Lion forest 1
Lion Grove is one of the four famous gardens in Suzhou with a history of more than 650 years. No.23, Garden Road, Northeast corner, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, covers an area of 1. 1 hectare, with an open area of 0.88 hectares.
2. Canglang Pavilion
Canglang Pavilion, a world cultural heritage, is located near Sanyuanfang in the south of Suzhou. It is the oldest existing garden in Suzhou. Canglang Pavilion covers an area of 1.08 hectares. "Canglang Pavilion" began as a pool hall where Qian Yuanlin, the king of Guangling in Wu Yue State, had a close relationship with Sun Chengyou, the envoy of Wu Jun in the Five Dynasties.
3. Humble Administrator's Garden
Humble Administrator's Garden is located in the northeast corner of Suzhou City (Northeast Street 178). Up to 20 14, it is still the largest classical garden in Suzhou, covering an area of 78 mu (about 5.2 hectares). The whole park is centered on water, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with pavilions, lush flowers and trees, and has strong characteristics of Jiangnan water town.
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Located outside the gate of chāng, Suzhou, it was built in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (1522 ~ 1566), and another information: Lingering Garden was built in Tianshun four years of Ming Dynasty (1460). Originally the East Garden of Xu Shitai in the Ming Dynasty, it was owned by Liu Rongfeng in the Qing Dynasty and renamed as Hanbilou, commonly known as "Liuyuan". In the second year of Guangxu in Qing dynasty, it was taken from Sheng and the name stayed in the garden.
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Architectural features of Suzhou gardens;
1, artistic features
According to local records, Suzhou gardens have their own artistic characteristics in layout, structure and style. The four classical gardens, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Huanxiu Villa, which originated in the heyday of Suzhou classical gardens, fully embody the national characteristics and level of gardening art in China.
2. Artistic concept
China's gardening art has a deep historical origin with China's literature and painting art, especially influenced by the literati's freehand brushwork landscape painting in Tang and Song Dynasties, and it is a model of literati's freehand brushwork landscape simulation. In the course of its development, China gardens have formed two series: royal gardens and private gardens. The former is concentrated in Beijing and the latter is represented by Suzhou.
3. Cultural significance
Suzhou gardeners use unique gardening techniques, in a limited space, by stacking mountains and managing water, planting flowers and trees, configuring garden buildings, and using a large number of plaques, couplets, paintings and calligraphy, sculptures, steles, furniture furnishings and various ornaments to reflect ancient philosophical concepts, cultural awareness and aesthetic taste, thus forming a poetic literati landscape garden, so that people can "not go out of the city."
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Gardens in Suzhou