The Nan Lian Garden lies in front of the Chi Lin Nunnery in Kowloon. For some reason our
little guide booklet did not mention the nunnery, so we had no idea it was
there. It was a bonus-though not a full
bonus. Although the garden is open to
9:30 PM, we discovered that the nunnery closed at 4:30-just before we got
there. Sigh.
We were still able to walk in as far as the first courtyard
of the nunnery. It was all extremely
beautiful.
Nan Lian Garden was absolutely full of gorgeous things. There was a hall
full of intricate models of famous Chinese temples and palaces-including
Beijing’s Forbidden City.
At the other end of the garden are a few more ponds, one
with a vegetarian restaurant in a corner with waterfalls cascading over it to
reach the pond. A tea house was just
adjacent to the other pond-the largest of the three ponds.
In another little building, pieces of petrified wood were on
display. Just outside that building was
a small garden of bonsai trees.
By the time we left, dusk was rapidly approaching. Fortunately our next destination-Kowloon
Walled City Park-was open until the late evening.
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