Classical Gardens of Suzhou
This video explores the classical gardens of Suzhou, which are considered to be some of the most beautiful gardens in China.
Suzhou Garden Museum
In order to commemorate the 2,500' anniversary year of Suzhou, a Gardens Museum was established inside the Zhuozheng Garden. Its buildings use the former residential structures of the garden. The southern part of the museum adjoins Northeast Street; the north is connected to the flower gardens of the Zhuozheng Garden. The whole covers 1,696 square meters, with an architectural space of 1,350 square meters. The exhibitions in this museum mainly introduce the history of Suzhou's ancient gardens, plus their current conditions and the technology of building gardens. There are four exhibition halls.
The first describes the objective reasons for basing such superlative gardens in Suzhou: the preconditions, including mountains and rivers, the ancient history, the flourishing economy, the confluence of peoples and the many generations of skilled artisans.
The second describes the history of the gardens. This gives a comprehensive overview of their development and progress. The gardens began in the Spring and Autumn periods of the Zhou dynasty, long before China was unified in 221 BC. By the time of the Wei, Jin and the North and South dynasties, temples and private families were creating different kinds of gardens. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, piled up rocks became the rage, in the Ming and Qing eras garden pavilions flourished.
The third hall introduces the contours and styles of Suzhou's ancient gardens as they are today, as well as the international influence of these gardens.
The fourth introduces garden construction. This reflects the many-layered approach of Suzhou's gardens the layering of mountains, water, buildings, flowers, trees. All are blended together to form the four great traits of a garden. Traditional artistic constraints are used to create both poetic meaning and visual results.
The main displays in this museum are models that show arrangements of gardens, especially those that no longer exist. There are twenty-four such displays, including Suzhou-style gardens built abroad and other famous gardens of the South. Zhuozheng Garden is an example of gardens within the museum; it uses miniature mountains and rock crags to create its illusions. A number of other gardens use water as their main component. Both the gardens themselves and the museum are well worth visiting.
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Classical Gardens of Suzhou (UNESCO/NHK)
Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design.
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the city of classical gardens---Suzhou
Suzhou is very famous for its gardens and we recommend either going to the Humble Administrators Garden or the Garden of the Master of Nets. Both gardens were built in the traditional Southern Chinese style, that landscaping is done according the water lines and is very different from the bold and extravagant gardens in Northern China. Head over if you want a place to relax. You can stroll through the many pavilions and embrace the lovely nature that surrounds you.
The newly built Suzhou Museum is also worth a visit, as are Shan Tang Roads and Ping Jiang Road. These 2 streets will be buzzing with people and you can sample delicious snacks. The most scenic form of transportation in Suzhuo is the Wu Peng Boat.
Suzhou Garden Museum / 苏州园林博物馆
In order to commemorate the 2,500' anniversary year of Suzhou, a Gardens Museum was established inside the Zhuozheng Garden. Its buildings use the former residential structures of the garden. The southern part of the museum adjoins Northeast Street; the north is connected to the flower gardens of the Zhuozheng Garden. The whole covers 1,696 square meters, with an architectural space of 1,350 square meters. The exhibitions in this museum mainly introduce the history of Suzhou's ancient gardens, plus their current conditions and the technology of building gardens. There are four exhibition halls.
The first describes the objective reasons for basing such superlative gardens in Suzhou: the preconditions, including mountains and rivers, the ancient history, the flourishing economy, the confluence of peoples and the many generations of skilled artisans.
The second describes the history of the gardens. This gives a comprehensive overview of their development and progress. The gardens began in the Spring and Autumn periods of the Zhou dynasty, long before China was unified in 221 BC. By the time of the Wei, Jin and the North and South dynasties, temples and private families were creating different kinds of gardens. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, piled up rocks became the rage, in the Ming and Qing eras garden pavilions flourished.
The third hall introduces the contours and styles of Suzhou's ancient gardens as they are today, as well as the international influence of these gardens.
The fourth introduces garden construction. This reflects the many-layered approach of Suzhou's gardens the layering of mountains, water, buildings, flowers, trees. All are blended together to form the four great traits of a garden. Traditional artistic constraints are used to create both poetic meaning and visual results.
