Nan Lian Garden (南蓮園池), located near MTR Diamond Hill Station (鑽石山), is a classical Chinese garden designed in the Tang Dynasty-style. I find the logo of Diamond Hill Station (photo 1) very cute. You can see some small “diamonds” as decorations, although there aren’t any diamonds in this area at all. After arriving at MTR Diamond Hill Station, exit at C2 (Plaza Hollywood 荷里活廣場), keep walking and you will arrive at Nan Lian Garden sign (photo 2). When I was travelling there, it was still during the protest period, thus we can see many posters about the 5 demands (photo 3) from the protesters. To be honest, I believe everyone should be able to choose what they want in their lives no matter it be politics or any other issues. Nevertheless, the recent referendum outcome in Taiwan really got me thinking whether science should be a topic put forward for voting by everyone or rather scientists should make the decision for all based on their expertise. It is really some food for thoughts.
The construction of Nan Lian Garden took three years and cost around 0.245 billion HKD. Now the garden is managed by the Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑), as it invested in half of the construction project. The design of all the wooden…
