Shengwen Garden

　　Shengwen Garden is situated on the southern bank of the Xijiang River in the Hedong urban area of Wuzhou City. It is a 4-kilometer drive from the south end of Yunlong Bridge, passing through Wangbu Village to Fuchong. The garden boasts beautiful mountains and clear waters, with ancient trees towering overhead, and the Tropic of Cancer runs right through it. This unique climate has resulted in an exceptionally rich variety of plants in the area: there are fern colonies known as “living plant fossils,” which date back to the Jurassic period, as well as the koompassia malaccensis, one of the world’s top ten famous timber species. There are also rare tree species that grow over 30 meters tall and can be embraced by several people.

　　The main attractions of Shengwen Garden include:

　　The “Five Sons Passing the Imperial Examinations” Tree, known as the foremost tree in South China. With an age of at least 200 years, a height of 32 meters, and five trunks growing from a single root—like a father and his five sons—this tree was planted before five consecutive generations of the planter’s family achieved top honors in the imperial examinations. To commemorate this, the tree and the scenery were named “Five Sons Passing the Imperial Examinations.”

　　Art Gallery:

　　Wuzhou has long revered Confucius. The art gallery is meticulously carved from the finest bluestone in China, stretching over 80 meters in length. It depicts the life and deeds of Confucius in text and images. This is a rare and comprehensive exhibition in Wuzhou that records the life of the sage honored as the “Greatest Sage and Teacher.”

　　a place that showcases the life and deeds of the sage.

　　Mandarin Duck Lake: Composed of two lakes—one large and one small, one deep and one shallow, one high and one low.

　　Barbecue Area: Can accommodate over a thousand people at the same time.

　　The scenic area makes full use of its unique geographical location along the Tropic of Cancer and favorable climatic conditions. It plans to build a small observatory and has rationally utilized the area’s abundant existing plant resources. Over 2,000 acres of mountainous land have been designated to create attractions such as a rare tree species garden, camellia garden, peach blossom garden, and orchid garden. The area also preserves and incorporates native wild koompassia malaccensis (a nationally rare and endangered plant under second-class state protection), the “living plant fossil” Alsophila spinulosa, wild ferns, climbing plants, hanging plants, strangler plants, parasitic plants, wild rice, and more.