At the southern end of Harbour Bay, near Sydney's Chinatown, is the Chinese Friendship Garden, which is a stylised a traditional private garden from the Ming Dynasty (5th century AD). The garden was created was created by experts from Guangzhou, Sydney's sister city. In their creation they have embodied centuries of Chinese landscape art, architecture and design, so that every visitor to the Garden can experience the culture of a distant and mysterious China.
The official opening of the Friendship Garden took place in 1988 as part of the celebration of the Sydney's 200th anniversary and signalled the beginning of cultural relations between the two countries.
The landscape of the garden is very unusual: instead of the flower beds and lawns to the Western eye, the garden is a miniature recreation of wilderness areas with waterfalls, mountains, lakes and forests. In full accordance with the principles of feng shui, all the elements of the natural elements combine to create harmony and a sense of peace.
In the garden you can see many exotic plants representing the flora of of Southern China, such as the famous red mulberry.
Among the Garden's interesting attractions is the Dragon Wall, symbolising the cultural links between the Australian state of New South Wales and the Chinese province of Guangzhou Province of China, the Lotus Pavilion and the Gemini Pavilion. And in the Tea At the Tea House, you can sample traditional Chinese teas made according to centuries-old recipes.
