US-11759741

 This month I've received a few official cards from the USA but half of them were actually from other countries. This one here is from China. 

He Garden, or Heyuan Garden, located in Xuningmen Street in Jiangsu Yangzhou City, is known as "the first garden in late Qing Dynasty". The once private garden has now become a national 4A-rated tourist site, and attracted many ancient architecture lovers.

 

US-11759741, sent by Helen.

The garden was the private residential yard of the He Family, a notable family and great clan in Yangzhou. It was built by He Zhidao, an official of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. He resigned in 1883 and set up business in Yangzhou. He then bought the ancient site of Wu’s Sliced Stone Mountain Villa, and enlarged it into a big garden for his family. Construction lasted 13 years. - in: https://www.travelchinaguide.com

The He Garden is the representative work of Yangzhou gardens in the late Qing Dynasty, and is the embodiment of Yangzhou's garden characteristics. It makes full use of the gallery building function and charm; the 1500 meters complex road corridors here is unique wonderful landscapein China's gardens.
The scale of this garden is huge, covering an area of more than 14000 square meters; and the building area has reached more than 7000 square meters, accounting for more than 50% of the total area; reflecting the late Qing Dynasty garden architecture characteristics. The whole garden is divided into the east garden, west garden, garden countyard, slice of stone and hills room, with two layer series floor and compound corridor connecting with the house. - in: https://www.topchinatravel.com