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===Chinese Garden=== [[File:Huntington SW02.jpg|thumb|Chinese Garden Liu Fang Yuan|alt=Still pond surrounded by plants with a Pagoda- style structure on the far side.]] A [[Chinese garden]], the largest outside of China,<ref name="reimagined">{{cite news|first=Edward|last=Rothstein|date=December 20, 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/arts/design/the-library-re-imagined-at-the-huntington.html|title=A Treasure House of Shifting Aspirations: 'The Library Re-Imagined,' at the Huntington|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|access-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121104337/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/arts/design/the-library-re-imagined-at-the-huntington.html|archive-date=2016-11-21|url-status=live}}</ref> was dedicated on February 26, 2008, after artisans from [[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou, China]] spent some six months at Huntington to construct the first phase of the newest facility. On {{convert|4.9|ha|acre|order=flip}} at the northwest corner of the Huntington, the garden features man-made lakes ("Pond of Reflected Greenery" and "Lake of Reflected Fragrance") with pavilions connected by bridges. Unique Chinese names are assigned to many of the facilities in the garden, such as the [[tea house]], known as the "Hall of the Jade Camellia". Other pavilions are the "Love for the Lotus Pavilion", "Terrace of the Jade Mirror", and "Pavilion of the Three Friends". The initial phase cost $18.3 million to build. The second phase, which includes the "Clear and Transcendent Pavilion", "Lingering Clouds Peak" with a waterfall, Waveless Boat, "Crossing through Fragrance" bridge and the "Cloud Steps" bridge, opened on March 8, 2014.<ref>[http://huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=15363#images New Section of The Huntington's Chinese Garden Debuts as Phase II Takes Shape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304190436/http://huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=15363#images |date=2014-03-04 }}, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, February 28, 2014</ref> There were other pavilions, including the "Flowery Brush Studio", and structures completed under phase two. A place to display its large collections of [[penjing]] and [[bonsai]] has completed.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fielding|first=Buck|date=2020-10-24|title=Take a peek into the Huntington Library's expanded Chinese Garden|url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/take-a-peek-into-the-huntington-librarys-expanded-chinese-garden|access-date=2020-10-27|work=Pasadena Star News|language=en-US}}</ref>
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