Chinese Cultural Garden

Features include an ornamental Friendship Gate, the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, the Chiang Kai-shek Pavilion, a large statue of Confucius, the Plum Pavilion, a sundial, and a carved, 15 ton black marble stone, mined and shipped from the Republic of China (Taiwan), donated by Tainan, one of San Jose's sister cities.

[1] The characters written above the central portal are read right to left as: Chinese: 天下一家; pinyin: tiānxià yījiā; lit.

The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is constructed from marble, bronze, and mahogany and was built in Taiwan, disassembled, then shipped and reassembled in San Jose.

[2] It was placed in Overfelt Gardens on 10 October 1980, marking the Chinese day of independence from Imperial rule.

The large red carved characters on the rock are 忠孝; Zhōng Xiào, meaning loyalty.