Humble Administrator’s Garden
The largest classical garden in Suzhou, built around ponds with pavilions and bridges.
Wang Xianchen was a censor at the imperial court and retired to Suzhou, where he had the garden built. He named it after a saying that tending a garden is the task of a humble man.
The garden is based on walking along water and through buildings, and at each turn a new view appears. It is one of the best-known Chinese scholars’ gardens.
Materials: Ponds, pavilions, bridges, penjing, rocks and corridors with tiled windows
Manufacture: Laid out from 1509 by Wang Xianchen in Suzhou, China, after he left office.
The pavilions reflected in the water.
The zigzag corridors and the moon gate.
The windows with lattice work in different patterns.