Little Lotus Manor
Nanxun District, People's Republic of China
The Little Lotus Manor or Xiaolianzhuang was built by the Qing dynasty merchant Liu Yong (1826–1899) in 1885 as his private garden. The center piece here is an immense lotus pond anchoring the southeastern end of the pond is a Western-style two-story red brick house that was used as a retreat for the women of the house. To the southeast are two stone memorial archways.
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