谁敢相信比拙政园更漂亮的园林在美国?! 流芳园纯正的苏派建筑, 是苏州园林设计院与美国建筑师的完美杰作！ Hungtinton Library Chinese Garden

The Garden of Flowing Fragrance is a classic Chinese garden located within The Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Modeled after and innovating upon classical gardens in Suzhou, China, it currently covers 15 acres (approximately 90 mu/60,700 square meters), making it the largest and most complete Suzhou garden overseas, often referred to as the "sister garden" of the Humble Administrator's Garden. Designed in collaboration with American architects, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance invited dozens of traditional Suzhou craftsmen from the "Xiangshan School" to California for on-site assembly and carving, ensuring that every brick and tile conformed to traditional Suzhou architectural methods. It utilizes authentic domestic building materials, including over 850 tons of hand-quarried Taihu stones, hand-fired blue tiles, floor tiles, and wooden pillars, perfectly recreating the texture of the Jiangnan water towns. The Garden of Flowing Fragrance is not a rigid imitation of a single garden, but rather an integration of the essence of several World Heritage sites in Suzhou. For example, the wood carvings in one of its core buildings, the "Love for the Lotus Pavilion," vividly depict the eight famous gardens of Suzhou. The garden seamlessly blends nature and culture: Centered around "Yingfang Lake," it features nine scenic areas and eighteen landscapes, perfectly echoing the essence of classical gardens: "reverence for nature and the microcosm within a small space." The plaques and couplets within the garden were inscribed by renowned contemporary Chinese calligraphers, integrating calligraphy, ink painting, and literati elegance with the landscape design. The construction process of Liufang Garden spanned over 25 years, costing a total of US$55 million: Phase I (opened in 2008): Initially covering 3.5 acres, it officially unveiled the mystery of this overseas Suzhou-style garden. Phase II expansion (completed in 2014): Added the Qingliu Ling (painted boat), a waterfall rockery, and several waterside pavilions. Phase III was fully completed (opened in 2020): the Wangxing Tower, Bihua Study, Bonsai Area and the art gallery "Yuyi Zhai" were expanded, bringing the total area of ​​the garden to 15 acres, forming its current grand scale.