It stands out and is known as the "Mother of Gardens in the World". Where is it?

There is paradise above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Suzhou and Hangzhou are both representative cities in the Jiangnan region. They have been the rich and noble places of China's outstanding people since ancient times. These two cities have beautiful scenery and the elegance of the Jiangnan water towns. At the same time, it has cultural heritage and is the favorite place for Chinese talented poets and literati. Until now, these two cities still attract many tourists who want to see the elegance of Jiangnan.

The most attractive thing about Suzhou is its gardens. Suzhou is known as the "City of Gardens". The construction of private gardens here began in the 6th century BC. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, they were still there. More than 170 gardens have been preserved. Suzhou gardens are a typical architectural form in ancient times, showing the exquisite architecture of China. Suzhou gardens emphasize the integration of house and garden, and pursue the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Therefore, Suzhou gardens can also be said to be It is a combination of classical Chinese philosophy, history, and humanities.

There are more than 50 classical gardens in Suzhou. Due to their exquisite construction and unique characteristics, in 1997, the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Master of the Nets Garden and the Huanxiu Villa were included in the World Cultural Heritage List; in 2000 In 2006, Canglang Pavilion, Lion Grove Garden, Couple Garden, Art Garden and Tuisi Garden were also listed as world cultural heritage as extension projects of Suzhou classical gardens.

Among so many gardens, the Humble Administrator’s Garden is considered to be the representative of Suzhou gardens. The Humble Administrator’s Garden is one of the four famous gardens in Jiangnan and is also considered the first of the four famous gardens. And it has the reputation of "the mother of gardens in the world". Why can the Humble Administrator's Garden stand out from so many exquisitely constructed gardens in Suzhou and become the uncrowned king?

The mother of gardens in the world - the Humble Administrator's Garden

The Humble Administrator's Garden, located in Suzhou, Jiangsu, was built during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a representative of Suzhou's classical gardens and has a history of 400 years. With many years of history and more than 400 years, the Humble Administrator's Garden has gone through many twists and turns, but it is still the largest existing classical garden in Suzhou. It has exquisite architecture, a typical Jiangnan residential style, and has strong Jiangnan water town characteristics.

The Humble Administrator’s Garden covers an area of ​​about 78 acres, about 52,000 square meters, and is divided into four parts: east, west, and middle and residential areas. Among them, the east, west, and middle parts are relatively independent. It is unique. The east garden is open and spacious, the middle garden is the essence of the whole garden, the west garden has exquisite architecture, and the residence is located in the south garden. The style of the south garden is the traditional layout of Jiangnan residential buildings.

The Humble Administrator's Garden has now been included in the "World Heritage List" and is a 5A-level tourist attraction in my country. In the south of the park, there is the Suzhou Garden Museum, which is a thematic museum about gardens. The Humble Administrator's Garden The reason why it can become the representative of Suzhou gardens is that it perfectly embodies the construction concept of Suzhou gardens.

The construction style of the Humble Administrator's Garden

Suzhou gardens can be seen as a Jiangnan cultural and historical tradition and a condensation of local customs. Suzhou gardens attach great importance to landscapes, flowers and stones, pavilions, Terraces, buildings, pavilions, springs, stones, flowers, and trees are combined together in a limited space, through stacking mountains and water, planting flowers and trees, arranging garden buildings, and matching them with a large number of plaques, couplets, calligraphy, paintings, sculptures and other cultural landscapes , to achieve the feeling of literati's freehand landscape painting, the perfect integration of nature and humanity.

The Humble Administrator’s Garden is a classical garden that is “famous for water and dominated by flowers and trees.” According to “Wang’s Notes on the Humble Administrator’s Garden,” the Humble Administrator’s Garden “occupies many gaps with accumulated water in them. "With a little dredging and surrounded by trees," it is a garden that is shaped by the water level. The water surface of the entire garden is nearly six acres, accounting for about one-third of the garden area. Many of the pavilions and pavilions in the garden were built due to the water potential. A large amount of water is used to highlight the cheerful pattern of the garden.

Flowers and trees are also a major feature of the Humble Administrator’s Garden. The Humble Administrator’s Garden has always been known for its “excellent forests.” Two-thirds of the thirty-one scenes in the Humble Administrator’s Garden are related to plants. To this day, the Humble Administrator’s Garden The political garden has also preserved a large number of plant landscapes. Lotus, camellia and rhododendron are the three famous characteristic flowers. In addition, there are also crabapples in Tangchunwu, willows in Liuyin Road, loquat garden and Jiashi Pavilion. Loquat, pine, bamboo, cypress, etc. from Zhenting.

The main attractions of the Humble Administrator's Garden

There are many scenic spots worth visiting in the Humble Administrator's Garden, such as the Xiang Pavilion in the East Garden, Hanqing Pavilion, and Tianquan Pavilion; Xiangzhou, Xuexiangyunwei Pavilion, Pine Fengshui Pavilion; Li Pavilion in the West Garden, Yiliang Pavilion, Thirty-Six Yuanyang Pavilion, etc. The construction styles in each garden are both unified and have their own characteristics. They are the culmination of Chinese classical gardens. .

The Garden Museum in the Humble Administrator's Garden was built in 1992. It is China's first garden-themed museum. This museum introduces China's garden history, garden art, garden culture, Garden inheritance, etc., show the charm of Suzhou gardens and the beauty of ancient Chinese classical architecture to the public, and can comprehensively understand the development of Chinese gardens. It is also a very worthwhile attraction.