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HUMBLE ADMINISTRATOR'S GARDEN

IT CONSISTS OF THREE MAJOR PARTS SET ABOUT A LARGE LAKE: THE CENTRAL PART . THE EASTERN PART .AND A WESTERN PART. THE HOUSE LIES IN THE SOUTH OF THE GARDEN. THE GARDEN CONTAINS 48 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITH 101 TABLETS, 40 STELAE, 21 PRECIOUS OLD TREES. EASTERN GARDEN COMPOSED OF A FEW BUILDINGS AROUND A CENTRAL GREAT LAWN POND COMBINATION. CENTRAL GARDEN THIS SECTION IS COMPOSED OF MANY SCENES .

GARDEN DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH DESCRIPTION

1.ALL BLUE PAVILION
A TERRACE WITH TWO WINGS BUILT OVER A POND. IT IS NAMED FOR A VERSE BY CHU GUANGXI, "WATERWEEDS IN THE POND LOOK DARK GREEN". ALSO CALLED THE ANGLING TERRACE.

2.CELESTIAL SPRING TOWER

AN OCTAGONAL TOWER WITH FLYING EVES, BUILT AROUND A PREEXISTING WELL CALLED THE CELESTIAL SPRING.

3.FRAGRANT SORGHUM HALL

A FIVE BAY HALL OPEN ON FOUR SIDES WITH HIPPED-GABLE ROOFLINE. THE NAME COMES FROM SORGHUM FIELDS THAT ONCE EXISTED NEAR THE GARDEN. THE WINDOWS ARE DECORATED WITH BOXWOOD CARVINGS OF SCENES FROM ROMANCE OF THE CENTRAL CHAMBER.

4.LOOKING FAR AWAY PAVILION

A SQUARE PAVILION OPEN ON TWO SIDES, SITED ATOP A HILL IN FRONT OF THE FRAGRANT SORGHUM HALL.

5.ORCHID AND SNOW HALL

A THREE BAY HALL INTERNALLY DIVIDED BY A LACQUER SCREEN ENGRAVED WITH A MAP OF THE GARDEN. ORCHID AND SNOW ARE SYMBOLIC OF RITUAL PURITY.

2.LINGERING GARDEN
THE 23,310 M2 GARDEN IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR DISTINCTLY THEMED SECTIONS; EAST, CENTRAL, WEST, AND NORTH.THE CENTRAL AREA IS THE OLDEST PART OF THE GARDEN.CENTRAL GARDEN ENCIRCLES A POND. THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE GARDEN IS ARRAYED AROUND THE CLOUD CAPPED PEAK STONE. THE WESTERN SECTION IS MOSTLY NATURAL CONTAINING ONLY A FEW PAVILIONS, A LARGE ARTIFICIAL HILL.

GARDEN DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH DESCRIPTION

1.ENTRY GARDEN
THE GARDEN ENTRY ON LIUYUAN LU. THIS DOOR LEADS INTO THE GATEHOUSE, THE SIMPLE STYLE OF THE WHITEWASHED WALLS AND STONE LINTEL IS TYPICAL OF THE URBAN DESIGN IN ANCIENT SUZHOU RESULTING FROM THE SUMPTUARY LAW.

2.GATEHOUSE
THE GATE HOUSE IS A DOUBLE ARCADE THREE BAY HALL WITH FULL GABLE ROOFLINE AND BOWED RIDGE DECORATED WITH THE THREE IMMORTALS. IN FRONT OF A SMALL COURTYARD ON THREE SIDES BY A ROOFED CORRIDOR.

3.OLD INTERTWINED TREES COURT

A COMPLEX AND UNIQUE STRUCTURE COMPOSED OF A COURTYARD, OPEN 3 BAY HALL, AND COVERED CORRIDOR WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A SINGLE SPACE. THE COURTYARD IS PLANTED WITH TWO TREES SYMBOLIZING JADE

4.SMALL HOUSE BY THE FLOWERY PATH

A COMPLEX AND UNIQUE STRUCTURE COMPOSED OF A COVERED PASSAGE THAT SIMULATES A THREE BAY HALL SCREEN WINDOWS FACING THE POND AND A TWO SMALL SKY-WELLS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE SKY-WELL IS PLANTED WITH A COMPOSITION OF A CYPRESS

5.ZIGZAG PATH
A WINDING ROOFED CORRIDOR WHICH CONNECTS THE ENTRY HALL, RESIDENCE, AND OLD INTERTWINED TREES COURT