Chinese Garden, Pavilion and Moon Gate. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
S 39° 04.135 E 174° 04.860
60H E 247461 N 5671518
During the sister city signing celebrations in New Plymouth, the Mayor of Kunming gifted a garden to the city’s people. Just beyond the moon gate entrance to Kunming Garden, a brass plaque is written in both languages, English and Chinese.
Waymark Code: WM9ACK
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 07/21/2010
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The Kunming chinese garden opened in February 2005, and was a gift from the Mayor of Kunming to mark the Sister City relationship with New Plymouth.
The garden features a moongate entrance and pavilion connected by a meandering handcrafted path, a friendship rock and friendship tree. Chinese species were used to emphasise the landscape character.
A brass plaque written in both languages explains the sister city relationship between the two cities.
“The Kunming Garden is the symbol of friendship of two cities; inside which the friendship tree planted by both sides will grow up generation by generation and last forever.”