The main displays in this museum are models that show arrangements of gardens, especially those that no longer exist. There are twenty-four such displays, including Suzhou-style gardens built abroad and other famous gardens of the South. Zhuozheng Garden is an example of gardens within the museum; it uses miniature mountains and rock crags to create its illusions. A number of other gardens use water as their main component. Both the gardens themselves and the museum are well worth visiting.
Suzhou Museum & Chinese Gardens in HD
The Suzhou Museum was designed by I.M.Pei.
Suzhou: What to Do in China's Venice of the East | GoPro Video
Today, we decided to bring our GoPro and wander through Suzhou, a city west of Shanghai, best known for its meticulously manicured gardens, romantic canals with arched stone bridges, pagodas, and temples dotted amongst the modern city elements.
Today, Suzhou is one of the largest and most prosperous industrial cities in China. It is also one of China’s most popular tourist destinations full of UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites. Prepare to be whisked away from the noise and chaos of the city to the peaceful symbolic life of the 'Venice of China'.
It makes a great one or two-day tour outside of Shanghai, being just one and a half hours by car or 25 minutes on the high-speed train.
This GoPro video shows you the five most important attractions you should visit to make the most of your trip to Suzhou:
- Shantang Old Street
- Humble Administrator's Garden
- Tiger Hill
- Luzhi Town
- Suzhou Modern Architecture
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The Renowned Gardens of Suzhou
Classical Chinese garden design aims to create a flawless miniature landscape and emphasize the profound harmony between man and nature — and Suzhou’s gardens are regarded as masterpieces of the genre.
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A Day in Suzhou
We enjoyed a lovely day in Suzhou, China. Key highlights were The Humble Administrators Garden, street food and the beautiful Pingjiang Road.
Suzhou/苏州 - the cradle of Wu culture
Day 2 of your little Christmas trip. We took the high-speed train in the morning from Hangzhou East railway station to Suzhou and explored the old city of Suzhou which is surrounded by the ancient encircling Grand Canal. Main attraction of the day was the Humble Administrator's Garden/拙政园, which is considered to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
Kunqu opera comes to Suzhou gardens
Ancient melodies heard in iconic Chinese garden! Kunqu, the cradle of all Chinese operas, has come to the Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Serenaded by the opera, the gardens are now giving a different offering...
魅力苏州Suzhou
Suzhou is one of the most beautiful city in China, which is called Eastern Venice and heaven. The city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed gardens which have contributed to its status as a great tourist attraction. Since the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Suzhou has also been an important centre for China's silk industry and continues to hold that prominent position today.
Culture
1.The Yunyan Pagoda, or Huqiu Tower, a tower that is now leaning due to lack of foundational support (half soil, half rock), built during the latter part of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era (907-960 AD).
2. The Beisi Pagoda of Suzhou, built between 1131 and 1162 during the Song Dynasty (with later renovations), 76 m (243 ft) tall.
3. Chinese opera: Kunqu originates in the Suzhou region, as does the much later Suzhou Opera. Ballad-singing, or Suzhou pingtan, is a local form of storytelling that mixes singing (accompanied on the pipa) with portions in spoken dialect.
4. Silk
5. Handicrafts: Suzhou embroidery, fans, national musical instruments, scroll mounting, lanterns, mahogany furniture, jade carving, silk tapestry, traditional painting pigments of Jiangenxutang Studio, the New Year's wood-block prints of Taohuawu Studio.
6. Paintings
7. Calligraphic art
8. Cuisine: Yangcheng Lake huge crab
9. Suzhou Silk Hand Embroidery Art
10. Suzhou is the original place of Jasmine, a song sung by Chinese singers or actresses thousands of times on the occasions of almost every important meetings or celebrations. Jasmine is also the symbol of Suzhou as well as Tai Hu Lake.
