Geyuan Garden
» Yangzhou, Jiang Su

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No.10 East Yanfu Road

Geyuan Garden is located to the north of the eastern street of Yangzhou City. The Geyuan Garden is the private residential garden in Yangzhou classic gardens with the longest history, the most complete preservation and the highest artistic value.

It was reconstructed in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty on the base of a private garden named "Shouzhi Garden." Bamboos can be seen everywhere in the Garden. As the bamboo leaf resembles the Chinese character "Ge", it is named "Geyuan Garden."

The Geyuan Garden, which is well known for its bamboo and four-season rockery, is the best. Meanwhile, it is also one of the top 10 well-known gardens in China. The pavilions, attics, rockeries, stones, bamboos, woods, flowers and water are all matched properly. From the windshield, the whole Geyuan Garden is decorated into four sceneries - spring, summer, autumn, winter from south to north. Going through a path smothered with bamboos, you'll find the well-known four-season rockery. It's like a picture which has attracted visitors.

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  1. What is Yangzhou Three Knives?
  2. Where to exchange money?
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  • What is the weather like there? How about the best time to go there?

    With an annual average temperature ranging from 13C to 16C, the climate in Jiangsu is semi-humid and subtropical. There are four distinct seasons with cold winters and hot summers. Besides, the annual average rainfall is 800 to 1,200 millimeters (31.5 to 47.2 inches), with high precipitation in the southeast and low in the northwest, and 60 percent of the rain falls during the summer.

    So the best time for a visit should be in spring and autumn.


  • What is Yangzhou Three Knives?

    Yangzhou is famous for its 'three knives': kitchen knife, pedicure knife and barber's knife

    The rise and fall of Han, Tang, Qing Dynasties activated the development of these three knives. Ecnomic pressure pushed the people of that time leave their homeland with these three knives with them and settle down in other cities, even other countires. After an unsmooth road of the three knives, they are finally accepted and welcomed and even loved by people from all over the world.


  • Where to exchange money?

    You can exchange main currencies such as US, Canadian and Australia dollars and Euros, etc. for the Chinese Yuan (Chinese Currency) at banks located in downtown Yangzhou. The bank opening hours are from 8:00 to 17:00.


  • Electricity

    220 volts, 50 cycles

  • Emergency Number

    • Tourist Hotline: 5261179
    • Ambulance: 120 , 7213460
    • Emergencies: 110 (foreigner's section 552729)
    • Fire: 119
    • Tel No. Enquiry: 114
    • Police: 110
    • Foreign Affairs Office of Police: 7216795


The Geyuan Garden is the private residential garden in Yangzhou classic gardens with the longest history, the most complete preservation and the highest artistic value. It is one of the top 10 well-known gardens in China. The pavilions, attics, rockeries, stones, bamboos, woods, flowers and water are all matched properly.

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