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Shaped like a wine bottle with the two round pots in the middle symbolizing money, this pond signals long-lasting wealth 林本源園邸 The Lin Family Mansion and Garden 新北市 New Taipei City Homestead of the Lin Family, the most prosperous migrants from Zhangzhou, Fujian. At its peak, the family owned virtually all of northern Taiwan. Three-Courtyard Mansion was built around 1851 and the Garden was constructed between 1888 to 1893. One of the best gardens in Taiwan.