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Grand View Park (Daguan Gongyuan) sits on the northern shores of the Dian Lake. Completed in 1690 during the Qing Dynasty, the park consists of hills, ponds, pavilions and rockeries in a style similar to that of the gardens of the Yangtze River Delta.
Known for its longest antithetical couplet in China, the Grand View Park, also called Daguan Park, is found within a walking distance from the Western Hills. It received its name from the longest antithetical couplet (composing 180 Chinese characters) written by Sun Ranweng, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty. It is a beach garden possessing both the natural landscape and elegance of an ancient garden. The entire park is dotted with green embankments, graceful pavilions, and colorful flowers in four seasons. What fun to climb up the Grand View Pavilion, which was built in the early Qing Dynasty and to share the artistic conception with Mr. Guo Moruo, a well know Chinese writer.
On every Mid - Autumn Festival (Moon Cake Festival), looking down the water surface of the lake from the Grand View Pavilion, you will catch an image of : " Reflection of Moon from Three Pools " as in the west lake of Hangzhou. The local people would rather call it " the reflection of the Moon from the Long Antithetical Couplet " . Why not spend one night there enjoying the moon ?!
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