Suzhou is not only a unique water city, but also a garden city integrating oriental garden architecture. Since ancient times, Suzhou has enjoyed the reputation of "the first garden in the south of the Yangtze River, and the first garden in the south of the Yangtze River in Suzhou". According to historical documents, Suzhou bonsai modeling techniques originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming Dynasty, matured in the Qing Dynasty and developed in modern times. Fan Chengda, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, lived in seclusion in Shihu, Suzhou. He has listed many bonsai made by Shi Ying, Lingbi and Taihu Stone, and named them Tianzhu Peak and Little Emei for viewing. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Suzhou bonsai art was very popular, and it became a fashion for the rich to stack bedstead houses to build gardens and the citizens to put pots for scenery. In the Qing Dynasty, the production of Suzhou bonsai was the most prosperous in Huqiu Shantang area, with more than 10 large bonsai gardens. Shen Chu's "Recalling Jiangnan" said: "Suzhou is good, Xiaoshu pond. Half an inch of pine withered, a punch of aragonite moss. Draw xiaoxiang in the basin. "