Located in Nancun town, Panyu district, 17 kilometers away from the downtown area of Guangzhou city, Yuyin Mountain Garden is a splendid gem in the history of ancient Chinese garden.
Together with Qinghuiyuan Garden in Shunde city, Keyuan Garden in Dongguan city and liangyuan Garden in Foshan city, four of them were called 'four famous gardens' in Guangdong Province in the Qing Dynasty.
The garden was built in 1867, Qing Dynasty, when emperor Tongzhi reigned over the country. Covering a total area of 1,498 square meters, the garden incorporates the characteristics of the garden architecture in Suzhou and Hangzhou, containing pavilions, platforms, pools and houses which are well arranged among corridors, bridges, paths, rookeries, walls and trees, making it a nice, quite garden with rich contents.