THE HILLMAN 2013 ASIAN ADVENTURE
100s of Photos Documenting a 6-week tour of
Malaysia ~ Singapore ~ Thailand ~ China
Section II: China
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Captions by Sue-On (expanded from our FaceBook pages)
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Gallery 30:
GARDEN OF MASTER OF THE NETS :: Part II
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The Building of Gathering Elegance:  Women's Private Sitting-Room, thus, gathering elegance...

Oooopppsss. . .  Took a wrong turn to the Building of Gathering Elegance!

Jessica was such a good sport and waited for her wayward wards.  Her infectious laughter kept us all in stitches

This is better - lots of signs of elegance.

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Signage was plentiful, and we did manage to see many of the rooms and gardens indicated.

Man-made cave in one of the gardens.

Jessica explains about the various sculptures, plants,  and a mosaic that she is standing on.

The crane and the cypress are frequent motifs used in  Chinese paintings, murals - both representing longevity.

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The Branch Beyond Bamboo Porch, beside the Shooting Ducks Corridor.  This area was used for tea ceremonies.  The gables are decorated with elaborate designs of bats - a symbol for good fortune or happiness.

More examples of the sculptures displayed in the gardens.

A slightly less-ancient realistic-looking Chinese artifact ;-) I think Bill brought this one home;-)

The traditional moon door leading to the Duck Shooting Corridor.  They didn't really shoot ducks,  but played a game by that name during the Ming Dynasty.

The corridor also gave access to the Meditation Study.

All the furniture is made of wood, most likely mahogany.  No wonder smoking or any open fires are not allowed.

Painted screens are used as walls to partition rooms.

Barrier of Clouds Rockery:  Yellowstone rockery meant to resemble a bank of fog.  Adjacent is the Washing Ribbon Pavilion.  The pool is the 334 square metre Rosy Cloud Pool.

Entrance to Inner Gardens

Many of the gardens were built in the style of the Ming Dynasty courtyard,  decorated with rockeries and scholar stones, and used as a women's area.

Two dominant features in this garden are  a cypress tree dating from the Ming Dynasty,  and pine, several centuries old.

Many of the plants and rocks are used to  create views that represent several seasons.

Bill and Sue-On by the Scholar Stone called The Goshawk.  This pavilion is called Cool Springs Pavilion,  named for the adjacent Azure Spring.

Our friends Kerry and Edah by the Scholar Stone.

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Signage that indicate more of the pavilions and facilities,  many of which we visited.

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