Port Mouth Carved Flower Building

　　Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit, Fifth Batch, October 2002 Port Mouth Carved Flower Building, Qing Dynasty, Gaogang District, Taizhou City

　　In the fourth year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty (1739 AD), the Jiangnan timber merchant Yao family initially built the Carved Flower Building in Port Mouth (now the East Building). In the early years of the Republic of China, the building was sold to Li Songru, a local Confucian merchant engaged in Yangtze River shipping. Following the original style, Li constructed the West Building and wing buildings, and expanded the garden outside the building over a period of three years. In 2002, the Port Mouth Carved Flower Building was designated as a Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government.

　　The garden features pavilions, towers, terraces, and gazebos, all delicate and exquisite in design. The corridors, verandas, and waterside pavilions meander gracefully along the flowing water, creating a poetic scene. The exquisitely carved woodwork such as "Prosperity as Vast as the Eastern Sea" and "Rhinoceros Gazing at the Moon," the vivid brick carvings like "Lion Rolling a Ball" and "Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting," and the profound stone carvings including "Five Blessings Descend Upon the Door" and "Five Blessings Surround Longevity" are all classic masterpieces of carving art from that era. Films such as From Slave to General, Winter Without Snow, and The Eastward March Prelude were shot here.

　　Address: South side of Wuyi Bridge, Jinguang South Road, Gaogang District, Taizhou City

　　Type: Historical Architecture

　　Recommended Visiting Time: 1–2 hours

　　Phone: 0523-86910186

　　Opening Hours:

　　Summer: 9:00–17:30; Winter: 9:00–17:00.