The new Stargazing Tower, with its sweeping view to Mt. Wilson, commands the highest point in the Chinese Garden at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. (Kent Nishimura / Los ...

Courtyards have long been a fundamental aspect of traditional Chinese architecture, serving as central spaces around which domestic life is organized. These spaces play a vital role in creating a ...

At the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, a plaque reads "Yi Yuan," or "Garden of Ease." Here you enter a harmonious world filled with the delights of nature. Here you enter a harmonious world ...

The project will cost at least $34 million and double the 25-year-old city-owned cultural site’s footprint in Old Town. Joining the modern and the classical is be a major component of a newly unveiled ...

Rendering of a proposed Chinese garden at Phalen Regional Park. The five elements of Chinese Garden design (vegetation, artistic rocks, water, scenic pathways, and architecture) are reflected in this ...

A gray bank of clouds slid across the spine of West Seattle on April 14 as the Rev. Taijo Imanaka dispersed handfuls of incense to a group of people preparing to meditate. They were arranged in a ...

Bonnie visited Lan Su Chinese Garden to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, an annual celebration featuring hand-made lanterns, music, dance and tea with moon cakes during a visit to Portland, ...

Really, there aren’t enough compliments to describe the $25-million completion of the magnificent Liu Fang Yuan — the Garden of Flowing Fragrance — at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical ...