Lingering Garden is a famous tourist attraction in Jiangsu, offering cultural heritage. Ticket: ¥120. Rating: 4.6/5.
Lingering Garden
Lingering Garden is a famous tourist attraction in Jiangsu, offering cultural heritage. Ticket: …
🥇 5A Level ⭐ 4.6 🗺️ Jiangsu 🏙️ Suzhou 🏛️ Cultural
Spot Facts
| Level | 5A |
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| Rating | 4.6 |
| Site Area | 23300 m² |
| Foreign name | Lingering Garden |
Practical Info
| Ticket | 120元 |
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| Opening hours | 08:00-18:00 |
Suzhou Lingering Garden Guide
Real coordinates · smooth curved routeThe Lingering Garden on Liuyuan Road, outside the Changmen Gate in Gusu District, Suzhou, was first built in the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty by Xu Taishi, a vice minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud. One of Suzhou's four great classical gardens and a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level, it was inscribed as part of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997. Renowned for its refined architecture, the garden is divided into four sections: a central part centred on water and rockeries, an eastern part dense with halls and courtyards, a pastoral northern part, and an earthen-hill western part. Covering barely 2.3 hectares, it is celebrated for dramatic spatial contrast and winding corridors; its name means 'a garden to linger in forever.' The recommended route takes about two hours.
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Main GateStart · Entrance
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Lüyin Pavilion (Green Shade)about 40 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightEnter through the main gate, cross the courtyard to the Green Shade Pavilion: ancient trees intertwine before it, the starting point of the central section. Why this route: the first sight at the entrance, with century-old trees before the pavilion.
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Hanbi Mountain Villaabout 40 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightFollow the corridor to the Hanbi Mountain Villa (the central main hall by the lotus pond), beside the Mingser Tower, overlooking the central water scene. Why this route: the Hanbi Mountain Villa is the core building of the Lingering Garden's central section.
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Mingse Towerabout 2310 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightHead north from the Hanbi Mountain Villa to Little Penglai: a small island in the pond surrounded by water, with a view of the Five Peaks Immortal Hall. Why this route: Little Penglai is the highlight of the central pond scene.
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Xiao Penglai (Little Penglai Islet)about 2350 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight
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Five Peaks Immortal Hallabout 30 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightCross the bridge to the Five Peaks Immortal Hall in the east: a nanmu hall with a rockery like five peaks in the courtyard, the main hall of the eastern section. Why this route: the Five Peaks Immortal Hall is "the finest hall in Jiangnan".
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Yifeng Studioabout 20 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Sight
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Linquan Qishuo Hallabout 2310 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightHead east from the Five Peaks Immortal Hall to the Yifeng Pavilion (the owner's study), then to the Linquan Qishuo Hall (the Mandarin Duck Hall). Why this route: the essence of eastern architecture: the Yifeng Pavilion and the Mandarin Duck Hall.
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Guanyun Peakabout 2310 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightLook up at Guanyun Peak from the north courtyard of the Linquan Qishuo Hall: the finest of the Lingering Garden's three treasures, a Taihu stone that is lean, porous, translucent, and wrinkled. Why this route: Guanyun Peak is the garden's signature stone.
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Western Rockery Hillabout 2010 m (straight line) from the previous stop · SightPass the Guanyun Pavilion and Another Village to the western rockery (earth and stone mixed, climbable to the Zhile Pavilion), and exit through the side gate of the Sheng Family Ancestral Hall. Why this route: end with the rustic charm of the west, exiting through the ancestral hall's side gate.
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North Gateabout 3680 m (straight line) from the previous stop · Entrance
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