Chinese and Japanese Gardens, Singapore City, Singapore Singapore

The Chinese and Japanese Garden is situated on two islands in Jurong Lake. The gardens are joined by the Bridge of Double Beauty.

The Chinese Garden was built in 1975 and designed by a well-known architect from Taiwan.  Based on Chinese Gardening Art, the Garden features most of its area to "northern style" landscape architecture, the style of Imperial gardens and integrating brightly colored buildings with the surroundings.

The first thing you will notice when you enter the Chinese Garden is “Pai Hung Ch'iao” (“white rainbow bridge”) which follows the style of the 17-Arch Bridge at the Summer Palace in Beijing.