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Photographs of the present
exhibition of Chinese art
objects and handcrafts.

Top row, left to right;
Outdoor glass box with
Shangshi (Chinese viewing
stones) of the Willi and Gudrun
Benz Collection.
Chrysanthemum stones
worked by man: a viewing
stone, a brush pot and seal
stone
Human-shaped Shangshi

Left column, top to bottom;
Folding fans and cork carvings.
Cork carving.
China was well-known for
porcelain which was a main
export item to the West in
the Middle Ages. Shown are
porcelain vases with blue
underglaze paintings.
China is also famous for its
lacquer ware. Here are carvings
of red lacquer.

Right column; Taihu rock.
Even if big Taihu rocks were
mainly used as garden rocks,
smaller ones were brought
inside in the scholar’ studio for
contemplation. This Taihu rock
is in the style of a traditional
Chinese scholars’ rock.

qualities; bamboo for gentlemanly integrity; bamboo, pine
and prunus together stand as the “three friends in winter,” a
symbol of endurance. Peony, “empress of flowers,” symbolizes
wealth and nobility. All these plants are featured in the garden
in Mannheim.
The garden also offers exhibitions, lectures, tea ceremonies,
musical and dance performances and much more throughout
the year. In connection with this, an exhibition of Chinese art
objects and handicraft items of the everyday life, as well as
bonsai and Chinese traditional and modern scholars’ rocks,
was opened on April 24, 2015.

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