SuZhou classical Gardens The Lingering Garden was listed from the first as cultural relics of national importance in With an area of 23，310 it is celebrated for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various kinds of architectural Buildings make up one third of the total area of the garden，the hall of which being the most remarkable in S The garden is separated into the middle ，eastern，northern and western The ancestral temple and the house lie to the south of the Featuring man-made mountain and lake scenery in the west and garden courts in the east，the middle part of the garden is the original site of the Xu's East Garden and the Liu's Hanbi Villa，and is regarded as the best part of the whole The eastern，northern and western parts are the extensions of the Sheng's G The eastern part is noted for its strangely shaped limestones，the northern part idyllic scenes，and the western part the delights of woody A winding roofed walkway behind the small entrance of the garden，while leading to the places of quietude，shows the masterly use of contrast between big and small，straight and zigzag，and light and After strolling for about 50 meters，one can catch a glimpse oflattice-windows revealing a half visible landscape garden Interestingly enough，the view is changing at every The middle part of the garden is centered upon a lake with man-made moutain in the north-west and a numger of attractive buildings in the southwest ，such as the Hanbi Moutain Villa ，the Pellucid Tower，the Green Shade Pavilion，the Zigzag Stream Tower，the Hao Pu Pavilion，and the Refreshing Breeze Pavilion by the The mountains made mainly of yellowstones and earth，believed to be desigtned and piled up by Zhou Binzhong，look very much archaic and The admirable Crane House， the Small Garden of Stone Forest， the Return-to-Read Study in the east with the Celestial Hall of Five Peaks as the chief stucture are laid out in such a way that the indoor spaces have been brought into perfect harmony with the outdoor With an evocation of infinity，they are successfully made to be Flanked by the Auspicious Cloud and Mountainous Cloud peaks，the 5-meter-high Cloud-Capped Peak， the highest limestone in the classical gardens of Suzhou， is believed to be left behind by the imperial collector of the Northern Song Dynasty，Mass of buildings， including the Old Hermit Scholars' House， the Cloud-Capped Tower，the Cloud-Capped Terrace and the Awaiting Cloud Temple，are put up to give emphasis to the Cloud-Capped Tower， The northern part is now a bonsai garden in which about 500 valuable bonsai are put on The western part of the garden sets a fine example of good-looking earthen hills studded with yellowstones and covered with maple There is a winding brook lined with peach trees and weeping The number of stelae in the Lingering Garden has never been surpassed by any other gardens in SSuperbly inscribed with the works of more than a hundred calligraphers in the Jin，Tang，Song，Yuan，Ming ，and Qing Dynasties， these invaluable stelae bring to light the evolutionary course of Chinese calligraphy in the past 1，000 The whole garden possesses with pride 42 rooms and halls ， a 670-meter-long roofed walkway，200 lattice-windows of different kinds， 44 parallel couplets and stone carvings ， 373 stelae，and 17 such valuable old trees as gingkoes，southern wistaria， which fall into 8
苏州是一个古老，文明，美丽的城市和苏州园林是良好的世界知名的。Suzhou is an ancient， civilized and beautiful city and the S狮子林 《Lion Grove Garden 》is located on 23 Yuanlin Road， in the northeast of Suzhou-a city with profound cultural background and convenient developmental Lion Grove Garden is one of the four most famous and representative gardens of ancient classical style in Suzhou City！留园 《Lingering Garden 》Covering an area of 23，310 square meters， the Lingering Garden is the best garden in Suzhou as well as being one of the four most famous gardens in C (The others are: the Summer Palace in Beijing， the Mountain Resort of Chengde， and the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou) It is renowned for the artistic way in which the spaces between various kinds of architectural forms are dealt 拙政园《Humble Administrator's Garden》 China's gardens generally can be divided into two kinds: the royal garden， represent by Summer Palace in Beijing and Mountain Resort of Chengde， and the private garden， represent by private gardens in S沧浪亭〈Canglang Pavilion 〉Canglang Pavilion， located south of Suzhou city， is the oldest garden among the existing classical gardens of S It is also one of the four most famous gardens in the city - the others being: "Lion Grove"， "Humble Administrator's Garden" and "Garden for Lingering I" The area used to be the private garden of a Prince of the Five Dynasties (907-960) During the Northern Song Dynasty， the scholar Su Zimei built a pavilion in this garden and named it Canglang P The garden has been rebuilt many times but most of the present garden buildings， simple and plain， date from the Qing D
苏州古典园林的历史可上溯至公元前6世纪春秋时吴王的园囿，私家园林最早见于记载的是东晋(4世纪)的辟疆园，历代造园兴盛，名园日多明清时期，苏州成为中国最繁华的地区，私家园林遍布古城内外16--18世纪全盛时期，苏州有园林200余处，现在保存尚好的有数十处，并因此使苏州素有"人间天堂"的美誉。Classical gardens of Suzhou can be traced back to the 6th century BC when the king's garden of spring， first seen in private gardens is recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century) the Pijiang Park， ancient garden flourished， many famous gardens on the Ming and Qing period， Suzhou， China's most prosperous areas， private gardens throughout the city inside and outside the 16 - 18th century heyday， Suzhou gardens are more than 200， and now there are dozens of preservation is still good and， therefore， Suzhou， known as "paradise" in the 苏州古典园林宅园合一，可赏，可游，可居，这种建筑形态的形成，是在人口密集和缺乏自然风光的城市中，人类依恋自然，追求与自然和谐相处，美化和完善自身居住环境的一种创造。Classical Gardens of Suzhou gardens one can enjoy， can travel， and livable， the formation of this architectural form， in densely populated cities and the lack of natural scenery， human attachment to nature， the pursuit of harmony with nature， beautify and improve their own create a living
