The New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden

Posted by: Ali Gale on: February 23, 2012

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1000 Richmond Ter
Staten Island, NY 10301

http://www.snug-harbor.org/chinese.html

(718) 273 – 8200

 Hours

Open 6 days of the Week (except Monday) from 10 AM to 5 PM

Adult – $5

Student – $4

Adult (Gallery and Garden Combo) – $6

Student (Gallery and Garden Combo) – $5

Immerse yourself in Chinese culture by thoroughly exploring a traditional Chinese garden including a series of pavilions and walkways.

Traditional Chinese gardens go back almost 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty though most Scholar’s Gardens date back to the more recent Ming and Qing dynasties. This garden, designed and built by LAC, is enclosed by walls, a series of pavilions (eight in all), and covered walkways.

These are all organized in an irregular manner to create in addition to the two major courtyards a series of six others of varying sizes. The art of the Chinese garden is closely related to Chinese landscape painting – it is not a literal imitation of a natural landscape, but the capturing of its essence and spirit.

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