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Humble Administrator's Garden
The Humble Administrator's Garden is a landmark classical garden, arranging pavilions, corridors and planting around a poetic waterscape.
Why it matters
Humble Administrator's Garden
Created in the Ming period, the Humble Administrator's Garden arranges islands, pavilions, bridges and planting around water. Its importance lies in how framed and borrowed views make a limited site feel continually changing.
← Back to the city guideWhat to notice
- 01A spacious composition organised around water
- 02Signature spaces such as Yuanxiang Hall and the Little Flying Rainbow
- 03Classical techniques of framed and borrowed views
Suzhou · Humble Administrator's Garden
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