Classical Gardens of Suzhou, China in 4K Ultra HD
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou, China are inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site: 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. (Quote from whc.unesco.org/en/list/813).
In the video: Humble Administrator's Garden (0:07), Lion Grove Garden (1:51), Couple's Retreat Garden (3:05), Master of Nets Garden (4:01), Ke Yuan & Canglang Pavilion (4:33), Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty (5:14), Garden of Cultivation (5:46).
Recorded April 2018 in 4K Ultra HD with Sony AX100.
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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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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.
Classical Gardens of Suzhou - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou are a beautiful and intruiging UNESCO World Heritage site. Located in the city of Suzhou, eastern China, this World Heritage site is a series of 9 classical Chinese gardens, all of which are famous in their own right. To really understand and explore this World Heritage site, we headed for two of the most famous: the Humble Administrator's Garden, and the Lingering Garden.
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Garden city：The classical gardens of Suzhou，China
The classical gardens of Suzhou, is a world cultural heritage, national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and one of China's top ten scenic spots. Suzhou Classical Garden is known as the “City of Gardens” and enjoys the reputation of “Jiangnan Garden is the best in the world, Suzhou Garden is the Jiangnan”, and it is known as “Reconstruction in the Palace”.
Suzhou classical gardens began in the Spring and Autumn Period when Wu Guojian was a Gusu, formed in the Five Dynasties, matured in the Song Dynasty, prosperous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 170 gardens of various colors in Suzhou. There are more than 60 preserved and 19 open, mainly including Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Net Master Park, Yi Garden, etc. garden.
Suzhou classical garden has its unique historical status and value in the history of world gardening. It is a superb artistic method of freehand landscapes, with strong Chinese traditional thoughts and cultural connotations. It is a model of gardening art of oriental civilization and a leader of Chinese garden culture. And pride is an outstanding representative of Chinese gardens.
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Classical Gardens of Suzhou - Jiangsu, China.
A group of gardens in Suzhou region, Jiangsu province is known as Classical Gardens of Suzhou and it has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage.
There are four classical gardens in Suzhou City and Lingering Garden is one of them which is situated outside the Changmen gate of Suzhou.
Lion Grove Garden, which is located at 23 Yuanlin Road Suzhou City of Jiangsu Province of China, is famous for the massive and mazy grotto of Taihu rock at the garden’s center.
The Master of the Nets Garden is the smallest garden in Suzhou which is situated on Shiquan Street in Suzhou City. Its total area is 0.54 hectares.
Tiger Hill is known for its natural beauty as well as historical sites which is situated at the northwestern suburb of Suzhou. It is a popular tourist destination.
Fengqiao ( Maple Bridge) town is situated about 5 kilometres west of the old city of Suzhou and Hanshan is a buddhist temple and monastery situated in this Suzhou.
Museum Suzhou which contain a great collection of ancient Chinese art, ancient Chinese paintings, calligraphies and hand-made crafts is situated in Suzhou, Jiangsu,China.
Zhouzhuang, one of the most famous water-towns in China, is situated in Kunshan City, 30 kilometers southeast of Suzhou.
Suzhou isn’t only a city of gardens, but also the silk capital of China. Suzhou Silk Museum is located in this renowned city.
Address: Dongbei Street Pedestrian St, Ping Jiang Qu, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Suzhou is the heart and origin of the world’s oldest and most well known classical Chinese Gardens. These gardens are on UNESCO’s World Heritage site list. Lance, an architect, and Kelly, a landscape designer, from the SF Bay Area experience the synthesis of art, nature, and architecture from several masterpiece gardens in Suzhou, China. They also engage in different aspects of Suzhou’s culture.
These two travelers visit the Master of Nets Garden, which was designed and built during the Song Dynasty almost 1000 years ago. They traverse the rock maze of the Lion Forest Garden, and experience the tranquility of the Couple’s Retreat Garden and more.
Along they way, they see the architectural poetry of the garden-like Suzhou Museum, designed by the world famous architect, I.M. Pei, who also designed the Louvre in Paris.
An exciting excursion to the water town of Tongli, south of the Yangzte River Delta, exposes Lance and Kelly to ancient waterways, bridges and residential architecture. At the 100 year old restaurant, Songhe Lou, they savor Suzhou cuisine like the signature dish Song Shu Gui Yu (fried sweet and sour squirrel-shaped Mandarin fish).
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Couple's Retreat Garden / 耦园 / 耦園 located in Suzhou is a famous classical Chinese garden. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The original garden was built by Lu Jin, prefect of Baoning district, in 1874. It was purchased by Shen Bingcheng, the magistrate of Susong. who rebuilt it in its current form. He also changed the name to the Couple's Garden Retreat. This name refers to the garden's two parts and alludes to a couple. It is recognized with other classical Suzhou gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The 0.33 ha garden is divided into an east and west section by the residential core in the middle; an unusual composition for a classical garden. The eccentric design is continued in the form and details of many of the garden buildings, especially the Taoism Tower. The garden is located in the intersection of canals and is surrounded by water on three sides. It is accessible directly from the canal by boat. The West garden is composed of several structures grouped around a small grotto and a Library annex. It is structurally joined to the central residence. East Garden is the main garden of the complex. It consists of a grotto and pond ringed by a covered walkway that connects the structures. A smaller fruit orchard annex is attached.
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But Americans only need to travel as far Portland, Oregon, Suzhou’s sister city, to get a taste of Suzhou’s famous gardens. The Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland was constructed in 2000 to mirror Suzhou’s “Master of the Nets” garden. And it’s a sight to see.
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