If I have to say a general impression, I think Suzhou Gardens are specimens of gardens in China.

If I have to say a general impression, I think Suzhou gardens are specimens of gardens all over China, and "specimens" are "models, representatives and standards".

This sentence comes from Ye Shengtao's Suzhou Garden. Suzhou Garden is one of Ye Shengtao's representative works. From the perspective of tourists, the author summarizes the similarities and differences of Suzhou gardens in a large number of ways, and then explains them in many ways. This passage is like a key, which opens the mystery of the beauty of Suzhou gardens.

Suzhou Gardens is the preface written by Mr. Ye Shengtao for a Suzhou Garden Album. At the beginning of 1979, a publishing house in Hong Kong planned to publish an album introducing Suzhou gardens, and asked Ye Lao to preface it. Ye Lao lived in Suzhou until he was 22 years old. In his spare time, he often visits Suzhou gardens with friends, and he has a deep understanding of the tastes and characteristics of Suzhou gardens. In writing this preface, he referred to Suzhou Gardens edited by Professor Chen Congzhou.

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The artistic conception of Suzhou gardens is largely expressed by asking names. Humble Administrator's Garden, excerpted from "Leisurely, this is the rule of my stupid people". Although you can't rule the country and level the world, you can be immune to it. From the exquisite design of Humble Administrator's Garden, we can know that the administration of Humble Administrator's Garden is also ingenious.

Humble Administrator's Garden can be regarded as an academic school among many gardens in Suzhou. Its scale is the largest in Suzhou gardens, and its layout is relatively neat. Here you can see some gardening techniques, such as borrowing scenery and contrasting scenery. The layout of various elements in the park, the mountains, water, plants and buildings here are all carefully designed.

For example, the East Garden is surrounded by mountains and waters, and the Yuanyang Hall in the pool is the place where the owner listens to songs. The central garden is centered on the lotus pond, enjoying the lotus and listening to the rain. The west garden is smart, with curved corridors and small flying rainbows passing by. Therefore, Humble Administrator's Garden is a very typical boutique Suzhou garden.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ article "Suzhou Garden"

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Suzhou Classical Garden