10 Facts About Lingnan garden

Lingnan garden, called Cantonese garden, is a style of garden design native to Lingnan – the traditionally Cantonese provinces of Gwongdung and Gwongsai in southern China.

Lingnan garden region is the south of the Ng Leng Mountains, spanning southern Fujian, Gwongdung, and Gwongsai, located in the Eurasian continent's southeastern edge.

When it comes to artificial mountains, Lingnan garden utilizes cliffs; islands; artificial reefs; and heaps.

Lingnan garden is said to be heavily based around control of water, involving waterways of various patterns: "cliff-waterfall-depth" pattern; lake pattern; depth without waterfall; curving waterways; and wellspring.

Lingnan garden uses a different set of stones from those used by Jiangnan and Northern Chinese gardens.

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Buildings in Lingnan garden are typically constructed in classical Lingnan style.

Classical Lingnan garden uses calligraphy and paintings only sparingly, and modern Lingnan garden is even less inclined to do so.

Vegetation in Lingnan garden is summarized with the sentence "all-season flowers, scenery of tropical rain belt".

Lingnan garden is said to embody the philosophy behind Cantonese culture – commerce, pragmatism, and openness to foreign ideas.

In much of the two millennia that followed, Lingnan had served as the fringe territory of various Chinese dynasties, resulting in a relative lack of royal garden styles.