The Humble Administrator's Garden- A Unesco Classical Garden of Suzhou
After a quick 30 minute bullet train ride from Shanghai train station distancing 100 kilometers, one arrives at Suzhou , a beautiful ancient city which was originally built in the fourth year of the Zhengde period of the Ming dynasty . The Humble Administrator's Garden , covering 5.2 hectares is one of the four most famous gardens in China. It is divided into the eastern, middle and western parts. Centering around the broad expanse of a lake, the poetic and picturesque garden landscapes and waters-capes with exquisite buildings and luxuriant vegetation, seems to be changing at every step and awakening reminisces of the Venetian scenes in the area south of the lower Yangtze . These scenes are rustic, archaic, extensive and naturalistic. As a whole, it has kept the style of the Ming dynasty and was inscribed on the UNESCO World heritage list in 2007.