Zhan Garden (, literally "Garden of Forward Watching") is a

Chinese garden The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate ...

located on No. 128 Zhan Yuan Road, beside Fuzimiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The first garden on this site was built during the early Ming dynasty by the general Xu Da. It was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in the Qing dynasty, but was rebuilt later. As the main residence of Kiangsu Provincial Governor in the late Qing dynasty, it was visited by the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, born Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1735 t ...

and was restored after 1949, with the southern 'mountain' added in 1960.Keswick, Maggie; Charles Jencks, Alison Hardie ''The Chinese garden: history, art and architecture'' Harvard University Press; 3 edition (15 May 2003) PP.221-222 On the grounds is the

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum The Taiping Kingdom History Museum () is a museum dedicated to artifacts from the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864). It is located on the grounds of the Zhan Yuan Garden, a historical garden in Nanjing, China. History The garden that surrounds the m ...

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File:Entrance to the Zhan Garden, Nanjing (2006).jpg, Entrance to Zhan Garden File:瞻园(flickr 5008587395).jpg, Zhan Garden File:Zhanyuan.jpg, Zhan Garden File:Residence of Jiangsu Governor, Zhan Yuan, Nanjing, Aug 2016.jpg, Mingzhi Hall, served as the memorial hall of Jiangsu Governor, was located in Zhan Yuan.

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Gardens in China Buildings and structures in Nanjing Tourist attractions in Nanjing Parks in Nanjing Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangsu {{Jiangsu-geo-stub

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