Humble Administrator's Garden

Humble Administrator's Garden, together with Beijing Summer Palace, chengde mountain resort and Suzhou Lingering Garden, is called the four classical gardens in China. Humble Administrator's Garden was originally the residence of Lu Guimeng, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and later it was the secluded place of the imperial censor in the Ming Dynasty. It is named after the meaning of "I am a humble administrator". It was once a part of Zhongyi Palace in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and now it is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Humble Administrator's Garden is divided into four parts: East, Middle, West and Residential. Folk houses are typical Suzhou folk houses, which are now arranged as exhibition halls of garden museums.

pavilion of surging waves

Canglang Pavilion, located in Sanyuanfang, south of the city, is the oldest garden in Suzhou. The layout of the whole park is natural and harmonious, which can be called a masterpiece with ingenious conception and appropriate techniques. Together with Lion Grove, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, it is listed as the four major gardens in Suzhou in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The scenery of the whole park is unpretentious and elegant, winning by nature instead of ingenuity.

Lion Grove

Lion Grove is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou with a history of more than 600 years. From the Yuan Dynasty to Zheng Zheng for two years, Wei Ze, a disciple of the famous monk Tian Ru Zen Master, "donated money according to the rate and bought land to build a house to live in his teacher". It is named after "the forest is full of bamboo, and there are many strange stones under the bamboo, which look like a lion". Lion Forest not only has the humanistic landscape of Suzhou classical gardens such as pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, halls and corridors, but also is famous for its grotesque rocks and deep caves, and is known as the "rockery kingdom".

Lingering Garden

Liuyuan was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and it is divided into four scenic spots: the middle part is centered on the mountain pond, and the scenery is quiet; To the east, the hall is magnificent and spacious, and pavilions are stacked; There are heaped-up mountains and maple forests in the west, and the scenery is natural and delicate; The north is idyllic. The layout of the whole garden is rigorous, especially the architectural space is properly handled, ranking first among Suzhou gardens and one of the four famous gardens in China.

the master of nets garden

Master Wang Garden covers an area of about eight acres, less than one-sixth of the humble administrator's garden. But it is small and medium-sized, with rigorous layout, clear focus and rich changes. There is a garden in the garden, and there is a scene outside the scene, which is exquisite and deep. Although there are many buildings, it is not congested. Although the mountain pond is small, it is not cramped, and it is considered as a model of Suzhou classical gardens.

Yiyuan garden

Yiyuan Garden is the latest garden in Suzhou. It absorbs the advantages of other gardens and forms its own characteristics. Due to its compact layout and appropriate technology, Yiyuan Garden has high ornamental value. The whole park covers an area of about nine acres and is long and narrow from east to west. According to local conditions, the landscape is divided into two parts, separated by a corridor, and the corridor wall and flower window communicate the eastern and western scenery, which can increase the depth of field. The eastern part of the corridor is dominated by courtyard buildings, and the curved corridor surrounds the pavilion, dotted with flowers and trees and stone peaks. Looking from the empty window of the winding corridor, all Chinese paintings are meaningful. Langxi is the main attraction of the whole park, with water in the middle and rockeries, flowers and trees and buildings around. The central water surface gathers, the east and west ends are long and narrow, and a curved bridge and sluice are built to show that the water in the pool is inexhaustible. The rockeries in the north of the pool are all made of beautiful lake stones. Although the mountain is not high, there are peaks and valleys, which are set off by tree pavilions.