Friendship Gate in the Chinese Cultural Garden

The Chinese Cultural Garden is located in the Overfelt Gardens park in San Jose, California, USA. The addition of the Chinese Cultural Garden to Overfelt is primarily the work of Chinese immigrant Frank Lowe, and his wife Pauline, who, as of 2005, still serves as park docent, and Dr. Chen Li-Fu of Taiwan. For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ... City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley County Santa Clara County, California Area  - Total  - Water 461. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east, but gradually transitions to gently sloping plains in the west (satellite photo by NASA). ...

Features include an ornamental Friendship Gate, the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Chiang Kai-shek Pavillion, a large statue of Confucius, the Plum Pavillion, a sundial, and a carved, 15 ton black marble stone, mined and shipped from the Republic of China, donated by San Jose's sister city, Tainan, Taiwan. Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman who is considered by many to be the Father of Modern China. He had a significant influence in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and establishment of the Republic of China. ... Chiang Kai-shek ( October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... Confucius (traditionally September 8? 551 BCE– 479 BCE) was a famous sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings deeply influenced East Asia during twenty centuries. ... Wall sundial Wall sundial in Warsaws Old Town A sundial measures time by the position of the sun. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... The Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and the Matsu. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Tainan (Chinese: 台南; Hanyu Pinyin: Táinán, Wade-Giles: Tai-nan, Taiwanese_POJ: Tâi-lâm) is a city located in southern Taiwan and is the fourth largest after Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung. ...

References

• City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Overfelt Gardens brochure, March 2001 revision
• Chinese Cultural Garden Website (http://chineseculturalgarden.org/)

External links

• Map of Overfelt Gardens and the Chinese Cultural Garden, and the surrounding neighborhood (http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=PMKd9up_0TqT6PPjuXiko94qITWE2SB8vLk8g7sqIG6ZXDE-&csz=san+jose%2C+ca&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=)