This question you can ask the right person, some time ago I traveled to Suzhou just did a detailed guide. The Humble Administrator's Garden, the Tiger Hill, and the Lotus Moonlight Wetland Park are all good choices for a summer trip to Suzhou. Here I will share my experience of visiting Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden in detail, I hope it can help you.

Address: 178 Northeast Street, Gusu District, Suzhou

The Humble Administrator's Garden has a history of nearly five hundred years of planting lotus, and a number of attractions in the garden are related to the lotus: Hibiscus Pavilion, Yuanxiang Hall, Xiangzhou, the Four Pavilions of the lotus winds, Lotus Roots Pavilion, and the Pavilion of Staying and Listening......

The Humble Administrator's Garden holds a Lotus Festival every summer. Relying on the wide lotus ponds in the Humble Administrator's Garden, the festival uses more than 200 varieties, more than 1,000 tank lotus, bowl lotus and a variety of aquatic plants to create scenery, rendering the sensory effect of the fragrance of the lotus and creating a cool mood of the Jiangnan water town in summer. Especially the pocket lotus - bowl lotus pavilion lovely, the most characteristic! It is a great experience to visit Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden in summer and enjoy the beauty of the summer lotus.

1. Basic Information

(1) Ticket Price: Adult Ticket: 70 RMB/person. Student ticket: 35 RMB/person.

(2) Opening hours:

March 1-November 15: 07:30-17:30 (ticket sales stop at 17:00)

November 16th - February 28th: 07:30-17:00 (ticket sales stop at 16:30)

(3) Recommended playing time: 2-3 hours

(4) Transportation Route

Suzhou Train Station to Humble Administrator's Garden

①Walk 75 meters west from the exit of the train station to the west of the North Square of the train station, take the No. 40 to Beiyuan Xincun, and walk about 300 meters west to the Humble Administrator's Garden.

②Walk 130 meters north from the exit of the railway station to the north square of the railway station, take No. 529 to Suzhou Museum (Humble Administrator's Garden and Lion Grove), and walk about 500 meters east to the Humble Administrator's Garden.

Bus North Station to The Humble Administrator's Garden

Take No. 529 at the exit of Bus North Station to Suzhou Museum (The Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Grove), and walk east about 500 meters to The Humble Administrator's Garden.

2. Recommended Route

Lanxue Hall--Duyun Peak, Lianbifeng Peak--Furong Pavilion--Tianquan Pavilion--Panicum Pavilion--Panicum Pavilion. Tianquan Pavilion - Panicum Pavilion - the corridor - leaning rainbow Pavilion - wuzhu secluded residence --Pavilion of Waiting for Frost - Pavilion of Snow Fragrance and Clouds - Pavilion of Lotus Breeze - Pavilion of Willow Yin Luqu --The Mountain Pavilion - The Flower Path - The Reflection Pavilion - The Pavilion of Sitting with Others -Hasa Pavilion - Floating Cui Pavilion - Staying Listening Pavilion - Bonsai Garden - 36 Mandarin Ducks Pavilion and Eighteen Mandarins Flower Pavilion - Other Caves - Platform in front of Magnolia Hall - Xiangzhou - Little Flying Rainbow --Yi Yu Xuan--Faraway Fragrance Hall--Loquat Garden (Residence)--Haitang Spring Dock --Listening to the rain Xuan --Release Pavilion

3, worth a closer look at the attractions

The Humble Administrator's Garden covers an area of 78 acres, the entire garden to the water as the center, the mountains and water lingers, the halls and beautifully, flowers and trees, and the whole garden is full of water, the water is the center. The Humble Administrator's Garden is full of poetic and picturesque scenery, with the rich characteristics of the Jiangnan water town and the sparse and natural, fresh and faraway style of the Ming Dynasty gardens.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is divided into three parts: east, center and west. The east garden is open and spacious, and the main attractions are: Panicum Pavilion, Hanqing Pavilion, Tianquan Pavilion, Furong Pavilion and Eye-opening Pavilion, etc. The middle garden is the essence of the whole garden. The middle garden is the essence of the whole garden, the main attractions are: Xiangzhou, snow incense Yunwei Pavilion, Wuzhu Youju, small rainbow, Yuanxiang Hall, listening to the rain Xuan, Lotus Wind Pavilion, see the mountain building and so on. The West Garden is beautifully constructed with Kasa Pavilion, 36 Mandarin Ducks Pavilion, Reflection Building, Floating Cui Pavilion, Tower Shadow Pavilion, Sitting with Whom Pavilion and Wave Shape Gallery.

(1) East Garden

Hibiscus Salon

Hibiscus Salon half built on the shore, half of the water, the spirit of the empty frame in the water on the water waves, stands on the water's edge, the beauty of Qianqiao. This pavilion facing the wide pool, is a good place to enjoy the summer lotus!

Panicum Pavilion

Panicum Pavilion for the east of the main building, facing the water across the mountain, the interior is spacious and bright, the long windows on the skirt of the boxwood carvings, **** there are 48, carving fine, rich layers, lifelike. Floor-to-ceiling long windows plus exquisite skirt board wood carvings, Panicum Hall decorated with simple and elegant, unique and interesting.

(2) Central Garden

Yuanxiangtang

Yuanxiangtang is a four-sided hall, the main building in the middle of the Humble Administrator's Garden, which was built on the former site of the original Ruoshu Hall. The north platform of the hall is spacious, and the water of the pond is open and clear. The name of the hall is derived from the lotus. In summer, there are lotus leaves in the pond, lotus wind is blowing on the face, and the fragrance is sent far away, so it is a good place to enjoy the lotus!

Listening to the rain Xuan

In the Jia Shi Pavilion in the east, and the surrounding buildings with the corridor. In front of the pavilion, there is a large pool of clear water with lotus flowers; there are bananas and bamboos by the side of the pool, and behind the pavilion there is also a clump of bananas planted, reflecting the front and back of the pavilion. The rain falls on different plants, and with the different mentality of the rain listeners, you can hear the sound of rain with different moods, a wonderful realm.

Small Flying Rainbow

It is an extremely rare corridor bridge in Suzhou gardens. Cinnabar red bridge reflecting the water, water waves sparkling, like a flying rainbow, so it is named. The ancients to rainbow metaphor bridge, the intention is wonderful. It is not only a channel connecting the water and land, but also constitutes a unique landscape centered on the bridge, which is the classic landscape of the Humble Administrator's Garden.

(3) West Garden

Liuxing Pavilion

Single-storey Pavilion, lightweight, surrounded by windows, the Pavilion in front of the platform, is the perfect place to enjoy the lotus and listen to the rain. The most worth seeing in the pavilion is the Qing dynasty ginkgo wood three-dimensional carving of pine, bamboo, plum, magpie fly cover, knife skillful, skillful, cleverly conceived, will be "three friends" and "magpies on the plum" two motifs softly together, is the garden fly cover in the rare boutique.

Fu Cui Pavilion

Octagonal two-story building, tall and grand, very striking. The mountain is thickly wooded, green grass, the building seems to float in a green shade, thus the name "floating Cuicui Pavilion".