The Humble Administrator's Garden, located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, was built in the early years of Ming Zhengde (early 16th century). It is a representative work of Jiangnan classical gardens. Together with the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Mountain Resort of Chengde, and the Lingering Garden in Suzhou, it is known as the four famous gardens in China.

The layout of the Humble Administrator's Garden is dense and natural, and its characteristics are mainly water, the water surface is broad, and the scenery is plain and naive, sparse and natural. It is centered on the pool water, pavilions and pavilions are built around the pool, and there are leaky windows and corridors connected between them. The mountains, rocks, ancient trees, green bamboos, and flowers in the garden form a remote and tranquil picture, representing the architectural style of Ming Dynasty gardens.

Floor plan

The whole park is centered on water, surrounded by mountains and rivers, exquisite halls and pavilions, luxuriant flowers and trees, full of poetry and picturesque, with strong characteristics of Jiangnan water town. The garden is divided into three parts: east, middle and west. The east garden is open and sparse, the middle garden is the essence of the whole garden, and the west garden is exquisitely built and has its own characteristics.

Landscaping technique

The garden architecture of Humble Administrator's Garden. In the early period, it was mostly a single body, but it changed a lot in the late Qing Dynasty. First of all, it is manifested in the significant increase in garden buildings such as halls, pavilions, and verandah paintings. The building density in the central part reached 16.3%. The method of space's desire to let go first, to promote first to suppress and so on, the purpose is to break through the limitations of space, receive the effect of small, medium and large, so as to obtain a rich garden landscape. This approach has universal significance in Suzhou gardens, and it is also a common feature of Suzhou gardens.

After bypassing the earth mountain from the veranda, the space suddenly opened up. The large lake scene in the garden, the building scenery suddenly hits, making people feel happy in the space. Here, the earth mountain is used instead of the usual shadow wall to make people feel better. Can't see the whole garden at a glance.

The twists and turns are the typical characteristics of the artistic conception of Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, and at the same time it is one of the typical aesthetic characteristics of the oriental culture of Chinese art. The twists and turns of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou's Humble Administrator's Garden are mainly manifested in winding paths, implicit shadowing, and small corridor rounds. The curved gallery in Suzhou's Humble Administrator's Garden is the most aesthetically artistic. Editor/He Yuting