Garden Rock - painting by Lan Ying 1641

North CHINA

Beijing

• Gong Zi Tong - Tsinghua University Garden

Please visit, through LINKAGE:     H-Shaped House

East CHINA

JIANGSU

Shanghai Area

Shanghai

• Yu Yuan - an " Urban Mountain Forest."

• Zuibai Pond
• Square Pagoda Park
• Qiuxia Nursery
• Qushui Garden
• Grand View Garden
• Huilong Pond
• Guyi Garden

Zhujiajiao Water Town

Kezhi Yuan

The name Kezhi is made up of the characters 课 (kè) which means

" to learn " and 植 (zhí) which means " to plant & cultivate ".

• Kezhi [ Ma Family Residence ] Gardens.

Please visit About.com, through LINKAGE:             KeZhi Garden Photo

Please visit the  WELCOME   message, before entering the Suzhou Gardens;

then enjoy the wanderings of Chinese writer Lu Wenfu, on the UNESCO courier - World Heritage site; through LINKAGE:   SOUL of SUZHOU gardens

Please visit some of Suzhou's Classical Gardens, through LINKAGE:                          CLASSICAL

And / Or visit read some information on them found at Ancient Worlds, through LINKAGE:               Classical Read

And / Or visit some information on Chinese gardens and in particular, the Master of the Nets & the Humble Administrators gardens; through  South West Grid for Learning / Somerset County Council & the European Garden Heritage Network LINKAGE:

                            The Story of Gardens

And / Or visit, the following, through LINKAGE:  cnta

• Zhou Zheng Yuan ( Humble Administrator's Garden ) 1506

Please visit through szzzy.cn,  LINKAGE:   History   &   Gallery

A wonderful photo to REFLECT upon the ' HUMBLE Administrator's Garden.'

• Liu Yuan ( The Garden to Linger In ) 1595

Please visit the garden's official web site, through LINKAGE:

                                 Liu Garden

Please visit a descriptive translation, through LINKAGE:  Taohai.com

Please visit a China Excursion of 2005, which visited the Lingering Garden, through jimgweb.com LINKAGE:  

                       Lingering

• Wang Shi Yaun   ( Garden of the Master of Fishing Nets 1440 )

Please click on the above photo, to take you (courtesy of Professor Patricia Ebrey and the University of Washington) to " Master of the Nets."

Please visit the garden and enjoy it's relaxing music, also; through YouTube video clip LINKAGE:

                  akersss - The net master garden at Suzhou

Please visit hpmuseum.org, through LINKAGE:      Master of Nets & some

• Huanxiu ( Circular Grace ) Mountain Villa

Please visit, through china.org.cn LINKAGE:

               Huanziu Mountain Villa

• Cang Lang Ting ( Pavilion of Surging Waves ) 1044

• Shi Zi Lin   ( Lion Grove - Yuan Dynasty Garden 1336 )

• Yi Pu Yuan -  Ming Dynasty  (  Garden of Arts - Garden of Cultivation )

Please visit, through   ccttours-Rediscovering China LINKAGE:

                              Garden of Cultivation

through arts.cultural-china.com                Yipu Yuan 

and through terebess.hu        Jingting Mountain Cottage                   

• Ou Yuan - Qing Dynasty ( Couple's Garden )

Please visit, through szzzy.cn, LINKAGE:    The Couple's Retreat

through  ccttours.com Rediscovering China   East & West Gardens

and through terebess.hu      The Couple's Garden Retreat

• Xi Yuan ( Western Garden )

• Huqiu Shan ( Tiger Hill ) 500

• Tuisi Yuan ( Garden of Retreat and Reflection)

Tusi Yuan is a tiny & delicate China garden; located in Tongli - Wujiang County - an aged-old and well preserved water township, on the outskirts of Suzhou.

Please visit through China-tongli.com LINKAGE:

                        Tuisiyuan

and through ccttours.com Rediscovering China    

                        The Retreat and Reflection Garden

• Yi Yuan - Qing Dynasty    ( The Garden of Pleasure  )

This is the most recently constructed of the Suzhou gardens and embodies much of the elements of all the rest, that preceeeded it.

Please visit, through  terebess.hu  LINKAGE:      Garden of Pleasance

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  Chang Yuan ( Free Garden )
• Hui Min Yuan

• The Garden of Meditation
• The Garden of Herbs
• The Garden of Harmony
• The Garden of Secluded Beauty
• The Garden of Whispering Maples

Please now visit a Suzhou Garden Elements site, through LINKAGE:

                         APPRECIATION

before moving on...