I was amazed by this Lingnan garden in Shunde, not in Suzhou

He Garden follows the traditional Chinese concept of having mountains in the north and water in the south, using natural landscape gardening techniques. It integrates garden design vocabularies from four stages: Ming and Qing Dynasties, late Qing and early Republic of China, Republic of China, and New China, creating a rich and varied, inside-out permeable boutique garden space. In addition to the exquisite landscape, He Garden also features shadow puppetry, puppet shows, Cantonese opera, and Cantonese music performances. 📍Location: Foshan • Lingnan He Garden 📍Address: No. 12 Renchang Road, Beijiao Town, Shunde District, Foshan 🎫Tickets: 30r (free for Foshan residents) 🕘Opening hours: 9:00-17:30 🚇Subway: Take Line 3 to Beijiao Park Station, exit at B2, and walk to Lingnan He Garden 🌈Features of the Scenic Area 1⃣Tongju Shunhe Tongju Shunhe is the iconic building of He Garden and the main entrance of the park. It completely follows the architectural style of Lingnan ancestral halls, with a beam-lifting structure, grand and exquisitely built. In terms of decoration, Tongju Shunhe uses traditional crafts such as brick carving, wood carving, stone carving, and gray carving, and takes the eight scenic spots of Shunde as decoration themes, creating a landmark landscape with Cantonese characteristics. 2⃣Taihe Academy A Lingnan building in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, blending with the natural and graceful garden, appearing very simple and natural. The corridors and pavilions are winding and twisting. The courtyard is surrounded by a lake and long corridors, with Ying stone rockeries and flowing water, presenting the beauty of classical Lingnan gardens everywhere. 3⃣Shuiyue Songfeng A very poetic name, Shuiyue Songfeng is a garden landscape with Chonghe Pavilion as the main body. The pavilion is magnificent, surrounded by rocks and trees, with flowing water. 4⃣Yunxiu Jinglu A Lingnan garden in the style of the Republic of China, adopting an outer corridor architectural style. The walls are built with red bricks, and the roof uses traditional green glazed tiles with a hipped roof, reflecting the architectural features of blending Chinese and Western, traditional and modern. The courtyard is filled with rockeries and pavilions, with streams and waterfalls flowing down the rocks into the river bay, symbolizing the virtue of water and following the path. 5⃣Yueyun Liufeng A Lingnan residential and commercial arcade street in the style of the late Qing and early Republic of China. The outer street is a traditional Lingnan commercial street, reflecting the integration of Western architecture and local traditional culture, with strong regional and era characteristics; the inner street is a traditional Lingnan residence, with items and facilities closely related to the lives of Lingnan people, such as wok ear walls, piers, and stages, vividly recreating the scenes of life in the water towns of Shunde. ⚠️Tips 1. Shadow Puppetry 🕘Performance times: 10:15/11:30/14:30/15:30/16:30 2. Puppet Show 🕘Performance times: 10:00/11:00/14:00/15:00/16:00 3. Cantonese Opera 🕘Performance times: Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday at 10:30