.87654°S 151.20263°E / -33.87654; 151.20263

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