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Ladies and gentrlmen,welcome to
Baomo Garden.
Baomo Garden,located in
Zini Village of Panyu District,covers an area
of
5,ooo
square
meters
and
combines
Bao
Zheng
Culture,ancient
architectural
art,and
Lingnan
Garden
in
was
formed
as
an
extension
to
the
Bao
Zheng
Residence
Temple,which
was
originally
established
in
order
to
praise
Bao
two
brick
folk
carvings
in
front
of the gate have fine workmanship and reflect the
fairness of Bao
are
also
many
lime
carvings,stone
carvings,padauk
carvings,
pottery
sculptures,
and
traditional
palace
lanterns
in
Baomo
Garden.
The wall at the entrance, built with
over 30,000 dark bricks, is a “screen
wall”. Its function is to avoid
exposure of the scenes in the garden. On
its facade are carved more than 600
birds, insects as well as flowers and
trees. The carvings stand for vitality
and prosperity. On the reverse side
are
carvings of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, a best
–
known calligrapher
of the Jin Dynasty.
Now we
arrive at The Hall of Ruling
Foundation
，
which was built
in honor
of
Bao
Zheng
was
an
offcial
of
Song
Dynasty
who
was
known and held in high esteem for being
upright, incorruptible, straight
and
fair.
The
name
of
the
hall
was
after
a
poem
by
him,
“The
foundation
of
ruling
a
country
is
officials
being
incorruptible
and
upright.”
A
Chinese
painting”Lotus
Flower”,symbolizing
Bao’s
noble
spirits
is
hung at the centre of the is a couplet
by its sides praising him
for
the
restoration
of
justice
and
an
upright
law
executor,relief
multitudes
of people in disaster.