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Architecture
The Dragon garden integrates the architectural features of both the East and the West. Apart from the characteristics of Sung, Ming and Qing dynasty and the ideas of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it also incorporates some western elements into the architecture. For example, there are two colourful glass windows in the ancestral hall that resemble those in the Catholic Churches in the West. The clouds, the bird and the rectangular patterns on the windows are in Chinese style. The oil paintings in the ancestral hall are another example of western elements.

Like other traditional Chinese gardens, the architecture of the Dragon Garden symbolizes the concept of unity of man and nature. Chinese people like to re-establish the order of nature in the garden so that it does not look wild or chaotic. The garden is a miniature of the natural landscape with hills and valleys, bridges and rivers, winding paths and steps, and rockeries and plants. The roofs of the ancestral hall and the pavilion are curved with the four corners pointing upward, imitating the contour of the nature. The design of wide and flat architecture contrasts with the tall and slender buildings in the west. It shows that Chinese people live in the nature with fear and respect, never trying to intimidate it or challenge its power.

The design of the Dragon Garden also follows the concept of harmony and balance. If we divide the ancestral hall and the pavilion into the right-halve and the left-halve, they look identical from inside to outside.

The interesting animals on the four corners of the roof the ancestral hall and the pavilions are mascots of luck and a protection for the people in the house against evil spirits. Technically, the little animals are used to cover the nail holes that secure the half-cylinder shaped tiles to the eaves to prevent the wood structure from rotting.