What are the famous classical gardens in Suzhou?

? Generally speaking, Jiangsu gardens belong to the southern garden system. That is, Jiangnan gardens in a broad sense include gardens in southern Jiangsu represented by Suzhou and gardens in northern Jiangsu represented by Yangzhou. And it belongs to a private garden. Most landscape gardens with "literati freehand brushwork" are created for frustrated bureaucrats or literati painters. Most of the existing classical gardens in Jiangsu belong to this category. This literati garden is not only a masterpiece of Jiangsu, but also a masterpiece of China and even the world. Jiangnan garden is the best in the world, and Suzhou garden is the crown of Jiangnan.

In terms of floor space, Humble Administrator's Garden is the largest, and in terms of the number of buildings, Lingering Garden is the crown, representing the masters of Suzhou gardens in Ming and Qing Dynasties respectively. On the other hand, exquisite gardens can't help but mention the "Lu Qin" in the Art Garden and the "Spring Table" in the master garden. These two courtyards can be called the strongest flavor of Suzhou gardens. The European Garden is a garden with the theme of love, and the metaphors carefully arranged by the garden owner make it look like a fairy tale. In the "Millennium Great Change" in the late Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the ideal of scholar-officials living in seclusion in the city is also helpless.

Canglang Pavilion is the oldest garden in Suzhou, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is not large in scale and can be regarded as a medium-sized garden. Because of the small scale, tour groups generally don't come, so it can be very leisurely to visit. There are long corridors around Canglang Pavilion, so it doesn't affect the tour whether it is rainy or hot sun exposure.

Humble Administrator's Garden is a representative of Suzhou and Jiangnan gardens, both in popularity and interior. Personally, I think it's worth seeing. During my visit, the sky suddenly rained for ten minutes, and then cleared up again. The humble administrator's garden, which is rainy and sunny, has a very good artistic conception.

As for other gardens, you can visit them if you have time. They are all good, each with its own characteristics. But if you want to read it in a few days, it will inevitably lead to aesthetic fatigue, so you can only recommend representative ones. Suzhou classical gardens are never tired of seeing, because they are private residential gardens that have lived for generations, and each garden has its own characteristics and personality, so it can become today's world cultural heritage.