11. Suzhou Gardens: Gardens in Suzhou have an ancient history. The first garden in Suzhou belonged to the emperor of Wu State in Spring and Autumn Period (BC 600). More than 200 gardens existed in Suzhou between 16th century and 18th century. Gardens in Suzhou were built according to the style of Chinese Paintings. Every view in a garden can be seen as a piece of Chinese Painting and the whole garden is a huge piece of Chinese Paintings. At present, the Humble Administrator's Garden, built in 16th, is the largest private garden in Suzhou. It belonged to by Wang Xianchen, an imperial censor.[4]
Suzhou embroidery together with embroidery of Hunan, Sichuan and Guangdong are called as
the Four Famous Embroideries. Suzhou tapestry method is done in fine silks and gold thread. Other art forms found in this area are sculpture, Song brocade, jade and rosewood carving.
12. The Suzhou Museum has a rich collection of relics from many eras. The collection includes revolutionary records, stele carving, folk customs, drama and verse, Suzhou embroidery, silk cloth, gardens, coins and Buddhist artifacts.[5]
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SUZHOU - Humble Administrator Garden
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园 ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou.
It is the largest garden in Suzhou and is considered by some to be the finest garden in all of southern China.
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ZHENGZHOU - Henan Museum: SUZHOU - Lingering Garden & Grand Canal
“Beautiful places are almost alive! When you visit them, you can feel their breaths!” - Mehmet Murat
Our final day in Zhengzhou ended with a visit to China’s oldest museum - Henan Museum - a history and archaeology museum that is home to many relics including dinosaur bones and fossils; bronze vessels; and pottery and porcelain wares from the various dynasties in China’s history. It was interesting to learn that some relics had been unearthed during recent construction works in the local area.
Following our museum visit we then boarded our coach to transfer to Zhengzhou Railway Station for our high-speed train ride to Suzhou. We farewelled James our tour guide and obediently teamed up with our Aussie co-travellers and hastily manoeuvred ourselves (and luggage) on to the train. Although we had already completed one high-speed train ride, our excitement could not be contained when this train recorded a speed of 350km/hr …. WOW!!!
After our 4.5hr trip, we finally arrived at Suzhou Railway station and promptly exited the train and proceeded to haul our luggage through the terminus to search for our diligent Cruise 1st flag-waving tour guide …. BINGO we had found him! Joe calmly directed us to a cavalcade of waiting coaches.
After settling in to our hotel room, we decided to explore the nearby restaurants for our dinner options. It was here that we utilised some expert Pictionary skills and the odd ‘game’ of Charades to successfully communicate our order with the patient and friendly staff. Our order promptly arrived, and the staff eagerly waited for confirmation that we were satisfied with our meals. They were impressed to see two big smiles with an accompanying thumbs up.
Next morning, we visited the famous Lingering Garden – a renowned classical Chinese garden that is recognised as a World Heritage Site. There is much to explore at Lingering Garden, and we moseyed through the themed sections admiring the diversity of buildings, towering trees, fantastic rockeries, ponds and beautiful Bonsais.
Our next quest was to “Venice of the East”, where we embarked on a short cruise boat ride on a tributary (city moat) of the ancient Suzhou Grand Canal. As we cruised past several old city gates, fascinating bridges and weathered buildings, we were fascinated to learn this section of the Canal was built in 852AD. Joe provided us with an expert commentary and explained numerous interesting facts and history about the canal and the surrounding area. DID YOU KNOW? The Grand Canal is the longest (1776km) as well as the oldest canal or artificial river in the world!
China is known for its silk, so of course a visit to the Silk Spinning Factory was in order and ended with the small purchase of some comfy silk socks and jocks. Afterwards, we boarded our coach for a 2hr coach ride to our next destination - Hangzhou. With grumbling tummies, we eagerly ventured out to explore the nearby restaurants and shops for some dinner. We eventually agreed on a quaint restaurant, and much to the amusement of the helpful staff, we courageously selected our meals from the photos on the board.
We happily settled into our hotel room and celebrated our unforgettable adventures!
Time to hit the road!
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The Silk Museum, Suzhou, China
This is a part of the tour of the Silk Museum in Suzhou. If you go, the store at the end is amazing. Be ready to shop!