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SuZhou Industrial ParkHumble Administrator's Garden - Zhuozheng Yuan
It is the largest private garden in Suzhou and also one of the four most famous classic gardens in China (the others are: Summer Palace, Mountain Resort of Chengde and Garden for Lingering In).
It was build by imperial inspector who returned to Suzhou after retiring from public service. The name Humble Administrator's Garden was inspired by the essay 'To cultivate my garden and sell my vegetable crop is the policy of humble man'.
The gardens main feature is a central pond around which are focused ingoing streams, bridges, islands of bamboo, pavilions, terraces, chambers. The garden ‘borrows’ a near by pagoda (built outside in the city) and incorporates the sight of it into garden layout. There is specially one really nice view of it over the pond, the bridge, the greenery and the wall.
There is also a small museum that explains Chinese basic landscape-gardening concepts (most important text is translated in English).
Opening hours: 8 am to 16 pm
Admission fee: 50 RMB (you can also buy a multiple ticket for a 5 pack of gardens - 100 RMB for students, more expensive if there are flower shows in the gardens)
