The Nan Lian Garden is a true escapism
from the busy city. This tranquil oasis is landscaped over an area of 3.5
hectares, in
which every hill, rock, body of water, plant and timber structure has been
placed according to specific rules and methods. ‘Nan
Lian’ literally means, South Lotus or ‘Lotus from the South’.
The
Chi Lin Nunnery was founded in 1934
but was rebuilt in the 1990s following the style of Tang
Dynasty traditional Chinese architecture. The present-day buildings are wood frame
buildings built without the use of any iron nails. This construction is based on
traditional Chinese architectural techniques dating from the Tang Dynasty that
uses special interlocking systems cut into
the wood to hold them in place. The
Chi Lin Nunnery buildings are the only buildings to
be built in this style in modern day Hong Kong .
- Wikipedia.
