Orchid Pavilion Garden (Lanting)

The Orchid Pavilion Garden is located in the southwestern suburbs of Shaoxing (Zhejiang province). Chinese people refer to the place as Lanting, Lanting Pavilion or Lan Pavilion. You can easily get there by bus from the center of Shaoxing. It is a tranquil place in the middle of a natural park and resembles the southern Chinese gardens of Suzhou or Yangzhou. Its name comes from the fact that the King of the Yue State planted orchids there during the Spring and Autumn Period.