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Humble Administrator's Garden
funny tree in Han Shan SiHumble Administrator's Garden
This garden is my personal favorite. In my opinion, it reprensents the peak development of traditional suzhou garden architecture.
It is somewhat a little different from other suzhou gardens which are all pretty "hidden" and "winded", it creates a very open feeling a with a pond full of lotuses. It overcomes the "smallness" of suzhou gardens and well reserve all the "delicate" and "detailed" features of suzhou gardens.
Its famous feature is the arrangement of "Water" as opposed to "Stone" in Wang Shi Garden.
As a Suzhou local, I like this garden so much that I visited there pretty often. :-) My favorite visit is when it is little raining (and just before the Garden is going to close). There would be fewer tourists in the otherwise overcroweded garden. Rain matches the water scheme of the garden perfectly. The dark roof will turn darker and the green pond will be greener. Sit in one of the pavilions or covered bridge, watch the pond and listen to the rain, you can get what a Suzhou garden really means by then.
