Tang Paradise, Datang, Furong Yuan in Xi'an of Shannxi Province, Tang Dynasty

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Tang Paradise or Datang Furong Garden is the first cultural theme park of imperial garden style in China disintering the glory of the Tang Dynasty in its golden period.
The original Furong Garden in the history stood alongside Qujiang Lake. As early as in the Qin Dynasty, a famous imperial garden was built here making full use of the natural land and waterscape of Qujiang. The garden named Yichun Yuan was exactly the precursor of the later Furong Garden.
Afterwards, in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen ordered his Prime Minister, Gao Ying, to change the name of the garden. Gao Ying then renamed it Furong Garden after the lotus flowers on the lake, which were extremely beautiful in full blossom at that time. And Furong is an elegant name for the lotus in ancient China.
The public garden areas were open to all. Every year, especially in spring time, Chang’an civilians would like to come and enjoy green willow trees and singing birds, which was unprecedented not only in the history of Xi’an city, but also in the history of China. To some extent it also demonstrates the culture of Tang, being free and open minded