Suzhou, China
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou (traditional Chinese: 蘇州園林; simplified Chinese: 苏州园林; pinyin: Sūzhōu yuánlín; Suzhounese: sou1-tseu1 yoe2-lin2) are a group of gardens in the city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu, China, that are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties, these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas. The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and…
- City
- Suzhou
- Country
- China
- Category
- Park
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Suzhou
- Humble Administrator's Garden
- Tiger Hill Pagoda
- Precious Belt Bridge
- Suzhou Industrial Park
- Hanshan Temple
- Master of the Nets Garden
Background: Wikipedia