Good morning guys and every folks ,it is my great honour to be your guide . First i wish to extend my warmest welcome to you and i hope you will enjoy today s trip . Now let me introduce myself . My name is wuyingfang . I come from China International travel service . If you have any problem just tell me . I will try my best to help you and achieve your satisfaction with a wonderful trip memory . By the way ,please pay attention to your safety when traveling . I hope everything goes well and all of us will have a good time .
The place we are going to visit today is the land of fish and rice Suzhou . To speak of Suzhou, people are likely to mention the old saying” Up above there is paradise, down here, here are Suzhou and Hangzhou”. Gardening in Suzhou reached its height during the Ming and Qing dynasties. There were over 280 private gardens in Suzhou and landscape became an art with established masters. The mild climate, along with 230 frost_free days and around 43 inches of rain is perfect for gardening endeavors. 69 gardens in and around Suzhou are still in good condition. In 2007,the UNESCO added four of the private gardens of Suzhou to the world heritage list, extending this in 2000 to include the
historic section of the city and five other gardens in the area.
Among so many gardens, the Humble Administrators garden is the most outstanding and the largest garden in Suzhou. And it is the most important part of our todays tour. It is centered upon the broad expanse of a lake, making up about one fifth of the total area, with well spaced buildings. The garden landscape and water scape are simple, extensive and natural, possessing the traditional appearances of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle of the western parts, the house lies in the south of the garden.
The middle part is the cream of the garden with marvelous mountains, clear water, exquisite buildings and exuberant trees of the scenery in the south of the lower Yangtze. Lying here and there to the south of the lake are the east and west hills made from a mixture of earth and rocks, and covered with trees. The Prunus Mume Pavilion and the Orange Pavilion stand on a top of the hills. By the side of the lake there are forsythias gently stroking the surface of the water, and bringing about delightful effects of nature.
The building in the western part of the garden are properly arranged by the lake. The northern half is named :"the hall of 36 pairs of mandarin ducks" and the southern half:" the hall of 18 camellias"
lying to the south of the garden is the house, which is the typical residence in Suzhou. On a north-south axis there are four successive buildings. To the east of the axis are the MandarinDuck'shall with flower-basket decoration, the flower hall and the four-sided viewing hall.
The Humble administrator's garden boasts altogether 48 different bulidings,101 parallel couplets,and door plateaux,40 stelae,21 precious old trees,and over 700 bonsai kept in the bonsai garden in the western part of the garden,representing the Suzhou style bonsai,one of the four leading bonsai styles in China.
Well ,ladies and gentlemen ,it’s time for your freelance . You can take photos with abandon . We will gather here one hour later . Pay attention to your safety and don’t forget the time !
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