Classical Chinese gardens
The Classical Gardens of Shanghai
Classical Chinese gardens in the springtime are a beautiful sight, but they’re an even more profound experience when you know what you’re looking at. This Sunday (April 27, 11am) we’re visiting Guyi Garden with Shelly Bryant, author of The Classical Gardens of Shanghai. It’s a remarkable, revealing experience, as ...
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The Shanghai Garden in Winter: Wintersweet
Take a whiff - it's the season for fragrant wintersweet (la mei, 蜡梅*), and somewhere in a Shanghai lane or garden, a tree is flowering. They appear in winter's barren landscape right at that moment when it feels that all hope is lost and spring will never come, its yellow blossoms the promise of spring sunshine. Song ...
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