China Garden Hotel

Amazing detailed figurines on rooftops

by SLLiew

One of the roofs of the Suzhou gardens has a shape of the flowing body of a dragon.

Many of the roof tops have different figures of mystical animals. The details of some are amazing.

Do not forget to zoom your camera on the roof top while wandering through the gardens below.

Wu Zheng water township

by traveller0070

There are six water towns, Zhouzhuang, Tongli, Luzhi, Nanxun, Wuzhen and Xitang, are located in the Jiangnan region of China, to the south of the Yangtze River. These towns are situated along the border of two provinces, thus occupying the far south of Jiangsu province and the far north of Zhejiang province.

The six towns are each surrounded by lakes and marshes and have streams and waterways branching through them. The layouts of the towns are similar, with a characteristic style of “houses amidst small bridges and murmuring brooks”. Buildings are situated alongside waterways and stone-paved roads are connected across watercourses with stone arch bridges. The streets parallel to waterways are commercial, with a width of between one and a half and three meters. The perpendicular streets are small lanes which connect neighborhoods. Buildings are arranged in rows and are usually two-stories high. Most are courtyard buildings and are typically constructed of brick and timber. The light coloured walls and dark roofs of the buildings lend the towns their distinctive ‘black and white’ motif.

Suzhou - Venice of China

by aukahkay

"Suzhou - gardens and canals"

As the saying goes - 'Gardens to the south of Yangtze River are the best in the world, and Suzhou gardens are the best among them'. These gardens attain their high reputation not only for their vast numbers, but also for their charming natural beauty and harmonious construction. At present more than 60 gardens are kept intact in Suzhou, and a series of them have been listed in the World Heritage List, including the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Garden of Master of Nets and the Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty. The double-chessboard layout of Suzhou, with 'the streets and rivers go side by side while the water and land routes run in parallel', are preserved basically intact.