The Seattle Chinese Garden is a hidden gem located in South Seattle. It was built to commemorate the sister-city relationship established in 1983 between Seattle and the municipality of Chongqing in southwest-central China. This five-acre Sichuanese-style garden offers a number of unique features such as the Song Mei Pavilion, Knowing-the-Spring Courtyard, Chan Education Center, Luoyang Peony Garden, and a bamboo grove. The garden was first conceived in the late 1980s, but construction was put on hold after Chinese troops forcibly suppressed pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in 1989. The Seattle Chinese Garden…
