Huntington expands its Chinese Garden

Clear and Transcendent Pavilion has moon gate entrances.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Lingering Clouds Peak rock grotto with waterfall.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Visitors can walk through the rock grotto and view the waterfall from inside.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A view of new features at the Huntington Chinese Garden: the Waveless Boat Pavilion, left, and the Clear and Transcendent Pavilion. The new rock grotto is between them.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

The Chinese Garden’s curator, June Li, has helped oversee the expansion of the garden.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Craggy limestone rocks from Lake Tai in China line paths and are found in and around the lake.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Inside the Clear and Transcendent Pavilion, a screen of blond gingko wood shows scenes from the classic Chinese play “The Peony Pavilion.”  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

“Cracked ice” latticework with plum blossoms.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Panels in the Clear and Transcendent Pavilion show four classic Chinese musical instruments.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Chinese “cracked ice” pattern with plum blossoms is repeated in the stone-and-ceramic walkway.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A view of the new Clear and Transcendent Pavilion in the Huntington’s Chinese Garden.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Roof tiles are made of clay from the Yangtze River delta in China.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Waveless Boat Pavilion is seen in the distance.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Windows, panels and latticework inside the Waveless Boat Pavilion.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Waveless Boat Pavilion.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Asian magnolia flower blooms in the Chinese Garden at the Huntington.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)