With its rich red roof and snow-white walls, the pavilion is a fusion of Western and Japanese design. Sitting on Taichung Park's Riyue Lake, the pavilion was known by the Japanese as "Broad Park Pavilion" or "Fragrant Pavilion."
有著紅頂帽簷、雪白亭牆的湖心亭，屬於和洋混合、雙併式的涼亭構造，矗立於台中公園的日月湖上，日治時期曾有「弘園閣」、「香閣」之稱。