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Geyuan may refer to: *Geyuan, Jiangxi, a town in Hengfeng County, Jiangxi, China *Geyuan Garden, a garden and tourist attraction in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China See also *Geyuan Temple Geyuan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Laiyuan, Hebei Province, China. The temple consists of three main buildings and other auxiliary structures. The main hall of the temple, the Wenshu Hall dates from 966 CE.Steinhardt (1997), 59. Hist ...

Geyuan, Jiangxi
Geyuan () is a town in Hengfeng County, Shangrao municipality, Jiangxi, China. In 2018, it had one residential community and eight villages under its administration. The speciality products are edible oil, tea, kudzu tea and kudzu powder. History Imperial The town's name means the headstream (''yuan'') of kudzu (''ge''). As the Sui dynasty ended and Tang dynasty began, families with the surname of Su and Feng settled here at the source of a stream where kudzu flourished. In year 3 of Tang Zhenguan (629 CE), a family surnamed ''Zheng'' moved here. Then came the families Cai, Ye, Luo and Jin. Revolutionary In December 1927, a rebellion against the Jiangxi governor was waged. In February 1931, the committee in charge of the Northeast Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area under Fang Zhimin moved from Yiyang county to Hengfeng, setting up the Soviet government of the Special Administration Region of northeast Jiangxi in Geyuan town. In November 1931, at Ruijin the Chinese Soviet Repub ...
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Geyuan Garden
Geyuan Garden () is located on Dongguan Street in Yangzhou, a city renowned for traditional private gardens, in Jiangsu Province, southeast China. The Geyuan Garden is open to the public, with different sections representing each of the four seasons. Spring is demonstrated with a picture of bamboo and rock. Summer is represented by the steel-grey Taihu stone. Autumn is depicted by Huangshan stone, and winter by Xuan stone. History The Geyuan Garden was known as "the garden of the long-lived ''Ganoderma''" during the Ming Dynasty. In 1818 (the 22nd year of the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor), salt distribution commissioner Huang Zhiyun bought the land and rebuilt the garden as a private retreat. Huang Zhiyun loved bamboo, believing that they were as persistent, modest, straightforward, and loyal as a good man. A cluster of three bamboo leaves resembles the Chinese character ''个'' (pronounced “ge”). This was also noted by Yuan Mei, a writer during the Qing Dynasty: "the moon ...
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