The Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) in Suzhou is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous Chinese gardens of Suzhou.
This garden is considered to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
The garden's site was first built a garden during the Shaoxing period (1131-1162)
of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The garden contains numerous pavilions and bridges...
set among a maze of
connected pools and islands.
It consists of three major parts set about a
large lake: the central part (Zhuozheng Yuan),
the eastern part (once
called Guitianyuanju, Dwelling Upon Return to the Countryside),
and a
western part (the Supplementary Garden).
The house lies in the south of
the garden.
In total, the garden contains 48 different buildings with
101 tablets, 40 steles,
21 precious old trees, and over 700 Suzhou-style penzai.
