Post by blackcloud on May 6, 2015 4:54:10 GMT -5
Garden of the Master of the Net is one of four famous gardens in Suzhou affordable china tours together with the Humble Administrators’ Garden, Lingering Garden, and Lion’s Grove Garden. It is the smallest in Suzhou but is considered one of the best preserved in the city.
It began to be laid out in 1174 A.D. and named “Hidden Fisherman”. Then it went to seed and finally was restored around 1765 (Qing Dynasty) as the part of the home of a retired official. Although it once belonged to several owners in its history, these owners were refined scholars; so many valuable and masterful tablet stones were left behind. The garden is separated into two sections - west and east sections. The eastern section is the residential area and is a linear sequence of four halls, one tower and three courtyards China tourism. The western section is an inner garden where a courtyard contains the Spring Rear Cottage, the master’s study.
The most remarkable feature of this garden is the best use of space - the labyrinth of courtyards China Photo Tour, with windows framing other parts of the garden is ingeniously designed to give the illusion of a much larger area.
There are two ways to enter the garden. One is from alley of Shiquan Street, the other is via Kuojiatou Lane, an alley off Daichengqiao Lu. By the way, music performances such as Kunqu Opera, Pingtan, are held in the evening.
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