A traditional garden from Guangdong Province in southern China has been constructed in Hyowon Park in Gyeonggi Province, Suwon, and will be opened to the public at the end of this month.
The Chinese traditional garden, called Yuehui Garden, built on 6,026 square meters (1,820 pyeong) on the western side of Hyowon Park, was constructed with Guangdong Province investing 2.3 million dollars, emphasizing transparency (enabling viewing of adjacent spaces through windows and other openings) and openness, creating harmony between buildings and the garden.
The rear garden features an artificial lake and fake mountains constructed from earth, with waterfalls, walking paths, and boat-shaped pavilions built to create harmony.
The buildings used traditional architectural styles of the Guangdong region, with brick and wood connections, and the roof joints utilized wood, brick, and lime sculptures.
Li Zhaohui (李朝輝), 33, head of the supervisory team, said, "Eighty Chinese engineers were deployed to construct the traditional Chinese garden according to the characteristics of Guangdong gardens, which involve 'digging earth to create lakes and piling soil to make mountains.'"
This park was completed in 2 years and 2 months after Guangdong Province, which maintains a sister province relationship with Gyeonggi Province, signed an agreement in October 2003 to construct a traditional park from Guangdong in Suwon and a Korean traditional park in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, for cultural exchange.
Meanwhile, the Korean traditional park constructed on 8,500 square meters (2,570 pyeong) at Yueshuì Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, was built by Gyeonggi Province with an investment of 3.424 billion won, referencing Soswaewon (瀟灑園, National Historic Site No. 304), a privately-owned Korean traditional garden located in Jikok-ri, Namyeong-myeon, Damyang-gun, South Jeolla Province. A completion ceremony is scheduled for the 12th, to be attended by officials from Gyeonggi Province and Suwon.
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