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 Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. The first garden on this site was built during the early

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

by the general

Xu Da Xu Da (1332–1385), courtesy name Tiande, was a Chinese military general and politician who lived in the late Yuan dynasty and early Ming dynasty. He was a friend of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder and first ruler of the Ming dynasty, and assist ...

. It was destroyed during the

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It last ...

in the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, but was rebuilt later. As the main residence of Kiangsu Provincial Governor in the late

, 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 ...

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 ...

.
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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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