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Classical Gardens of Suzhou

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These landscape gardens flourished in the mid-Ming to early-Qing dynasties, resulting in as much as 200 private gardens. Today, there are 69 preserved gardens in Suzhou, and all of them are designated as protected "National Heritage Sites." In 1997 and 2000, eight of the finest gardens in Suzhou
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The site is monitored following a comprehensive monitoring plan and there is provision for both the routine maintenance and programmed conservation projects for all of the gardens. The Suzhou Municipal Administrative Bureau of Gardens is responsible for this.
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The elegant aesthetics and subtlety of these scholars' gardens and their delicate style and features are often imitated by various gardens in other parts of China, including the various Imperial Gardens, such as those in the
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Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical
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design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and
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were selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site to represent the art of Suzhou-style classical gardens.
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is inscribed as a single property, but composed of 9 separate
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Famous Suzhou garden designers include Zhang Liang,
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Suzhou gardens
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Suzhou, Jiangsu
Criteria
813bis
Session
Coordinates
31°19′N 120°27′E / 31.317°N 120.450°E / 31.317; 120.450
Classical Gardens of Suzhou is located in Jiangsu
Classical Gardens of Suzhou is located in China
Chinese
pinyin
Suzhounese
Wugniu
Suzhou
Jiangsu
UNESCO
World Heritage List
Chinese garden
pagodas
Chengde Mountain Resort
UNESCO
Tongli
Ji Cheng

Humble Administrator's Garden

Lingering Garden

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