Liu garden

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The Liu garden.

The Liu Garden ( Chinese  留 园 , Pinyin liùyuán  - "Garden of Lingering") is one of the four classic private gardens in the Chinese city ​​of Suzhou (Jiangsu) . It has an area of ​​23,310 m².

Together with other gardens in Suzhou, it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Classical Gardens of Suzhou since 1997 .

history

The Liu Garden in winter.

The Liu Garden arose from the Eastern Garden (东 园Dōngyuán ), a house and garden complex of the then Minister Xu Jiongqing (1540-1598), which was created in 1593. In 1798 it was expanded by Liu Shu and renamed "Hanbi Villa". Colloquially it was called "Liu Garden" ( Liu after the owner's name), from which in 1873 it was officially renamed "Liu" (留liù , linger ). It was finally extended to include the eastern, northern and western parts by Sheng Xuren in the years 1888 to 1891. During the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 and the Second Sino-Japanese War , large parts of the garden were destroyed, so that the People's Republic of China restored it had to be, and was able to present itself to the public again in 1954. The Liu Garden was declared a National Cultural Monument in 1961 and has therefore been part of this list from the beginning.

construction

The artificial limestone mountain world in the central area.

The Liu Garden is divided into four thematically different areas, a central, an eastern, a northern and a western part.

The central area of the garden, considered the best, is also the oldest area. Among other things, an artificial limestone mountain world and pond scenery can be found there. In the northern area there is now a bonsai garden with around 500 specimens. The western area is characterized by a hilly landscape with maple and peach trees.

There are a total of 42 rooms in the Liu Garden, which are connected by a covered walkway 670 m long.

Web links

Commons : Liu Garden  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Website of the Liu Garden (introduction), English. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Classical Gardens of Suzhou / Jardins classiques de Suzhou on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
  3. ↑ Website of the Liu Garden (history), English. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Chinese Ministry of Culture (2003). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; Retrieved November 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chinaculture.org

Coordinates: 31 ° 19 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 120 ° 35 ′ 17.2 ″  E