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The Stele Garden
Posted by act2009 in Tourist Attractions on June 26th, 2009
The Jiangling Stele Garden (江陵碑苑, Jiang Ling Bei Yuan) was found in 1992, located in Jingzhou, Hubei Province. It was built under the financial support of the Taiwanese Jiangling Citizens’ Association. The whole garden maintained the traditional architecture of China’s stele parks that is combined the imposing verve and elegant simplicity. The Stele Garden consists of 18 buildings, the Front Hall, the Stele Hall and the Stele Pavilion, to name a few.
The garden collects about 300 steles by past masters and modern artists in China, Japan, Singapore and the US. The most eminent ones are elegant writings by the founding father of modern China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the Chairman Mao Zedong. There are also many calligraphic steles of different styles in Chinese characters by some notable historical figures and men of letters. The Stele Garden has almost all the existing styles and fonts in Chinese calligraphy, it is an ideal venue for calligraphy lovers to see, learn and cultivate your soul.
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