Dunedin Chinese GArden
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While there are many Chinese gardens around the world, there are only a few authentic Chinese Gardens outside China. The Dunedin Chinese Garden was designated a Garden of National Significance in February 2011. The New Zealand Gardens Trust, which is an arm of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Inc made the designation. The Dunedin City Council considers this personal yet formal link with China as one that can provide significant economic opportunities.
The relationship is a powerful driver behind Project Shanghai , a partnership of Dunedin businesses, educational institutions and the Dunedin City Council which aims to develop a broad range of links between the two cities. It is not surprising with the number of Chinese residents in Dunedin, that a committee of interested citizens was formed soon after the sister city relationship was formalised. He spent almost 20 years building a garden to please his father Pan En, a high ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, during his father's old age. The gardens fell into disrepair, until about 1760 when they were bought by merchants, before suffering extensive damage in the 19th century. The Dunedin Chinese Garden was blessed in June 2008, in the presence of Prime Minister Helen Clark and Chinese ambassador Zhang Yuanyuan and opened to the public on 8 June 2008.
Prime Minister Clark returned to officially open the garden in September 2008. The Dunedin Chinese Garden was first proposed at the time of the city's sesqui centennial celebrations in 1998. The garden is an authentic Chinese garden, having been created with the support of the Dunedin City Council and the Shanghai Municipal Government. As the concept of a garden gained momentum, the Chinese community established the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust headed by councillor and then mayor Peter Chin, and a site was chosen close to the city's historic railway station and the Otago Settlers' Museum.
This contribution to business played a large part in making Dunedin New Zealand's leading commercial centre. Foundation stones were laid by delegates from the Garden’s committee and the Dunedin City Council, as well as the deputy mayor of Shanghai, Dunedin's Chinese sister city, in March 1998. Approximately 1 million was raised through public donations, and the New Zealand Government contributed 3. The Garden is in the traditional yuanlin style, and was designed by Cao Yongkang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chen Ling of Tongji University, and Tan Yufeng of Shanghai Museum. They used as their basis the traditional gardens of the Jiangnan area, specifically because these gardens represent the apogee of Chinese garden style while at the same time being suitable for small sites in urban settings.
The Garden's design and construction was closely supervised and influenced by the architect from the Shanghai Construction and Decoration Company and the Shanghai Museum. When construction was complete, the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust handed the Garden to the Dunedin City Council to manage and ensure its continued authenticity and integrity as a lasting footprint of Chinese identity and culture. The Dunedin Chinese Garden uses authentic Chinese materials crafted by a team of artisans craftsmen from Dunedin's sister city of Shanghai
The relationship is a powerful driver behind Project Shanghai , a partnership of Dunedin businesses, educational institutions and the Dunedin City Council which aims to develop a broad range of links between the two cities. It is not surprising with the number of Chinese residents in Dunedin, that a committee of interested citizens was formed soon after the sister city relationship was formalised. He spent almost 20 years building a garden to please his father Pan En, a high ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, during his father's old age. The gardens fell into disrepair, until about 1760 when they were bought by merchants, before suffering extensive damage in the 19th century. The Dunedin Chinese Garden was blessed in June 2008, in the presence of Prime Minister Helen Clark and Chinese ambassador Zhang Yuanyuan and opened to the public on 8 June 2008.
Prime Minister Clark returned to officially open the garden in September 2008. The Dunedin Chinese Garden was first proposed at the time of the city's sesqui centennial celebrations in 1998. The garden is an authentic Chinese garden, having been created with the support of the Dunedin City Council and the Shanghai Municipal Government. As the concept of a garden gained momentum, the Chinese community established the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust headed by councillor and then mayor Peter Chin, and a site was chosen close to the city's historic railway station and the Otago Settlers' Museum.
This contribution to business played a large part in making Dunedin New Zealand's leading commercial centre. Foundation stones were laid by delegates from the Garden’s committee and the Dunedin City Council, as well as the deputy mayor of Shanghai, Dunedin's Chinese sister city, in March 1998. Approximately 1 million was raised through public donations, and the New Zealand Government contributed 3. The Garden is in the traditional yuanlin style, and was designed by Cao Yongkang of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chen Ling of Tongji University, and Tan Yufeng of Shanghai Museum. They used as their basis the traditional gardens of the Jiangnan area, specifically because these gardens represent the apogee of Chinese garden style while at the same time being suitable for small sites in urban settings.
The Garden's design and construction was closely supervised and influenced by the architect from the Shanghai Construction and Decoration Company and the Shanghai Museum. When construction was complete, the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust handed the Garden to the Dunedin City Council to manage and ensure its continued authenticity and integrity as a lasting footprint of Chinese identity and culture. The Dunedin Chinese Garden uses authentic Chinese materials crafted by a team of artisans craftsmen from Dunedin's sister city of Shanghai
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