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  2. Classical Gardens of Suzhou - Wikipedia

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    [5] In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou along with one in the nearby ancient town of Tongli were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens. [4] Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang, Ji Cheng, Ge Yuliang, and Chen Congzhou.

  3. Canglang Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    It is the oldest of the UNESCO gardens in Suzhou, keeping its original Song dynasty layout. [1] The name is derived from a verse in the poem Fishermen by Qu Yuan (ca. 340 BCE-278 BCE), a poet from the southern state of Chu during the Warring States period , in his book Songs of the South , "If the Canglang River is dirty I wash my muddy feet ...

  4. List of Chinese gardens - Wikipedia

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    This picture of the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai (created in 1559) shows all the elements of a classical Chinese garden – water, architecture, vegetation, and rocks. This is a list of Chinese-style gardens both within China and elsewhere in the world.

  5. Chinese garden - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese garden is a landscape garden style which has evolved over three thousand years. It includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and members of the imperial family, built for pleasure and to impress, and the more intimate gardens created by scholars, poets, former government officials, soldiers and merchants, made for reflection and escape from the outside world.

  6. Lion Grove Garden - Wikipedia

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    The 1.1 ha garden is divided into two main parts, a housing complex and rockery around a central pond. [5] In addition to the 22 buildings the garden also houses 25 tablets, 71 steles, 5 carved wooden screens, and 13 ancient specimen trees, some dating back to the Yuan Dynasty. [4] The garden is most famous for its elaborate grotto of taihu rocks.

  7. Master of the Nets Garden - Wikipedia

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    The garden demonstrates Chinese garden designers' adept skills for synthesizing art, nature, and architecture to create unique metaphysical masterpieces. The Master of the Nets is particularly regarded among garden connoisseurs for its mastering the techniques of relative dimension, contrast, foil, sequence and depth, and borrowed scenery.

  8. Category:Buildings and structures in Suzhou - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Classical Gardens of Suzhou (13 P) Commercial buildings in Suzhou (1 C, ... Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Suzhou"

  9. Garden of Cultivation - Wikipedia

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    The Garden of Cultivation (Chinese: 艺圃; pinyin: Yì Pǔ) is one of the best preserved examples of a Ming Dynasty classical garden in Suzhou. It is part of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou on UNESCO's World Heritage Site list. "Due to its special history, this Garden was virtually unknown before it was listed as a UN World Cultural Heritage ...

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