Grand View Garden

Located in Xuanwu District
southwest of Beijing, the Grand View Garden is a reminiscent of a
luxurious garden of Ming and Qing style. In a Chinese classic "Dream of
Red Mansions", the garden is recount as the mansion of Jia Family - an
official nobility of the Ming period.
It is a large greenery
garden dotted with pavilions, halls, temples and miniature gardens with a
total of 110,000 square meters. The layout is exactly like that described
in the novel. If you go there at the right time, you will be lucky enough
to see traditional ceremonies performed in the garden, always a
fascinating sight.
Dream of Red Mansions
Dream of Red Mansions,
written by Cao Xueqin in the 18th century, is rated the best novel of the
Qing dynasty. The novel tells a tragic love-story in a noble family and is
called by Westerners as the Romeo and Juliet of China. The hero - Jia
Baoyu is an amorous and sentimental son of a noble official. The novel
describes the rise and decline of Jia Family. In an imaginative and
humorous style, the author has portrayed more than 400 dramatis personae
with distinctive traits, representing the daily life of a distinguished
Manchu family.

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