The Sichuanese garden or Ba–Shu garden is one of the major regional styles of
Chinese garden developed in the
Sichuan and
Chongqing regions.[1][2] Most of the Sichuanese gardens are located on
Chengdu Plain and were built by the government as public gardens to memorize significant local celebrities, which distinguishes them from those private gardens in East China (e.g.
Suzhou) and those imperial gardens in
Beijing.
East Lake in
Xinfan,
Chengdu is one of the only two existing Chinese gardens which were built during the
Tang dynasty (618–907).