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The Garden of the Master of the Nets Originally created in 1140, and recreated in 1770 by the bureaucrat Song Zongyuan. The enclosed complex of house and garden is one of the smallest, most beautiful, and most perfectly proportioned in Suzhou. Dont let the small size deceive you, this garden has enough to occupy you for half a day or more. On certain evenings there are demonstrations of many traditional performing art. The Lion Forrest Garden One of the four great gardens of Suzhou and is admired for the incredible collection of pitted, eroded rocks that were greatly appreciated by classical Chinese scholars. It was originally part of a Buddhist monastery. The gardens are a reminder of the Buddhist story of the lions. The layout of the garden follows many twists and turns. It is easy to get quite lost in these winding paths Suzhou Museum It is designed by the Chinese-born American architect Ieoh Ming Pei, whose family came from Suzhou. He is renowned for designing the Louvre glass Pyramid in Paris. Suzhou Museum Its covered area is 26,500 square metres. Its close neighbours are the Prince Zhong Residence and the Humble Administrators Garden. They enhance each other’s beauty. Pei returned to Suzhou to create the museum that married his modernist sensibility with his sense of the Jiangnan home where he was born.  Welcome to Suzhou ,  to enjoy A Trip of Beautiful Scenery and Delicious Cuisine ! Thank you~ My hometown Suzhou By Judy Suzhou is a city in Jiangsu province. It is about 60 miles away from Shanghai . Suzhou was the capital of the kingdom of Wu from the 12th to 4th centuries BC. Historically, it has been the origin of Wu culture, which later nurtured the city of Shanghai. It is famed for its beautiful gardens and traditional waterside architecture. The network of canals that once earned it the nickname of “the Venice of the east”. Though much of the old city has been erased by overzealo