Huntington Gardens - Garden of Flowing Fragrance

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

When I first got AAA, I said to myself 'how interesting can AAA's magazine be?' Actually, it's usually pretty interesting, so my cynical attitude was unjustified.

This month, there are articles on politics, day-tripping to Santa Paula, and the Huntington's new Chinese garden: "a traditional scholar's garden informed by the customs of South China's Suzhou region, [and] California's first Chinese garden open to the public" (how cool is that?).

Here's a link if you're interested:

http://www.aaa-calif.com/westways/1108/features/huntington.aspx?zip=90302

--Becca

[Anonymous]

The pictures of this Chinese garden are impressive. The place appears to be very scenic and peaceful, and it's clear that skilled artisans accurately recreated scenery from South China. The hand-carved wood and gold figures are expertly polished, and the pond seems like it would make a visit to this part of the San Gabriel mountains very worthwhile.

[Anonymous]

I am a big fan of day tripping. Thank you for the tip. I am a member of AAA as well, and I often get ideas from the articles that are printed. The flowers are very impressive. I hope that I have the time to get there and see it in person. It looks so pleasant and peaceful. I am always looking for little getaways to take a mental break. Sometimes that mental break is looking at beautiful flowers and art on line, however.

[Anonymous]

I went to the Chinese garden last year around September and parts of it were still under construction. I am very interested that how it looks now. BTW Huntington Library (Chinese garden is part of it) has some interesting courses and programs such as Taichi, calligraphy (at least I saw them in the category last year)

Minhua

[Anonymous]

I am glad that you all mentioned the gardens, yes thank you for the AAA tip. In addition, we didn't talk at length about use of nature that is seen in the Asian art. In particular how the nature is always the most dominant part of a picture the might be called, 'man fishing'. You almost always have to use a magnifying glass to find people in a picture because of Asia's love of nature. I love it.

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